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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.

Epidemiology & behaviour

Younger women not at higher risk of HIV from relationships with older men, South African study finds

News
7 March 2014
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Maternal deaths due to HIV not declining despite PMTCT successes in South Africa

News
6 March 2014
Contraception

Study comparing injectable contraceptives DMPA and NET-EN finds HIV risk higher with DMPA

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
4 March 2014
Epidemiology & behaviour

Young people who acquire HIV in Uganda report poor communication and mistrust in their relationships

News
20 February 2014
Combatting stigma

Emmerdale spoilers: Val is diagnosed HIV positive

Editor's pick
Radio Times
11 February 2014
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Kenya’s Journey Towards Zero New HIV Infections Falters

Editor's pick
Inter Press Service
29 January 2014
Women

Study Links Intimate Partner Violence, Risk of HIV

Editor's pick
Science Daily
24 January 2014
Women

Miriam Hospital study links intimate partner violence and risk of HIV

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
22 January 2014
Sexual health

The 10 Biggest Misconceptions About Anal Sex

Editor's pick
Cosmopolitan
3 January 2014
Epidemiology & behaviour

In Mali, HIV/AIDS remains shrouded in silence

Editor's pick
UNICEF
2 January 2014
Women

Home-Based Healthcare for Cambodian Women with HIV/AIDS Improves Lives

Editor's pick
Women News Network
17 December 2013
Conception

HIV and Pregnancy – Prepared to Care

Editor's pick
Sexual Health Research Network
2 December 2013
Epidemiology & behaviour

Increasing diversity of sexual experience – major UK study

News
30 November 2013
Human rights

Rights and Wrongs

Editor's pick
The Lancet
29 November 2013
Economic & social inequality

Government grants reduce HIV risks for teenage girls in South Africa

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Inf Dis
27 November 2013
Women

Economist wins Polanyi Prize for research into the unfaithful

Editor's pick
Ottawa Citizen
26 November 2013
Violence

UNAIDS Urges End to Gender-Based Violence in Effort to Reduce Risk of HIV Infection

Editor's pick
AllAfrica
26 November 2013
Women

African Commission condemns coerced sterilisation of HIV+ women

Editor's pick
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa
18 November 2013
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Need for expansion of hepatitis C screening among veterans, 'baby-boom' generation and pregnant women highlighted

News
4 November 2013
Cancer

Anal cancer screening may be appropriate for all women with HIV, French researchers suggest

News
17 October 2013
Vaccinations & immunisations

HIV-positive young women have adequate response to human papillomavirus vaccine

News
16 October 2013
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Only a fifth of pregnancies among women living with HIV in the US are planned

News
15 October 2013
Condoms & lubricant

Female condom choices are expanding – new models have low failure rates and are acceptable to users

News
9 October 2013
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Liver fibrosis linked to immune activation in HIV/HCV co-infected women

News
7 October 2013