Over the past several years, various studies have yielded conflicting results as to whether viral loads differ between HIV-positive men and women.

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"Failing to acknowledge that sex between men will only increase the vulnerability of men - and women - to HIV infection, since men who cannot talk about their sexual orientation are less likely to seek appropriate support services, " said Dr Pierre Mpele, the UNAids country co-ordinator in Nigeria.

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We are working with our partners, like those in the Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative, to launch campaigns and undertake activities aimed at increasing HIV testing and awareness among black women and black gay and bisexual men, among other groups.

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So, I think that will lower, like, especially HIV rates among young, queer men and transgender women.

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We know that concern for survival and well-being by those most affected are powerful influences on the policy and programs that impact on the lives of men and women living with HIV.

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Men and women infected with HIV reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners by taking oral antiretroviral medicines when their immune systems were relatively healthy, according to findings from a large-scale clinical study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Also, while women can take the Pill to protect themselves against unplanned or unwanted pregnancies, disempowered women are still subject to sexual violence and to sexually transmitted infections, like HIV, from men unwilling to use condoms.

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