A study in Uganda, which looked at HIV-positive women between 15 and 49 years old in nine districts across the country, found that 72 of the total 744 women studied reported having undergone forced and coerced sterilization, and 20 of them were pressured into sterilization in clinical settings, like hospitals. The study also found that three young women were forced into abortions, often unsafe in the country, by their families. …
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The number of HIV-positive people taking antiretroviral medicines more than doubled to an estimated 17 million people from 2010 to 2015, with two million people gaining access to the life-saving drug last year alone, the United Nations agency leading the world’s HIV/AIDS response announced today.
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On the occasion of Zero Discrimination Day, the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the OAS launched a new report entitled "Human Rights of Women Living with HIV in the Americas." The report, developed by CIM and UNAIDS with the collaboration of the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW Latina), includes information from the following sources: questionnaires completed by 14 countries, studies on stigma and…
At the pivotal International AIDS Society Conference in Vancouver, Canada from 19-22 July, the focus was on HIV care and treatment as new data highlights the effectiveness of earlier treatment initiation. Commissioned by UN Women, AVAC, ATHENA network and Salamander Trust presented initial findings from a new global review of the status of access to care and antiretroviral therapy (ART) for women living with HIV. Unique in its methodology, the…
Two books entitled "My Children and I — Stories of A Mother Living with HIV" and "Power of Women" developed by the Women's Network Against AIDS-China and supported by the joint hands of UNAIDS, UN Women and the British Embassy in Beijing made their debut at Ditan Hospital, where the first case of HIV across the country was diagnosed in 1987. The books were published amid concerted efforts of both domestic and international communities to…
Over the past 15 years the U.S. has spent $1.4 billion promoting abstinence before marriage as a way of preventing HIV in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. A rigorous comparison of national data from countries that received abstinence funding under the 2003 U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) with those that had not showed no difference in the age of first sexual experience, number of sexual partners or teenage…
A new research study from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing (Penn Nursing), Annenberg School for Communication, and Perelman School of Medicine investigated and confirmed those associations of intimate partner violence (IPV) and relationship power with sexual-risk behaviors in adolescents. The researchers identified promising pathways to reduce IPV and help prevent HIV infection, including promotion of gender equity as a…
In Zimbabwe – women have a higher HIV and AIDS prevalence rate, and lessons learnt have showed that marriage can actually increase the risk and vulnerability of HIV infection amongst young women. This is due mainly to the fact that married women lack the choice and power to control their sexual and reproductive health as most fail to negotiate for safe sex. Read full article…
In the United States, one in four people living with HIV, are women. Per the CDC, Black/African American and Hispanic/Latina women are disproportionately affected by HIV as compared with women of other races/ethnicities. Of the 137,504 estimated number of women living with diagnosed HIV at the end of 2013, 61 percent were African American, 17 percent were Hispanic, and 17 percent were white. Read full article…
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, celebrated March 10, was a day to raise awareness of the impact of HIV and AIDS on women and girls in the United States. Many Americans believe this is a passé issue and that in 2016 women would know everything they need to know about this infection and ways to protect themselves. Unfortunately, they are wrong. The reality is, accessing this information and then acting on this knowledge…
Last year, in a milestone for HIV prevention, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recommended pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a novel HIV prevention strategy for people who are HIV-negative that involves taking a once-a-day pill and seeing a health care provider for routine visits. Since then, President Obama released an updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy which placed new emphasis on ensuring full access to PrEP…
First long-acting HIV prevention method for women reduced infections by approximately 30% overall, with differences in efficacy by age and level of use; IPM to seek regulatory approval for investigational product. Read full article here.
Kampala — Mayimuna Monica* has been living with HIV for over 10 years and wants to have a baby. But she can't because her uterus was removed against her will at a government hospital where she had gone to deliver her last child now aged eight. "My uterus was removed in 2007. When I got pregnant and went for medical check-up, the doctor asked me why I was pregnant. I told him I want to have a third child. The doctor said, you people…
A new local regulation enforcing mandatory premarital HIV testing has just been endorsed by the Bogor city mayor, Bima Arya Sugiarto. It requires couples who wish to marry to conduct HIV tests to be able to gain their marriage certificates. This regulation comes in the wake of increasing cases of HIV and AIDS in Bogor; regulations for bridal candidates potentially harm women more than men. Read full article…
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta was Friday evening accorded special recognition in Accra when she was given the honour to officially close the 7th Africa Conference on sexual Health and Rights. Read full article here.
Almost half of the women living with HIV in Canada aren't in relationships — a fact caused in part by stigma and misinformed perceptions of what it means to live with the disease. Read full article here.
Increasing infections among injecting drug users combined with low condom use and high fertility rates have health experts worried about "downstream" HIV infections—when the virus spreads to people who are not typically at risk of HIV, like children who acquire the virus through mother-to-child transmission. Read full article…
Living with HIV can be traumatic on multiple levels. For each person it can be extremely different and the treatments must be adapted to each situation and case.
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The Federal HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Office (HAPCO) emphasized that the media should work in collaboration with responsible stakeholders on mainstreaming the issues of HIV and AIDS and gender. The epidemic is still the most prevalent threat in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Less than a quarter of people taking part in clinical trials for antiretroviral medications are women, potentially limiting the generalisability of findings, according to a systematic review published in the February 1 edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
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