Dramatic Decline Seen in AIDS News Coverage: Since 1990, number of newspaper articles about HIV/AIDS has dropped in richer nations

Worldwide HIV-Prevention Services Lacking, Survey Finds. For most gay men, access to free condoms and lubricant, testing, counseling still limited or unavailable

Abstinence-Only Classes Reduced Sexual Activity, Study Found

STDs Pictures Slideshow: Facts About Sexually Transmitted Diseases

so-called "test-and-treat" strategy could reduce new HIV infections by 15 percent over the next five years while conferring large survival benefits...

Alcohol Use Accelerates HIV Disease Progression

See this too: Alcohol enhances HIV type 1 infection in normal human oral keratinocytes by up-regulating cell-surface CXCR4 coreceptor.

and also please check this: ALCOHOL MAY INCREASE RISK OF HIV FROM ORAL SEX

Women are susceptible to HIV but scientists have been puzzled as to how it finds its way into the female reproductive tract.

It is unlikely that single screening for chlamydia will prevent women developing pelvic inflammatory disease in the following year, according to...

A rare parasitic disease, which normally only is transmitted by contaminated water, has been shown to be transmitted by gay sex between hiv-positive m

...Not only amebiasis marches in the wake of hiv; Hung also confirmed in his Taiwanese cohort what is seen elsewhere: tuberculosis and hepatitis B and C are more virulent in combination with hiv, and more often present.

The Rio Declaration

A lot of men have many sexual partners because this is what is expected of them. Masculinity is very much instilled by culture and by tradition,...

ZIMBABWE: The slang of sexual networks

BENIN-NIGERIA: Learning English to enter the sex industry

Spin the Bottle, Sex, Lies & Alcohol

Price of Pleasure, Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships

Premarital Sexual Intercourse Among Adolescents in an Asian Country: Multilevel Ecological Factors

Why HIV Progresses Faster In Women Than In Men With Same Viral Load

Increased schooling across sub-Saharan Africa may be lowering new HIV infections among younger adults, according to sociologists, ...

More than 20 percent of sexual assaults drug-facilitated

Young Women May Be Drinking Heavily To Get Attention Of Opposite Sex, But Men Not Impressed

How STDs Increase The Risk Of Becoming Infected With HIV

Charting HIV's Rapidly Changing Journey In The Body

New Way Men Can Transmit HIV To Women

Reducing sexual risk with practice of periodic secondary abstinence.

World AIDS Day 2008

Why HIV Treatment Makes People So Susceptible To Heart Disease And Diabetes

UNFPA's support to 159 developing and transition countries and territories in their efforts to empower women

If you've already got an STD, an e-card can't hurt

Black AIDS Institute

Ashley Judd: Global AIDS Activist, The acclaimed actor reveals the surprising reasons she fights for AIDS/HIV care worldwide.

Circumcision Not Associated With Reduced Risk Of HIV For Men Who Have Sex With Men

Troubled Girls From Poor Neighborhoods More Likely To Have Sex In Early Adolescence

HIV status and age at first marriage among women in Cameroon.

New Insight On HIV Transmission Risk Of Men Who Have Sex With Men

Hope: An Overlooked Tool In The Battle Against HIV/AIDS

Parasitic Worm Infections Increase Susceptibility To AIDS Viruses

Why Treatment Isn't Effective For HIV

Rectal Gel Prevents Transmission Of AIDS-like Virus In Macaques

HIV Drug Can Persist In Mothers' Milk, Increasing Risk To Them And Their Babies

How 'Hidden Mutations' Contribute To HIV Drug Resistance

New Male Circumcision Device For HIV Prevention

Result of a meta analysis: Common Vaginal Infection May Increase Risk Of HIV Infection

Meth Educational Video

After the Party

NIDA Director, Nora Volkow meets with 100 students for an open discussion

Young People Are Intentionally Drinking And Taking Drugs For Better Sex, European Survey Finds

Drug Use By Europe’s Young People Leads To Risky Sexual Behaviour

New research suggests that comprehensive sex education might lead to less teen pregnancy

Sex, Drugs And Dating Make Teens Feel Older

Sophisticated statistical research is providing more evidence of a link between rigid parenting and increased sexual activity in older teens.

Vaginal Microbicides May Prevent More Infections In Men Than Women

The Safe in the City intervention consists of a 23-minute educational video that has been proven effective in reducing new STD...

Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre

One in four U.S. teenage girls have STD's. Nearly half the African-Americans in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected with at least...

Effect of a Brief Video Intervention on Incident Infection among Patients Attending Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics

Estimating how many sexually transmitted disease or infection cases occur is not a simple or straightforward task.

STD Picture Cards by CDC

HIV Prevention: Tenofovir Gel Safe For Daily Use By Women, New Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080225090821.htm

HIV can be passed to babies in pre-chewed food

Male Semen Makes HIV More Potent

Semen 'may fuel cervical cancer'

STD pictures

The association between school attendance, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people in rural South Africa

Bank pushes Mumbai's prostitutes to save

Women and HIV/AIDS

HIV Risk Perceptions and First Sexual Intercourse Among Youth in Cape Town South Africa

Preconception Health Care for HIV-infected Women.

Increased drug flow fuelling spread of HIV in Iran

http://www.ippf.org/en/News/Intl+news/Increased+drug+flow+fuelling+spread+of+HIV+in+Iran.htm

Marriage not a barrier to catching HIV and AIDS

Even Older Women At High Risk Have Little Interest In Being Tested For HIV, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070807135653.htm

Oral sex can cause throat cancer

Syphilis Rate On Rise In US Gay, Bisexual Men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070427072305.htm

Girls Born With HIV Infection At Higher Risk For Cervical Problems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070427072259.htm

HIV Infection Appears To Increases The Risk Of Heart Attack.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070424062825.htm

JAMA Patient Page: Human Papillomavirus Infection

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/297/8/912

Prevalence of HPV Infection Among Females in the United States

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/297/8/813

Links about Prevention of HIV/STIs

The Choice Game™ truly entertains and helps to build strong moral decision making skills for young people in an interactive computer environment.

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

http://www.ashastd.org/news/news_pressreleases_CCAwarenessMonth07.cfm

San Francisco City Clinic

http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/sfcityclinic/

Talking To Your Teens : Advice from Dr. James Allen, MD, MPH

http://www.iwannaknow.org/parents/talking_to_teens.html

National AIDS Trust

http://www.nat.org.uk/

World AIDS Day

http://www.worldaidsday.org/

AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity based in the UK, with the aim of AVERTing HIV and AIDS worldwide.

http://www.avert.org/hivprevention.htm

Come Clean, Condoms Prevent Infections

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/comeclean/

Teen source, by California Family Health Council

http://www.teensource.org

UK’s leading sexual health charity

http://www.fpa.org.uk/

BBC, Relationships,Sex and Sexual Health

http://www.bbc.co.uk/relationships/sex_and_sexual_health/

CONDOM, essential wear, by NHS, UK

http://www.condomessentialwear.co.uk

Sexuality and relationship info you can trust from Planned Parenthood

http://www.teenwire.com/

Sex Education Resources for Classroom Activities

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/educational-resources/teaching-materials/classroom-activities.htm

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape

http://www.teenpcar.com/default.asp

Childhood sexual abuse and sexual risk behavior among men and women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16881780&query_hl=17&itool=pubmed_docsum

Incidence and correlates of unwanted sex in relationships of middle and late adolescent women.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16754820&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Desire for children and pregnancy risk behavior among HIV-infected men and women in Uganda.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16715343&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Transition and the HIV risk environment

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/331/7510/220

Women, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT770842004

The Social Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Very important paper about Social detrminants of HIV :

http://epirev.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/26/1/22

Gender, work, and HIV risk: determinants of risky sexual behavior among female entertainment workers in China.

...Both individual cognitive and social influence factors were important correlates of condom use; models containing either alone suffered significantly in explanatory power....

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16961450&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum

Sexual behaviour in Russia: who exhibits a higher risk? Evidence from longitudinal data.

...Those at highest risk in Russia of contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including HIV are not in marginal or socially excluded groups but instead are part of the core economically active population....

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17062181&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum

Reproductive choice in men and women living with HIV: evidence from a large representative sample of outpatients attending French hospitals (ANRS-EN12

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17159592&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum

STD Surveillance and statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/Stats_Trends/Stats_and_Trends.htm

Image gallery of STIs

http://depts.washington.edu/nnptc/online_training/std_handbook/gallery/index.html

Revised recommendations for HIV testing of adults, adolescents, and pregnant women in health-care settings.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16988643&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_docsum

A Molecular Condom against AIDS

http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=111706-2

Report on the global AIDS epidemic 2006

http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/2006GlobalReport/default.asp

UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2006

http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/epi2006/default.asp

What Happens to Patients during the Year following Treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections? How Well Does Antibiotic Treatment Work?

http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/summary/145/8/564

XVI International AIDS Conference

http://www.aids2006.org/

HIV-Positive Women Talk It Over in 'Mama's Club'

http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=2835

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2006(By CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5511a1.htm

JAMA Patient Page: Preventing HIV Infection in Infants and Children.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/296/3/356

Answering The Tough Questions About Abstinence Education And Choosing the Best.

http://www.choosingthebest.com/why_abstinence/index.html

ABSTINENCE DAY ON THE HILL 2006 BRINGS MESSAGE OF ABSTINENCE TO CONGRESS

http://www.abstinence.net/library/index.php?entryid=2504

WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SIGNS ABSTINENCE EDUCATION LEGISLATION

http://www.abstinence.net/library/index.php?entryid=2663

Abstinence Educators' Network (AEN)

http://www.abednet.org/

New Data Show Abstinence Sex Education Reduces the Initiation of Sex Among Teens.

http://www.clubvarsity.org/index.shtml

AWARE » Abstinence Wait-training And Relationship Education

http://www.awareprogram.net/

Toward errorless condom use: a comparison of two courses to improve condom use skills.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16323038&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_docsum

Efficacy of the female condom as a barrier to semen during intercourse.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12578798&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_docsum

What is Sex Addiction ?

http://www.sexhelp.com/sa_q_and_a.cfm

The American Women's Self Defense Association (AWSDA)

http://www.awsda.org/

Sex behaviour of men who have sex with men and risk of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, India.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15802980&query_hl=7&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Correlates of condom breakage and slippage among university undergraduates.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15228732&query_hl=7&itool=pubmed_DocSum

High levels of unprotected sex with men and women among men who have sex with men: a potential bridge of HIV transmission in Beijing, China.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15058708&query_hl=7&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Sex in Australia: attitudes towards sex in a representative sample of adults.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14696701&query_hl=7&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Problems with condoms -- a population-based study among Finnish men and women.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16147812&query_hl=7&itool=pubmed_DocSum

It's Your Call: Making Sexual Decisions: a very useful free software for students

http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/healthinfo/nav02.cfm?nav02=27911&nav01=27613

Assess your STI/HIV/AIDS Risk Quiz

http://www.sexualityandu.ca/multimedia/quizzes.aspx

See where your sexual choices lead you

http://www.sexualityandu.ca/multimedia/virtual-scenarios.aspx

Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault, The Hard Facts

http://www.sexualityandu.ca/adults/assault-1.aspx

Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault

http://www.sexualityandu.ca/adults/assault.aspx

Social Determinants of HIV/AIDS in South-East Asia

http://www.who.int/social_determinants/action/HIV_Social%20Determinants_renu.pdf

Drug Abuse and HIV: Learn the Link

This web site has very useful information for teenagers and parents about the correlation between drug abuse and HIV infection:

http://www.hiv.drugabuse.gov/

Other blogs of our coalition

1) Health Promotion before Childbearing

http://www.beforechildbearing.blogspot.com/

2) Fetal Origins of Adult Health

http://www.fetaloriginsofadulthealth.blogspot.com/

The UN agency estimated that only 7% of Indians who needed antiretroviral drug therapy actually received it last year

With highest no. of HIV+ people, India overtakes SA

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=Q0FQLzIwMDYvMDUvMzEjQXIwMDEwNg==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

Condoms Are Unsafe for HIV Prevention?

Dr.Patrick Dixon:

"...Whenever I talk to young people in Africa, India or Europe about AIDS I find the same thing: they think that using a condom will prevent them from getting HIV. The truth is that it may greatly reduce the risk, but I wouldn't trust my life to a condom.
As every doctor knows, condoms are unreliable. If a hundred couples use condoms for contraception, up to fifteen of them could be in clinics each year asking for abortions. If you are about to take a risk, you should use one, it could save your life, but don't kid yourself it's totally safe..."

http://www.globalchange.com/ttaa/ttaa%206.htm