There’s an urgent need for interventions to increase uptake of antiretroviral therapy and improve services for adolescents.
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Global health researchers, funders and journals are not walking the talk on equity, diversity and inclusion.
Rapid population ageing has prompted researchers to study disease trends in older South Africans. The aim is to understand the role that specific health conditions play in ageing among rural people.
Curing thousands of Australians with hepatitis C is one of the public health success stories of recent years. We can take lessons from this as we continue in the fight against hepatitis B.
Organs from gay men or injecting drug users, often rejected for transplants, could safely be used, so long as donors test negative for infections such as HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
The Queer Eye star coming out as HIV positive and the changing face of HIV is an encouraging story about the way stigma is shifting. But we still have work to do.
When people get sick, they often suspect bacteria and viruses as the cause. But now the CDC is asking physicians and patients to consider another culprit: fungi.
Recent discoveries on the effects of live attenuated vaccines challenge the current vaccine paradigm and question vaccination policies.
There are a number of effective interventions to prevent gender-based violence among adult women and men at risk of HIV infection. But little is known about the effectiveness of these in young people.
Changes to the criminalization of HIV nondisclosure in Canada must consider the vulnerability and violence experienced by women living with HIV.
Poverty, traumatic experiences, and gender inequalities, directly increased HIV-risk behaviours such as having unprotected sex and having multiple sexual partners.
The study confirms that dolutegravir is an effective and well-tolerated ARV.
Public health practitioners and marketers alike need to reflect on how their ads will be received by racialized groups who often feel negatively stereotyped.
The government needs to revise national guidelines to better target PrEP at those that would most benefit from it.
Adolescent girls experience a number of vulnerabilities which incease their risk of engaging in risky sexual behaviours.
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day, and an expert suggests it’s a good time to think about testing, especially for youth. And, a recent study suggested that nurses have a role in reaching youth.
Despite many public health interventions in the region, Haiti remains vulnerable to stigmatisation against people infected with HIV, particularly sexual minorities.
Secrecy around the HIV-positive status of young children in school is denying them the care and support they need for a good start.
Researchers around the world are working hard to find a vaccine that is safe and effective.
Most of the reasons people don’t take their medication aren’t related to the antiretrovirals themselves, but rather social and systemic issues.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW
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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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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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Melbourne Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne; Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Doctoral Researcher, School of Public Health and Public Health Technical Advisor, Anova Health Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Iowa
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Honorary Research Associate, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, 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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Associate Professor, Monash University
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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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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Gender Studies, Chair in Sex Media and Sex Cultures, Linköping University
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Scientia Professor of Medicine and Director, Kirby Institute, UNSW