HIV Populations
AIDS 2014: Worldwide Adolescent AIDS Deaths Rising, Especially Among Boys
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- Category: Children & Adolescents
- Published on Tuesday, 12 August 2014 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
While new HIV infections have declined among children, adolescents, and adults since 2000, HIV-related deaths have risen sharply among adolescents, especially 15- to 19-year-old males, Tyler Porth of UNICEF reported at the 20th International AIDS Conference last month in Melbourne.
AIDS 2014: Increased ART for Mothers Does Not Guarantee Optimal Care for Infants
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Thursday, 07 August 2014 00:00
- Written by Carole Leach-Lemens
The significant increase in access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all pregnant women living with HIV in Malawi after implementation of Option B+ contrasts with low coverage of early diagnosis and uptake of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-exposed infants, Priscilla Idele of UNICEF reported at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) last month in Melbourne.
AIDS 2014: Criminalization of Sex Work Increases Vulnerability to HIV
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- Category: Sex Workers
- Published on Wednesday, 23 July 2014 00:00
- Written by Yolanda Corduff
Sex workers from more than 30 countries came together this week at the Sex Worker Pre-Conference preceding the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne to consider proposed changes to policy and funding approaches aimed at positioning human rights as critical to the response to HIV/AIDS.
AIDS 2014: More Data Suggest Increased HIV Risk from Injectable Contraceptives
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- Category: Women & HIV
- Published on Tuesday, 29 July 2014 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
A sophisticated meta-analysis, pooling individual-level data on 37,000 women, has found that the use of DMPA injectable hormonal contraception is linked with a higher rate of new HIV infections among women, researchers reported at the 20th International AIDS Conference last week in Melbourne. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced at the same session that its guideline supporting the provision of this contraceptive to women at risk of HIV infection remains unchanged.
AIDS 2014: Harm Reduction Funding Is Meeting Only 7% of Global Need
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- Category: People Who Inject Drugs
- Published on Tuesday, 22 July 2014 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
International donors are investing only 7% of what is needed to provide adequate harm reduction coverage for people who inject drugs, according to findings from a report presented this week at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne. A global commitment to re-balance spending on drug control and harm reduction is essential in order to achieve control of HIV and viral hepatitis among drug injectors, several speakers told the conference.
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