World Aids Day 2015 – Berita, Riset, dan Analisis – The Conversation

A woman prepares ribbons ahead of World Aids Day. Reuters/Antony Njuguna

Desember 4, 2015

What drove women to lie in an HIV clinical trial in southern Africa

Jonathan Stadler, University of the Witwatersrand

Women who were found to have lied in a clinical trial testing anti-HIV drugs were heavily criticised. But there are several factors that drove them to lie.

Women would prefer a product that addresses multiple sexual and reproductive health risks at the same time. shutterstock

Desember 3, 2015

The all-in-one solution to sexual health is on its way

Helen Rees, University of the Witwatersrand

Scientists are developing various products that can provide contraception and protection from sexually transmitted infections and HIV at the same time.

HIV services are not geared towards men even though they make up two-thirds of the HIV-related deaths globally. shutterstock

Desember 3, 2015

What the death of two men teaches us about our blind spot in the AIDS response

Dean Peacock, University of Cape Town

Although men make up two-thirds of HIV-related deaths, there are not enough services geared towards helping them.

Advances in HIV treatment have turned it into a chronic, but manageable, illness. In this photo: Artist Damien Hirst’s ‘Where there’s a will there’s a way,’ which shows antiretroviral drugs in a medicine cabinet, is seen as it is displayed at a gallery in New York, February 4 2008. Chip East/Reuters

Desember 2, 2015

How HIV became a treatable, chronic disease

Allison Webel, Case Western Reserve University

Thanks to treatment advances, people with HIV can and do live long and full lives. And that has led to a challenge that doctors and patients may not have imagined 35 years ago: the aging HIV patient.

Stigma and intimate partner violence prevent HIV-positive mothers from accessing care and treatment. Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Desember 1, 2015

HIV can be prevented in babies if their mothers are kept safe

Abigail M Hatcher, University of the Witwatersrand

For pregnant HIV-positive women taking anti-retrovirals is critical for their babies’ health. Intimate partner violence affects adherence, and must be addressed as part of women’s HIV treatment.

South Africa’s successes in HIV treatment have been marred by challenges in improving HIV prevention methods. Reuters/Nacho Doce

Desember 1, 2015

South Africa has excelled in treating HIV – prevention remains a disaster

Willem Daniel Francois Venter, University of the Witwatersrand; Saiqa Mullick, University of the Witwatersrand, dan Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, University of the Witwatersrand

With nearly one-fifth of the globe’s HIV positive population, South Africa has the largest anti-retroviral program in the world. But HIV prevention still presents a big challenge for the country.

A women gets an HIV test. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for the majority of the HIV deaths annually. World Bank Collection/flickr

November 29, 2015

Two trials signal pivotal point in fight against the AIDS epidemic

Lynn Morris, University of the Witwatersrand; Nono Mkhize, National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Penny Moore, University of the Witwatersrand, dan Zanele Ditse, National Institute for Communicable Diseases

Two major clinical trials will be conducted in South Africa in 2016 to test ways of preventing new HIV infections.

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