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What Does the HOPE Study Say About the Future of the Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention?
The results were less favorable than expected, but experts -- and women who participated in the trial -- would like to see this prevention tool approved for use.
Hormonal Contraception Does Not Increase HIV Risk, Study Finds
No meaningful difference was found in either injectable or implant birth control when compared to an IUD.
This Week in HIV Research: Our High Tally of Glucose Disorders
Long-term glucose disorders; anal vs. cervical HPV; PrEP adherence among U.S. veterans; economic incentives to spur HIV testing.
This Week in HIV Research: When Prioritizing Treatment, Look Beyond CD4
Gauging treatment priority when CD4 count is high; the effect of hepatitis C coinfection on response to HIV treatment; HIV, aging and comorbidity in Africa; PrEP and drug-resistant gonorrhea.
Zambia, Zimbabwe Address TB/HIV Co-Infection
The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog outlines efforts to fight TB/HIV co-infection in Zambia and Zimbabwe. In Zambia, a partnership among the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia with funding from PEPFAR and Zambia'...
Harare, Zimbabwe, Maternity Clinics Reportedly Conducting Compulsory HIV/AIDS Tests on Pregnant Women
"In a move that is likely to raise the ire of HIV/AIDS activists, maternity clinics in \Harare] are conducting compulsory HIV/AIDS tests on pregnant women before they can register for delivery," the [Zimbabwean reports, adding, "Scores of pregnant w...
Study Examines Reasons for Zimbabwe's HIV Prevalence Decline
Reuters reports that an article published in PLoS Medicine "said Zimbabwe's [HIV] epidemic was one of the biggest in the world until the [prevalence of people] infected with HIV almost halved, from 29 percent of the population in 1997 to 16 perce...
Zimbabwe's HIV Rate Falls: Government
Zimbabwe's estimated HIV infection rate has dropped to 13.7 percent in people ages 15-49, down from 14.1 percent last year, said Health Minister Henry Madzorera. However, concerted efforts are needed to push the rate down further, he said. "We have t...
Global Fund Awards $37.9 Million to Zimbabwe
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Friday awarded Zimbabwe $37.9 million to help fight the three diseases, "and in an unusual move handed the money directly to the new unity government," the Associated Press reports. "Other do...
AIDS Prevention Trial in Zimbabwe Targets Women
The US-funded Microbicide Trials Network is about to launch an AIDS prevention trial in Zimbabwe that will evaluate a microbicide and oral tablets in a single study.
The goal of the research is to determine whether certain antiretrovirals can be use...