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The tombstone, revolver and grim reaper imagery of the 1980s and early 1990s have cast a long shadow.
We don’t know anything about the health of the baby girls who are reported to have been born. But it’s clear scientists around the world are shocked.
Research shows that Aspirin could reduce the number of HIV infections in women at high risk for HIV, such as Kenyan female sex workers.
There are many ways of visualising scientific concepts, as we discovered when an artist got in touch about some of our work.
The stigma attached to HIV and AIDS, particularly in hip hop culture, is rife. The disease is represented poorly and often factually incorrect through lyrics.
There have been many advances made in the prevention and treatment of pneumonia, but providing for people’s basic needs can help reduce the disease burden.
Introducing viral load testing at health facilities can help South Africa reach the United Nations target to end AIDS.
Bug chasers fetishise the HIV virus – and they come from a variety of backgrounds, generations, and countries.
In Uganda stand-alone clinics for HIV treatment persist because of stigma and overcrowding.
Doctors in South Africa performed a liver transplant from an HIV-positive donor to a HIV-negative recipient. Major ethical questions came into play.
Gains made in the fight against HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe could be reversed unless a legal provision is revised.
Recently PrEP, an effective drug against HIV, was in the news with some concerns that gay men are no longer using condoms. But is the issue about condoms or control?
The HIV epidemic is far from over and it’s not time to disengage, says International Aids Society President Linda-Gail Bekker.
It doesn’t just seem like the world is experiencing more viral infections than before – it’s a reality. And the way humans live today helps viruses thrive.
Uganda needs to face the reality that many young people are sexually active and need information to protect themselves.
The bill to provide universal health care in South Africa is not the silver bullet for the challenges in the health sector.
Teenagers with HIV in childcare facilities have to deal with the challenges of adolescence
while living with the disease.
An increase in condomless sex in PrEP users is predictable as preventing HIV is the key motivator for condom use among gay and bisexual men.
While drugs have been developed to treat HIV and AIDS, the virus can still lie dormant in the brain, increasing the risk for brain disease such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
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