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News and information about HIV in women. The heightened vulnerability of women and girls to HIV is closely linked to gendered power relations and social, legal, economic and cultural inequalities.

Women

Cash transfers reduce risk of intimate partner violence for young girls in South Africa

Editor's pick
AVERT
8 March 2018
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

The vaginal ring: more HOPE to the DREAM? Higher adherence and better effectiveness seen in open-label ring studies

News
8 March 2018
Women

Study finds that women are much more vulnerable to HIV infection during pregnancy and in the months after giving birth

News
5 March 2018
The biology of HIV transmission

Longstanding Mombasa Cohort helps answer questions about HIV risk and transmission

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Fred Hutch
28 February 2018
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Genital inflammation reduces efficacy of tenofovir gel against HIV in women

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Healio
28 February 2018
Global health initiatives

'A boys' club': UN agency accused over sexual harassment claims

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The Guardian
27 February 2018
Women

New Study Reveals How A Specific Colonial Legacy Determines Female HIV Rates in Africa

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UN Dispatch
22 February 2018
Women

Dr Nneka Nwokolo: Put the power in your hands

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TEDxEuston / YouTube
20 February 2018
Contraception

Reproductive health of HIV-positive women in Switzerland being neglected, says study

News
6 February 2018
PrEP

Disruptions in PrEP adherence provide insights into intimate partner violence

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Avert
2 February 2018
The biology of HIV transmission

Microbiome research refines HIV risk for women

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
26 January 2018
Cancer

Women with HIV less likely to receive recommended treatments for gynaecologic cancers

News
25 January 2018
Young people

Despite numerous risk factors for HIV, a high proportion of Malawian adolescent girls and young women don't see themselves at risk

News
24 January 2018
Global health targets

Less than half of adolescent girls and young women with HIV have suppressed viral load in eastern and southern Africa

News
23 January 2018
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Higher When Mother Has Other STIs

Editor's pick
MD Magazine
16 January 2018
Contraception

Withdrawing Depo-Provera contraceptives would result in more lives lost than HIV infections prevented

News
11 January 2018
Bone & joint problems

Twice the rate of bone loss among ART-treated women than men

News
9 January 2018
PrEP

Six Lessons in Helping African Women Avoid HIV

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New York Times
19 December 2017
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Undetectable = Untransmittable. So Why The Hell Isn’t That Catching On?

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Huffington Post
4 December 2017
Heterosexual men

Why is HIV prevention among young women and girls not working? We have forgotten the men

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Daily Maverick
4 December 2017
Cancer

ART reduces prevalence of cervical infection with high-risk HPV, pre-cancerous cell changes and cervical cancer

News
4 December 2017
PrEP

One year in: lessons on rolling out an HIV prevention pill in South Africa

Editor's pick
The Conversation
1 December 2017
PrEP

Young, fabulous & at-risk? How SA is PrEPing young women for the HIV prevention pill

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Bhekisisa
1 December 2017
PrEP

NIH launches HIV prevention trial of long-acting injectable medication in women

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Eurekalert Inf Dis
30 November 2017