Biden rule cleared hurdles to lifesaving HIV drug, but in Georgia barriers remain
Preexposure prophylaxis, known as PrEP, reduces the risk of new HIV infections through sex by 99% and among injectable drug ...
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US grants waiver for essential HIV services in South Africa amid aid freeze
The announcement comes after US President Donald Trump froze all aid to South Africa due to the country’s new land expropriation law and its allegations of genocide against Israel. ・The United States ...
Map Shows Huge Drops in HIV Funding as Global Infections Surge Predicted
In Africa, a U.S. funding loss will be critical to HIV programs in countries like Uganda, Mozambique and Tanzania.
Psychology Today1d
Drug Use and HIV Infection
HIV impacts many in the LGBTQ+ community, and those who use drugs are at increased risk. This post examines how sex ...
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US: Lifesaving Programs Remain Suspended Despite Waivers
US State Department waivers on suspended foreign assistance worldwide have not resulted in the resumption of many vital ...
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Ugandans Fear Resurgence of AIDS as Health Clinics Close
As US President Donald Trump ends nearly all foreign aid funding, access to medicines that have suppressed an epidemic for ...
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Risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in Ghana: evidence from the 2021-2022 HIV positive babies audit.
Despite years of preventive interventions, Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV remains high in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with MTCT ...
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Fears of HIV rampage
Chimwemwe (not real name), a sex worker from Zingwangwa Township in Blantyre, says the suspension of oral and injectable ...
Experts warn of threat to global health as US freezes overseas aid
The spread of disease, as well as delays to the development of vaccines and new treatments, could be affected by cuts to USAID.
The USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk
HIV research programs have been halted, and many treatment clinics are still closed, despite a waiver for “life-saving” ...
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The Urgent Need for Greater Access to HIV Prevention and Treatment in the Black Community
In observance of Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we are called to reflect on the ongoing epidemic and its disproportionate ...
Treatment for HIV, AIDS in Haiti hit by U.S. foreign aid halt despite waivers from Rubio
When growing gang violence and the kidnappings of healthcare workers forced Haiti’s leading organization in the treatment of HIV and AIDS-related illnesses to relocate operations from its main site in ...