Showing 25 articles by Felicia Bamgbose

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Felicia is a medical doctor working in East London with a special interest in HIV and Sexual Health. She has worked in Clinical Research for HIV prevention and volunteered with organisations like Africa Advocacy and Positive East to improve HIV knowledge and testing. Her particular focus is around trying to reduce the stigma associated with HIV through better education.

Infant feeding

Mothers living with HIV feel like there is no right choice when feeding their babies

News
13 June 2024
Epidemiology & behaviour

Intimate partner violence increases a woman’s risk of acquiring HIV

News
24 November 2023
Epidemiology

HIV incidence rates are not decreasing for gay and bisexual men living in Africa

News
12 October 2023
Harm reduction

More people using government programmes for opioid addiction in Ukraine since the war started

News
6 September 2023
Transgender people

Trans women in the US have high rates of HIV and premature death

News
24 April 2023
Neurological & cognitive problems

Decline in brain function is linked to other medical conditions rather than ageing with HIV

News
6 February 2023
Health problems & ageing

Low testosterone is linked to efavirenz, increased body fat and older age

News
24 November 2022
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Gay Muslim men living with HIV in Senegal are being persecuted and report shame, violence and isolation

News
27 September 2022
PrEP programmes & uptake

Better PrEP retention strategies are needed, as increasing numbers of ex-PrEP users are diagnosed with HIV

News
11 July 2022
Ethnic & cultural minorities

Black British people with HIV and APOL1 gene variants are more likely to develop kidney failure

News
1 June 2022
PrEP programmes & uptake

Community-led trans-affirming care shown to improve PrEP uptake in trans communities

News
10 February 2022
Treatment for women

Women living with HIV are under-represented in research, limiting our understanding of co-morbid diseases

News
3 December 2021
Kidney problems

People over 50 years old or with existing kidney dysfunction are more likely to get kidney damage when using tenofovir disoproxil-based PrEP

News
21 September 2021
Finding support

Large review finds some evidence that peer support is beneficial in HIV care

News
10 September 2021
Child developmental issues

South African children with well-controlled HIV have lower bone mass compared to HIV-negative children

News
6 August 2021
Ethnic & cultural minorities

Using racial adjustments for Black people living with HIV decreases the accuracy of kidney function tests

News
13 July 2021
Neurological & cognitive problems

New predictors for peripheral neuropathy found in study of people living with HIV

News
6 July 2021
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Southern African HIV testing programmes have hit the 90% UNAIDS target for knowledge of status but testing rates are lower in key groups

News
28 April 2021
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Most male partners of women using the dapivirine vaginal ring support its use in HIV prevention

News
30 March 2021
Treatment simplification strategies

Similar rate of severe clinical outcomes with two drug vs three drug HIV treatment combinations

News
17 February 2021
Sex workers

Rates of HIV in female sex workers in Kenya decreased by two-thirds over a ten-year period

News
11 January 2021
Infant feeding

Women living with HIV in wealthy countries need to be given more information around bottle feeding

News
7 December 2020
Sexually transmitted infections prevention

Almost one in ten HIV PrEP users report buying antibiotics for STI prevention, raising concerns over potential antibiotic resistance

News
20 November 2020
Transmission & prevention

Top 10 articles on HIV prevention from AIDS 2020

News
31 July 2020