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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Country: Sub-Saharan Africa
Finance & funding

South Africa submits $380-million concept note for HIV/TB

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Global Fund Observer
17 August 2015
Sexually transmitted infections prevention

'HIV gel' effective against herpes

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Independent Online (South Africa)
13 August 2015
Resistance

Pretreatment HIV drug resistance leads patients to switch to second-line ART

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Healio
11 August 2015
Human rights

LGBTI rights language stripped from UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

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Gay Star News
7 August 2015
TB transmission & prevention

Starting ART reduces TB risk for HIV-positive patients in South Africa

News
7 August 2015
PrEP programmes & uptake

Open-label PrEP in Botswana: very high adherence and no HIV infections seen

News
5 August 2015
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Peer or community interventions improve outcomes for mothers with HIV

News
5 August 2015
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Retention in pre-ART care can be boosted by monthly visits from volunteer support workers

News
4 August 2015
Circumcision

Soccer-Based Promo of Circumcision Scores in Africa (CME/CE)

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MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
27 July 2015
Combatting stigma

HIV and AIDS: language and the blame game

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Open Democracy
27 July 2015
Self-testing & home testing

HIV self-testing may help the 'hard to reach' learn their status, but uncertainties remain

News
26 July 2015
Combatting stigma

Giving people information about HIV treatment as prevention lessens stigma and increases testing rates

News
24 July 2015
Adherence

Africa: MSF Warns Successful Global HIV Response Will Require Bigger Emphasis On Adherence

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AllAfrica
22 July 2015
Circumcision

Cash compensation encourages uptake of circumcision, PMTCT services

News
22 July 2015
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Active invitation and tracing more likely to get men involved in couples HIV counselling and testing

News
22 July 2015
Economic & social inequality

Cash to stay in school doesn’t reduce HIV incidence in South African study – but school attendance protected young women against HIV

News
22 July 2015
Improving HIV care

Simple but elusive – why are we still talking about HIV drug delivery?

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PLOS Blogs
21 July 2015
Access to healthcare

IAS 2015: While “game-changing,” START trial draws “line in the sand” and sets “time a’ ticking” to stop preventable illnesses and death, calls for action are accompanied by questions of impact of inequities, obstacles

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Science Speaks
21 July 2015
Retention & linkage to care

Innovative approaches to linkage to care boost clinic visits, HIV treatment uptake in African study

News
21 July 2015
PrEP science

Non-daily PrEP regimens provide extra options, but adherence is often better with daily dosing

News
21 July 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

No HIV infections from partners with fully suppressed viral load during long-term follow up of landmark treatment as prevention trial

News
21 July 2015
TB transmission & prevention

Presumptive treatment of TB in advanced HIV no better than giving ART and isoniazid

News
21 July 2015
Treatment guidelines

World Health Organization to recommend HIV treatment for all

News
20 July 2015
HIV prevention policy

Test and treat studies and African countries showing that 90-90-90 targets are achievable

News
20 July 2015