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To contain the AIDS epidemic, it will take far more than simply finding and treating every patient who is infected with HIV. To truly halt the virus' march, you will also need to shield healthy people from being infected in the first place. Read full article here.

Ahead of this year’s World AIDS Day (1 December), UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Naomi Watts travelled to Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, India, to meet with mothers living with HIV and find out about some of the challenges they face in their daily lives. Read full article here.

“Development is not going to happen without women.” – Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa, Nomcebo Manzini. Q:  Southern Africa has the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world. How are women affected? Read full article here.

On October 12 and 13, more than 200 women living with HIV and Aids from all over Kenya gathered to demand a political response to the issues that continue to affect women and girls. Read full article here.

Last week, the General Assembly of the United Nations heard a blunt, emphatic message: No longer should the world tolerate the tragic, avoidable deaths of tens of thousands of women forced to seek out unsafe, illegal abortions every year.   Read full article here.

Luanda – The director of the National Institute to Fight against HIV/AIDS, Dulcelina Serrano Monday in Luanda said that women register a greater number of HIV infection than men especially in rural areas. Read full article here.

Last month, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in partnership with George W. Bush Institute, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and UNAIDS, launched the global "Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon" campaign, an initiative that integrates cervical and breast cancer education, screening, and treatment with HIV services. Read full article…

More than 200 women living with HIV in Kenya committed to championing the response to AIDS in the country. The call for more involved action came at the end of a two-day National Leadership Conference for Women Living with HIV. Read full article here.

A support campaign for Swazi women living with HIV is transforming lives, but needs international backing. Siphiwe Hlophe's shrewd, enterprising spirit is apparent within moments of meeting her. "You work for Comic Relief?" she says. "Brilliant! I might walk away from this meeting with some money." Read full article…

For the past 16 years, Yaa Serwaa (not real name) has been living with HIV / AIDS. She only got to know she was positive after the death of her husband. Her husband had contracted the disease and never informed her. Read full article here.

FIDA-Ghana, under its   access to property and     inheritance rights   project, would provide legal aid to 100 HIV positive women, mostly members of the Association of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS.   Read full article here.

An article in yesterday's New York Times by Pam Belluck suggesting that injectable contraceptive use might double the risk of HIV transmission among women and their partners sent a wave of anxiety through the global public health community. Read full article here.

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.

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…