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Carole is an editor and writer with over 25 years’ experience in the field of HIV/AIDS at the planning, management and direct service levels with experience in sub-Saharan Africa and a specialism in maternal and child health. She has consulted for Comic Relief, John Snow Inc., UNICEF and other organisations. Carole holds a Master of Public Health and has been writing news for aidsmap since 2009.

HIV treatment for children & young people

One in five children on ART still lost to follow-up, while disparities between low- and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa persist

News
13 May 2021
HIV treatment for children & young people

Adult doses of dolutegravir can be used by children weighing 20 kg or more

News
15 September 2020
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

“If we don’t include women in trials, we are not protecting women” – dolutegravir in pregnant women living with HIV

News
9 July 2020
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Vertical transmission rate of 1.8% in Khayelitsha, South Africa

News
8 July 2020
HIV treatment for children & young people

High levels of drug resistance among infants newly diagnosed with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

News
17 June 2020
Diagnosing infants & children

Evaluating point-of-care early infant diagnosis in Zambia and Zimbabwe

News
25 March 2020
Retention & linkage to care

Adherence clubs linked to 30% reduction in high viral load among postpartum South African women living with HIV

News
19 March 2020
HIV treatment for children & young people

New approaches for paediatric dosing: abacavir in newborns, doubling dolutegravir with rifampicin

News
18 March 2020
HIV treatment for children & young people

One third of adolescents and young adults on ART in Kenya are not virally suppressed

News
12 March 2020
Support issues for children & young people

Peer-led community intervention substantially reduces treatment failure among adolescents living with HIV in rural Zimbabwe

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30 January 2020
Support issues for children & young people

Guidelines fail to address needs of adolescents living with HIV transitioning to adult health care in low- and middle-income countries

News
19 September 2019
HIV treatment for children & young people

Without frequent viral load monitoring dolutegravir-based regimens not the best choice for African youth on failing ART

News
30 July 2019
Child developmental issues

Antiretrovirals do not cause neurodevelopmental harm to uninfected infants

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24 June 2019
Health services & systems

What challenges must Nigeria overcome to eliminate vertical transmission of HIV?

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20 June 2019
HIV treatment for children & young people

Following an HIV treatment interruption, most children recover immunologically

News
7 June 2019
Diagnosing infants & children

Point-of-care technology for early infant HIV diagnosis speeds up return of HIV test results

News
13 May 2019
HIV treatment for children & young people

Why has the uptake of lopinavir/ritonavir oral pellets for children been slow?

News
2 May 2019
TB transmission & prevention

Co-administration of dolutegravir-based treatment and short course of rifapentine/isoniazid (3HP) well tolerated in people living with HIV

News
12 March 2019
Hepatitis B

Sixfold increased risk of infant HIV infection and high rates of low birth weight among women with HIV/hepatitis B co-infection

News
12 March 2019
Health problems in children & young people

Improved liver function, but progressive kidney damage, among children on antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia

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2 January 2019
Diagnosing infants & children

Digital health services highly effective in early infant diagnosis of HIV in Kenya

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4 December 2018
Contraception

Unintended pregnancies and desire for children: reproductive health needs of women living with HIV

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1 August 2018
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Dolutegravir brings faster viral suppression in late pregnancy

News
31 July 2018
Global health targets

Lesotho making strong progress towards 90-90-90 targets

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14 March 2018