The history of Aids on screen reveals the true heroes and villains of the epidemic and the prevailing attitudes at the time that compelled their behaviour.
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HIV expert Linda-Gail Bekker talks to The Conversation Weekly about promising results from a trial of a new drug for HIV prevention.
Drug cartels selling drugs in NZ and Australia are using Fiji as a waypoint – where kids as young as nine are being treated for meth addiction, while crime and HIV rates are climbing. What can be done?
HIV prevention and treatment have made great strides, but barriers created by stigma, laws and logistics remain.
Authoritarian leaders are increasingly decrying “LBGT ideology”. In Australia, we have a successful mainstream queer movement but there is no longer a broader quest to reimagine society.
A breakthrough drug is a significant step forward in the fight against HIV. But without changes in behaviour, infection rates won’t come down.
One person still dies every three days in the UK after receiving contaminated blood in the 1970s and ‘80s. This global scandal has has devastated many families, including those with haemophilia
When appropriate care is available, several studies have shown, gay Black men are more likely to test themselves for HIV and engage in less risky sexual behaviors than gay men of other races.
Two-thirds of new HIV infections are among gay and bisexual men. Although cases have decreased among white men, they have stagnated among communities of color.
Some children of HIV-positive parents drop out of school to look after their mothers and fathers. Others skip class to earn cash for the family by selling goods.
His teaching spoke practically but compassionately to the needs of the African child.
Among young children, adolescents and adult women, anemia strikes 1 in 3 globally. Most cases are driven by dietary iron deficiency, red blood cell disorders and untreated tropical diseases.
Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.
As the government’s oldest consumer protection agency, the FDA has long butted up against drugmakers, activists and politicians. But undermining its work could be harmful to patient health and safety.
The ABC mini-series, In Our Blood, offers a fictionalised account of Australia’s response to AIDS – but more can be done to remember lesbians’ immense contribution to AIDS activist movements.
On at Cape Town Pride, Melanie Chait’s documentary is about her life partner Nancy Diuguid.
We need a combination of new approaches to reduce age disparate sex. And we need new technologies to protect young women.
Addressing the noncommunicable disease pandemic can also mitigate challenges facing people living with HIV and complement efforts against TB.
Dec. 1 marks World AIDS Day. Canada has the tools and means to end the epidemic. The question remains, are we up to the task?
Some vulnerable populations may have fallen through the cracks despite efforts to improve access to HIV services during the pandemic in Nigeria.
Top contributors
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Global Health and Director, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Melbourne Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne; Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Director for basic and translational science, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
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Research Director at The Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor of Gender Studies, Chair in Sex Media and Sex Cultures, Linköping University
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University
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Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Professor, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph
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Scientia Professor of Medicine and Director, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Perspectives in HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, School of Health, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington