Filed under: HIV, sexual health | Tags: HIV, Prevention, sexual health, STD, STI, syphilis
San Francisco experienced a sharp rise in early syphilis between 1999 and 2002, with the number of cases rising from 44 to 494 per year. Rates continued to rise through 2004. Since 1999, most syphilis cases have been among men who identified as gay or bisexual (88%), were white (60%), and were infected with HIV (61%) . In June 2002, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), STD Prevention and Control Services launched a social marketing campaign, called Healthy Penis, designed to increase syphilis testing and awareness among gay and bisexual men.
In 1986, the British Government mounted an HIV/AIDS poster and leaflet campaign with the slogan “Don’t Aid AIDS”. This changed into the theme of “Don’t die of ignorance” over the course of the next year. This poster fits in between the two campaigns. It does mirror the television advert by using an image of the word AIDS on a tombstone.
Filed under: HIV | Tags: gay men, HIV, London, post-exposure prophylaxis, prevention campaign
[2004]
Gay men in London and Brighton are being targeted with an HIV-prevention campaign designed to increase their knowledge about the effectiveness and availability of treatment to prevent infection with HIV after possible sexual exposure to HIV.
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