Janet Seeley – The Conversation

The mortality rate of AIDS-related deaths remains high among adolescent girls and young women. Shutterstock

December 24, 2020

Here’s where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

Kaymarlin Govender, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Janet Seeley, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Mitzy Gafos, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Roselyn Kanyemba, University of KwaZulu-Natal

The evidence shows that keeping girls in school not only reduces HIV risk, but also delays marriage and pregnancy, and improves mental health.

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December 4, 2016

Male circumcision in Uganda will only improve if local beliefs are considered

Martin Mbonye, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS; Janet Seeley, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Monica Kuteesa, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS

Medical circumcision in settings where there are high rates of HIV will only be successful if these interventions take into account local beliefs about circumcision.

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