The most popular contraceptive for women in eastern and southern Africa, a hormone shot given every three months, appears to double the risk the women will become infected with H.I.V., according to a large study published Monday. Read full article here.
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The weekend-long conference was in its 11th year and drew 320 delegates. On Friday and Saturday participants attended sessions relating to maternal health and gender inequality in sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Read full article here.
About 500 women of Kolhapur’s Kodoli village have launched a drive to educate their fellow villagers about HIV/AIDS. Read full article here.
UNAIDS brought together nearly 60 participants from 12 countries across Eastern and Southern Africa to a 3-day training workshop on expanding human rights, gender and HIV prevention programmes in national responses to HIV. Read full article here.
It's common knowledge that interpartner violence increases the HIV transmission risk among women by making it nearly impossible to demand condom use. A new study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania studied how this violence impacts African-American women. Read full article here.
We could register a decline in HIV prevalence among women in the two years if a newly launched plan by the National Aids Control Council is fully implemented. Read full article here.
At the 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia Pacific, UN Women indicated a need for a greater investment in HIV-positive women and advocated for the greater involvement of HIV-positive women leaders from Asia Pacific countries. Read full article here.
A new documentary film following the lives of four people in Africa aims at challenging patriarchy, end men’s violence against women and promote gender equality. Produced by Sonke Gender Justice and MenEngage, the film titled A Way to Justice: Engaging Men for Women’s Rights and Gender Transformation focuses on gender, HIV and human rights issues. Read full article…
When Lorna Hamilton-Henry speaks, people are drawn to listen. But there’s something different about this mother of three, and it has nothing to do with the fact that she is HIV positive. It has to do with the fact that she’s overcome, in spite of. Read full article here.
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. Read full article here.
Researchers are investigating the impact of offering financial incentives to people who are at risk of acquiring or passing on HIV. In sub-Saharan Africa, a number of studies are investigating whether providing incentives to adolescent girls who remain in education reduces their long-term HIV risk. Read full article here…
In Dushanbe, the Tajikistan Network of Women Living with HIV (TNW+) and the Centre for Mental Health and HIV/AIDS (MHAIDS), hosted the first National Forum of Women Living with HIV, "Women in Tajikistan for a future without AIDS." Read full article…
A two-year, seven-country study has concluded that women using hormonal contraceptives, particularly injectable forms, are at a greater risk both of acquiring HIV themselves and of passing it on to a male sexual partner. Read full article here.
Two studies of the use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in heterosexual people show that oral PrEP will protect women against HIV. Read full article here.
On the periphery of the IAS 2011 conference, UNAIDS in collaboration with the GCWA, ATHENA, Salamander Trust, WECARe+ and Network Persone Seropositive convened a town hall dialogue to discuss how the HIV response facilitates the achievement of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all women. Read full article here.…
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will soon begin behavioural and social science research on microbicides for HIV prevention. This could potentially offer Indian women safe, effective, acceptable and affordable protection against this deadly disease. Read full article here.
“SHE” – Strong, HIV Positive, Empowered Women – the first comprehensive European patient education programme to address the growing challenges faced by women living with HIV, was launched at the 6th IAS Conference in Rome, Italy. Read full article here.
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is known to be a major public health problem among women of reproductive age in South East Asia and Africa. In Ethiopia, there are no studies conducted on serum vitamin A status of HIV-infected pregnant women. Read full article …
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. Read full article here.
IMPHAL: Hordes of NGOs, including the Manipur Network of Positive People, have asked the state government to order a reinvestigation into the recent death of an HIV-positive woman here. Read full article here.