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Bangladesh Trying to Stay Polio-free
Mobile health teams in Bangladesh are conducting “child-to-child” searches to reach the remaining half million children not vaccinated during a nationwide polio immunization campaign launched on January 7.
HIV Traps Indonesian Women And Girls in Poverty
The number of reported HIV cases has tripled in Indonesia in recent years, curtailing productivity and trapping affected girls and women, especially, in poverty, according to a recent UN Development Programme (UNDP) report.
UCLA Researchers Suggest Unconventional Approach to Control HIV Epidemics
A new weapon has emerged to prevent HIV infection. Called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, it is a strategy of providing medications to at-risk people before they are exposed to the virus. Having shown great promise in recent phase 3 clinical trials,...
Plan to Treat Rwanda’s HIV Discordant Couples
HIV-positive Rwandans in discordant relationships will start taking antiretroviral treatment (ART) as soon as they test positive as part of a plan to boost national HIV prevention and treatment efforts.
HIV Positive Swazis Put Lives on Hold Because of Stigma
The widespread fear of stigma and discrimination still leaves many HIV-positive people in Swaziland feeling so despondent they put their lives on hold. Many HIV-positive women have decided not to have children, while some feel marriage is no longer an...
Hepatitis B Vaccination for Health Care Students Lags Behind Recommendations
A study in the August issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), suggests that documentation of hepatitis B vaccination for health care students may fall short of current...
Structural Factors Integral to Understanding Girls’ Vulnerability to HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that community members correlate an increase in HIV vulnerability among adolescent girls with weak structural support systems. While adolescent girls are three...
Senegalese Culture And Gender Minister Demands Increased Involvement By Women in HIV/AIDS Prevention And Control
Senegalese Culture and Gender Minister, Awa Ndiaye, has demanded more involvement by women in HIV/AIDS prevention and control.
