Reading List

A Call to End HIV Criminalisation in Zimbabwe – Policy Brief

The Brief explains the concept of “HIV criminalisation” and the HIV-related criminal law in Zimbabwe. It describes why it is necessary for the law to be reformed, including why the law violates human rights and is outdated in the light of compelling scientific developments.

The risk of sexual transmission of HIV in individuals with low-level HIV viraemia: a systematic review

The risk of sexual transmission of HIV from individuals with low-level HIV viraemia receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) has important public health implications, especially in resource-limited settings that use alternatives to plasma-based viral load testing. This Article summarises the evidence related to sexual transmission of HIV at varying HIV viral load levels to inform messaging for people living with HIV, their partners, their health-care providers, and the wider public.

Writing for digital news about HIV criminalization in Canada

This study examines the production of Canadian news media stories about HIV criminalization. Through institutional ethnographic interviews with journalists who produce news stories about HIV criminalization, this study brings into view that conditions of convergence journalism make it exceedingly difficult for reporters to disrupt the genre of crime stories about HIV criminalization in which stigmatizing discourses proliferate.

Scientific research on the risk of the sexual transmission of HIV infection and on HIV as a chronic manageable infection

Explains HIV transmission risk with reference to numerous studies, including a chart summarising per-act risk estimates for transmission of HIV during different types of sexual intercourse.

(update of original chapter in E. Mykhalovskiy, G. Betteridge and D. McLay, HIV Non-Disclosure and the Criminal Law: Establishing Policy Options for Ontario)

 

 

Per-contact risk of human immunodeficiency virus transmission between male sexual partners

Reports on follow up from prospective cohort study of gay and bisexual men. Findings include estimates of risk from unprotected anal intercourse and oral sex.