POZ March 2018
POZ March 2018
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Features
Quest For Healing
Overcoming the challenges of fighting HIV among Native Americans
Strength in Networks
Groups of women living with HIV expand their reach by forming coalitions.
My Sisters’ Keeper
A collection of art created by women inspires and uplifts the female spirit.
10 Simple Ways to Fight HIV Every Day
You, too, can be an HIV advocate. Here’s how.
Editor’s Letter
Ray of Light
Although Native Americans have always been a part of the HIV epidemic, they’ve often been overlooked as a group.
POZ Q + A
A Place To Live
The new CEO of Bailey House reflects on its 35 years of housing people living with HIV/AIDS and its future.
POZ Planet
You’re Fired!
What’s going on with the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS?
Uli’s Amazing Journey
One woman—and her rescue dog, Jackson—bikes across the country to fight AIDS.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Sign up and train (or volunteer) for an official AIDS bike ride. Below are just a few of your options for 2018.
So Adorbs
Checking in with our cover babies and their HIV-positive parents
Everyday
Everyday – March 2018
Here are some important dates in AIDS history.
Voices
NMAC at 30
Executive director Paul Kawata marks the group’s 30th anniversary by identifying HIV-related policy challenges in 2018.
Spotlight
#WAD2017
The social media buzz on World AIDS Day.
Research Notes
Prevention: Risky Sex
HIV-negative members of mixed-HIV-status couples often had high-risk sex with non-primary partners—with low use of PrEP and PEP.
Treatment: Lower Death Risk
This is according to an analysis of 35,000 people with high CD4 counts diagnosed with HIV in China.
Cure: Mouse Study
The researchers studied a new compound that blocked a key viral protein that prompts infected cells to produce more virus.
Concerns: Elder Fatigue
A recent small study compared objective and subjective fatigue among those with and without HIV who were age 50 and older.
Care and Treatment
Meet Juluca, the First Two-Drug Regimen
Juluca is a single-tablet regimen for HIV.
San Francisco’s Road to Zero
The annual number of HIV diagnoses have declined in the city.
Healthy Hearts
People living with HIV are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease.
Positive MSM Contract Hep C
Sexual transmission is likely driving this increase; meth and injection drug use are also risk factors.
Heroes
Empowered Legacies
Kamaria Laffrey brings the HIV conversation into faith-based communities.
