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.
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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 …
The ATHENA Network works to advance human rights and gender equity in the global response to HIV/AIDS. This list-serve enables group members to share information and resources with one another.
The SWAA is a Pan African Non Governmental Organization that works to empower women to address the causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS on Women in 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. 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.
In a densely packed sub-urban township far away from Lutyen’s Delhi, at a small house encased in a cacophony of concrete flats, about 20 women engaged in sex work got together to share their experiences of the AIDS response. Read full article here.
Yesterday, a federal appeals court in New York ruled that the US cannot force organizations to formally pledge to denounce prostitution and sex trafficking in order to receive US funding for HIV and AIDS work. Read full article here.
This report recognizes progress worldwide, and calls on governments to take action to end the injustices that keep women poorer and less powerful than men. The report details how injustice, gender inequality, poverty, and violence against women fuel the HIV/AIDS epidemic among women.
A small, qualitative study of about 60 women in two clinics in the Durban area, found that while two-thirds of the women did tell their partners they were HIV positive, only half of them reported that their partner had been tested for HIV as a result. Read full article here.
Female Condoms and U.S. Foreign Assistance: An Unfinished Imperative for Women's Health, summarizes U.S. support for female condoms, identifies barriers, and offers concrete recommendations for improving U.S. efforts to increase access and availability of female condoms.
People living with HIV face an additional risk of getting tuberculosis because of weakened immune systems, poverty and malnutrition. HIV-positive women are especially susceptible because they care for TB patients. Read full article here.
Providing pregnant women with a written invitation to test for HIV for their male sexual partners significantly increased the numbers of males attending HIV voluntary counselling and testing at antenatal clinics (ANC) compared to those invited for pregnancy information sessions (PIS). Read full article here.
Most women still find it difficult to negotiate safe sex with their partners. The problem is even more prevalent among women who are economically dependent on men. Some institutionalised social and cultural norms also fuel the challenge. Read full article here.
UNICEF's Thomas Nybo reports on crucial services being provided to pregnant woman living with HIV.
This publication provides evidence on the gender dimensions of HIV-related stigma and how this stigma affects women differently than man in Ethiopia, Dominican Republic and Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, over half of women have experienced stigma from a friend or neighbour: 87 per cent have decided not to get married as a result of their HIV status; and nearly a fifth feel suicidal. In Ethiopia only 45 per cent of women have disclosed their…
Life has become complicated for 16-year-old Clodine (not her real name). Six months pregnant and HIV-positive, she lives in a dirt-floor tent with her aunt in a camp for displaced people. Read full article here.