On November 25 each year, South Africa launches its annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign. Gender based violence is still a massive challenge.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on HIV/AIDS
Displaying 241 - 260 of 309 articles
Charlie Sheen’s recent announcement that he has HIV has raised concerns about whether he may have transmitted the infection to other people.
That Charlie Sheen would have to pay millions of dollars to keep his HIV status private is indicative of the level of stigma still attached to it.
Malawi and Tanzania have created programs to provide sexual and reproductive health services and HIV interventions. But men who have sex with men say it’s still difficult to access care.
HIV is still a major public health issue among the most at-risk groups, and efforts to tackle it need to get smarter.
Despite adoption of home testing in the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland is still holding out.
Despite health promotion campaigns and a concerted effort to make antiretroviral therapy more accessible, the number of new HIV cases in Australia has remained stable over the last three years.
Holding the Man, the screen adaptation of Timothy Conigrave’s much-loved memoir, has seen audiences laughing, then sobbing at its devastating portrayal of AIDS in Australia. It’s an important story to tell.
HIV therapy that enables patients with the virus to live a healthy life is a great success for modern medicine. But what are the challenges to coming up with a complete cure?
PrEP drugs to prevent people contracting HIV mustn’t disrupt existing sexual health strategies.
Rebranded and scented condoms are part of the South African Department of Health’s plan to make condoms more attractive as a contraceptive for young people.
Material deprivation and young people desiring the latest fashion trends are motivating the transactional sex relationships in Malawi’s urban slums.
This study appears to be the first causal evidence that formal education and reduced HIV infection rates go hand in hand.
A recent survey of people living with HIV in the United Kingdom found that over half would participate in a clinical study to develop a cure for HIV despite this posing a risk to their health.
Science shows that thinking about sexuality in a binary fashion of hetero/homosexual is no longer accurate. Rather, evidence shows that there is a diversity of human sexuality and sexual orientations.
Scientific evidence shows that same-sex orientation is determined before you are born.
Attitudes and laws about homosexuality are not purely a colonial import. Since independence, other factors, including right-wing evangelism, have driven anti-LGBTI attitudes.
Homosexuality remains illegal in 38 of 55 African nations. This is concerning from ethical and human rights perspectives. It’s also a serious public health risk.
June 5 2015 marks 34 years since the first reports of AIDS in a medical journal.
Starting HIV treatment early, before immune damage occurs, brings real clinical benefits, a new study has shown.
Job Board
-
Project Offier - Diversity & Inclusion
-
Senior Lecturer - Earth System Science
-
Sydney Horizon Educators (Identified)
-
Deputy Social Media Producer
-
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
Top contributors
-
Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
-
Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
-
Research Professor, Perinatal HIV Research Unit and President, South African Medical Research Council
-
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Malawi
-
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
-
Research Director at The Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal
-
Health Systems Researcher, Makerere University
-
Behavioural Scientist, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
-
Professor of Global Health and Director, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
-
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
-
Associate Professor and Head of the Surveillance and Evaluation Program for Public Health at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
-
Professor of Anthropology, American University
-
Associate Professor, Public Health & Social Policy; Special Advisor Health Research, Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation, University of Victoria
