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A transgender woman at a safe house supporting LGBTQ residents in Kampala, Uganda. Anti-gay laws make certain homosexual relationships punishable by death. Luke Dray/Getty Images

Young people with sexual or gender diversity are at higher risk of stopping their HIV treatment because of stigma and harsh laws

Kaymarlin Govender, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Patrick Nyamaruze, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Stigmatised people living with HIV often suffer from fear, depression and abuse. It’s sometimes easier to stop a treatment regime than risk being ostracised or assaulted by the community.
Missing targets to end HIV in children represents nothing less than a global failure. Sunil Pradhan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

Kaymarlin Govender, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Linda-Gail Bekker, University of Cape Town

Not achieving the targets for children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa means that new infections will continue to increase and HIV related mortality will be a reality for decades to come.
The mortality rate of AIDS-related deaths remains high among adolescent girls and young women. Shutterstock

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.
A nurse demonstrates how to perform a swab test in Johannesburg, South Africa. Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images

Ten ways South Africa can step‑up care for its healthcare workers

Kaymarlin Govender, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Gavin George, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Sean Beckett, University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Tim Quinlan, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Healthcare workers bear the extraordinary practical and psychological challenges of working daily with the threat of infection and for many months.

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