By integrating HIV care with non-communicable disease prevention and care, healthcare systems can help people living with HIV remain healthy.
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People are at the heart of the HIV pandemic, so it’s important to understand how they make protection decisions.
A Lancet profile of Jerry Coovadia described him as the ‘Nelson Mandela’ of healthcare. Glenda Gray pays tribute to a legend
On the positive side, good progress has been made on gender equality and fewer people are dying of unnatural causes.
The US PEPFAR initiative has brought HIV medication to millions of people globally. Behind this progress are the activists that pressured politicians and companies to put patients over patents.
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?
When antiretroviral therapy is working effectively, HIV cannot be transmitted. This allows people with HIV to live fuller lives without the fear of infecting others.
People with HIV need to take daily medication to keep the virus at bay. A study has found that a new treatment combination could boost immunity and control virus levels even after stopping medication.
Much remains to be resolved before the waiver is translated into increased vaccine supply.
The giant leap in the number of people accessing HIV treatment would not have been possible without task shifting from medical doctors to less-specialised cadres such as nurses and midwives.
One of the main challenges remains that diagnostics and drugs for people suffering from advanced HIV aren’t readily available. This group of people is vulnerable to deadly opportunistic infections.
Our findings suggest that cabotegravir is much more effective than Truvada in preventing HIV infection in women.
Providing antiretroviral therapy without incorporating quality diets may not help to reduce illness and death related to HIV.
The discovery of a new strain of HIV gives scientists a better understanding of the virus.
HIV is a condition that must be managed, not just medically, but also socially, tackling stigma, social anxieties and the risks of disclosure.
The study confirms that dolutegravir is an effective and well-tolerated ARV.
Most of the reasons people don’t take their medication aren’t related to the antiretrovirals themselves, but rather social and systemic issues.
The global cancer burden especially in developing countries is exacerbated by the high cost of treatment.
World AIDS Day is Dec. 1. With many advances in preventing and treating the disease, the disease has fallen from top of mind for many. An epidemiologist explains why that could be dangerous.
HIV negative children born to women with HIV have a greater risk of dying before their first birthday.
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Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Associate Professor and Director: Research at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute I, University of the Witwatersrand
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Distinguished Professor, Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute, Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Executive Director Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Chief Scientific Officer, South African Medical Research Council
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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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Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Melbourne Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne; Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Health Systems Researcher, Makerere University
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Public Health Medicine Specialist, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of Implementation Science, Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Global Health and Director, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
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University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Africa Centre for Population Health and Professor of Virology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor (conjoint), School of Women's & Children's Health, UNSW and previously Head, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and the HIV Service, Sydney Children's Hospital;, UNSW
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Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Anthropology and Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine