One person still dies every three days in the UK after receiving contaminated blood in the 1970s and ‘80s. This global scandal has has devastated many families, including those with haemophilia
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When appropriate care is available, several studies have shown, gay Black men are more likely to test themselves for HIV and engage in less risky sexual behaviors than gay men of other races.
Two-thirds of new HIV infections are among gay and bisexual men. Although cases have decreased among white men, they have stagnated among communities of color.
Some children of HIV-positive parents drop out of school to look after their mothers and fathers. Others skip class to earn cash for the family by selling goods.
His teaching spoke practically but compassionately to the needs of the African child.
Among young children, adolescents and adult women, anemia strikes 1 in 3 globally. Most cases are driven by dietary iron deficiency, red blood cell disorders and untreated tropical diseases.
Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.
As the government’s oldest consumer protection agency, the FDA has long butted up against drugmakers, activists and politicians. But undermining its work could be harmful to patient health and safety.
The ABC mini-series, In Our Blood, offers a fictionalised account of Australia’s response to AIDS – but more can be done to remember lesbians’ immense contribution to AIDS activist movements.
On at Cape Town Pride, Melanie Chait’s documentary is about her life partner Nancy Diuguid.
We need a combination of new approaches to reduce age disparate sex. And we need new technologies to protect young women.
Addressing the noncommunicable disease pandemic can also mitigate challenges facing people living with HIV and complement efforts against TB.
Dec. 1 marks World AIDS Day. Canada has the tools and means to end the epidemic. The question remains, are we up to the task?
Some vulnerable populations may have fallen through the cracks despite efforts to improve access to HIV services during the pandemic in Nigeria.
The omission of growing evidence that Māori, and Māori women in particular, have worse health outcomes after HIV infection could derail New Zealand’s elimination plans and exacerbate disparities.
One of the first contemporary personal narratives about living with HIV in the 21st century, Fever urgently interrogates the social meanings of HIV, and how they’ve evolved in the era of treatment.
Father Damien’s legacy has inspired health providers and humanitarians for over a century.
Unless special attention is given to conflict and HIV the war will undermine the achievement of the 2030 goals to end AIDS, discrimination, and new infections.
The drug pembrolizumab reveals where latent HIV is hiding.
Can a film’s artful telling of experiences of stigma and HIV, using dance, help promote empathy and compassion?
Top contributors
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Professor of Global Health and Director, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
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Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital and Consultant Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Perspectives in HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health, Simon Fraser University
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University
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James R. Johnston Chair, Black Canadian Studies, Dalhousie University
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Adjunct professor, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Scientia Professor of Medicine and Director, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Senior lecturer, public health ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Gender Studies, Chair in Sex Media and Sex Cultures, Linköping University
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph
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Professor of Health Studies, University of Westminster
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Research Professor, Perinatal HIV Research Unit and President, South African Medical Research Council
