With nearly one-fifth of the globe’s HIV positive population, South Africa has the largest anti-retroviral program in the world. But HIV prevention still presents a big challenge for the country.
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Used properly and consistently, condoms are the most effective, affordable, and low-tech way to prevent HIV. But unfortunately, condoms are not an easy option for everyone – particularly women.
A pill a day can prevent HIV, but there’s no guarantee Australians will get access to this intervention anytime soon.
New York’s achievements have provided a beacon of hope as well as a road map that has been successfully tailored to the needs of resource-poor settings throughout the world.
PrEP drugs to prevent people contracting HIV mustn’t disrupt existing sexual health strategies.
This study appears to be the first causal evidence that formal education and reduced HIV infection rates go hand in hand.
Indonesia’s war on drugs aims to protect the country’s young generation from an alleged “national drug emergency.” But the government’s coercive approach is harming the people it wishes to protect.
Starting HIV treatment early, before immune damage occurs, brings real clinical benefits, a new study has shown.
South Africa’s maternal mortality rate rose dramatically after 1998, almost doubling to 302 deaths per 100,000 live births by 2009.
Officials in Indiana would have served the population better if syringe exchanges had been in place before the upsurge in HIV cases began.
A new pill available could enable people living with HIV to conceive children through sex without risking the health of their HIV-negative partner.
* This is the first in an occasional series of articles on must-read, indispensible papers in public health. Forty-one years ago when I started working in public health, there was a parable someone would…
The technology HIV testing has evolved since 1985. And so too have our perceptions about what a positive HIV test means.
The latest report from Public Health England revealed that there were more than 100,000 people living with HIV in the UK, with 6,000 new infections last year. Around a quarter of people are unaware they…
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