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		<title>HIV Disclosure and Criminality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Less than a month ago Janet posted about HIV disclosure and criminalization on this blog. It’s a complex social justice issue fraught with many, many shades of grey and I’m not going to step foot into that legal labyrinth at this point. I will, however, share my personal struggles with disclosure.&#160; &#160; I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women’s Health Compromised?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I’ll admit I’ve been a bit distracted these past couple of weeks, pulled into the waves of info on the Supreme Court of Canada proceedings on the criminalization of HIV disclosure, and the continuing drama unfolding in the US between Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundation and Planned Parenthood over funding for breast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pwn.bc.ca/2012/02/women%e2%80%99s-health-compromised/</link>
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		<title>Diabetes: Eat Veggies, Avoid the Syrup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A few weeks ago, we had a workshop on diabetes here at Positive Women’s Network. Sandra from Vancouver Native Health Society, who coordinates the ADAPT (Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Prevention and Teaching) program, came over to field questions about diabetes. PWN members had a lot of to ask about diabetes prevention for their children and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Secrets &#8211; HIV Disclosure and Criminalization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Earlier this week on my You Should Know Twitter feed, someone sent me a link reporting the results of a court case in the US-&#160; a wrestler who knew his positive HIV status but didn’t disclose it to multiple sex partners that followed, putting them at risk for HIV infection. His defense was that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pwn.bc.ca/2012/01/hiv-disclosure-criminalization/</link>
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		<title>Survivors: Haitian Women, Violence, and HIV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The devastating January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti left an already impoverished country in even more dire straits. Two years later, despite international commitments to “build back better,” Haiti continues to face a string of severe issues: inadequate shelter and services in the temporary camps, a lack of safe housing for those outside of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, Children Need To Know: New US Guidelines on Sex Ed Cause a Stir</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Well hallelujah- I hope. Earlier this week new US sex education standards were released. Benchmarks include knowledge of proper names for anatomy by the end of second grade (age seven or eight) as well as an understanding of the range of sexual orientation by the end of fifth grade (age ten or eleven). Add [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pwn.bc.ca/2012/01/yes-children-need-to-know/</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Not the Same: Thinking about HIV Prevention for Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I finally had a chance to take a look through a report that came out recently called HIV/AIDS Prevention for Women in Canada: A Meta-Ethnographic Synthesis. It is the result of a research project developed by several universities and national AIDS organizations. The aim was to synthesize the findings of different research and make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pwn.bc.ca/2012/01/hiv-prevention-for-women/</link>
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		<title>And What a Year It’s Been</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It’s been an interesting year in HIV science.&#160; The folks over at The Body and Poz have chronicled the year nicely, so I’ll draw on their work to look specifically at women. In the big picture, microbicides are still an elusive target: a trial using tenofovir vaginal gel was discontinued when it didn’t show [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pwn.bc.ca/2011/12/and-what-a-year/</link>
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		<title>A Layperson Ponders the Big Vaccine News: From Prelims to Patents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m not usually pulled in by the nitty gritty science of HIV. Beyond the basics, I’m easily dazed by the complexity and the jargon. But this week’s top story has piqued my interest a bit and led me to more questions than answers. A new HIV vaccine has been approved by the United States Food [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pwn.bc.ca/2011/12/big-vaccine-news/</link>
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		<title>“Normal Lifespan with HIV” a Term of Perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I was at the most recent Antiretroviral Update offered by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, where treatment research, case studies and good humour abound. It was an interesting day full of information, but I have to say that one presentation has continued to echo in my head beyond the others. It starts [...]]]></description>
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