Abstract: 'In prison, there is a high risk of transmission of HIV and other infections. Prisons are frequently overcrowded and characterized by an atmosphere of violence and fear. Even
though sexual activity is forbidden, it nevertheless occurs in prisons. As within the general community, despite the control measures implemented, illicit drugs are circulating. Tensions abound. Release from these tensions, and difficulties of prison life, is often found in the consumption of drugs or in sex. Oft more...
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HIV-positive babies who receive the global standard tuberculosis (TB) vaccine are at hightened risk of contracting this infectious disease, says a new study in Bulletin, a journal published by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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South African doctor Francois Venter has questioned what we think we've always known about HIV testing, including relationships between knowning your status and prevention, risky behaviour and disclosure.
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'This report summarizes activities U.S. Government (USG) agencies are undertaking together to improve programming for highly vulnerable children and the steps they have taken and plan to take to implement Public Law 109-95. It covers the period of July 2007 through July 2008.'
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'2008 marks 15 years since the female condom was invented, and, disgracefully, 15 years of failing to make them accessible to the women who need them. Despite the absence of any other female-initated form of protection, and unprecedented rises in funding for the response to HIV, female condoms remain inaccessible, and their contribution remains untapped.
The urgent need for access to female condoms is evident in the feminisation of the HIV pandemic, the large unmet need for contraception more...
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Abstract: 'More than 25 years into the epidemic, gender inequality remains one of the principal drivers behind the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS. It is therefore long past time for strategies and actions that are informed by and responsive to women’s rights and needs. Now is the time for: women’s full participation in all levels of the response; research by and about women; prevention strategies that work for women; universal access to care, treatment, and support; the integration of HIV more...
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Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa is the region of the world most seriously affected by HIV. In 2007, two thirds (22.5 million) of the 33.2 million people who live with HIV around the world were in sub-Saharan Africa. Across West and Central Africa, HIV prevalence among the population aged 15 – 49 varies from 0.5 % to 6.2 %. But national prevalence does not paint the full picture : intra-country disparities (for example in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where prevalue varies from 2.7 % to 7. more...
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