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Hormonal birth-control injections may double a woman’s risk of contracting HIV and passing it on to her partner, according to a new study. The research comes at a time when many governments are looking to scale up their family-planning programmes in a bid to reduce maternal mortality.
The most popular contraceptive for women in eastern and southern Africa, a hormone shot given every three months, appears to double the risk the women will become infected with H.I.V., according to a large study published Monday. And when it is used by H.I.V.-positive women, their male partners are twice as likely to become infected than if the women had used no contraception.
Hopes for a female-controlled HIV prevention tool have been dealt a blow by the termination of one part of a large African trial after it failed to show effectiveness.
World Leaders are meeting in New York City at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS. The gathering of Heads of State and other leaders from government, the scientific community, civil society and the private sector offers a unique opportunity to review progress, share lessons learned and chart the future course of the global AIDS response. The high level meeting extends from June 6-10, 2011.
Zimbabwe’s companies have been applauded for their role in the fight against HIV/AIDS and most of the larger corporations have good HIV/AIDS policies for their workforces. Businesses face financial losses if their workers are not productive, and so Zimbabwe’s private sector companies have had to come to terms with the implications of not addressing issues of HIV/AIDS in their workforce.
A landmark study showing major reductions in HIV transmission among discordant couples due to early treatment may fail to have a significant impact on HIV prevention unless governments and donors are willing to turn the science into action, HIV advocates say.
By Joshua M. Dziba Executive Director, HAZ Download PDF Version A recent news headline on the online Zimbabwean news site, NewZimbabwe.com proclaimed that an “HIV cure (had been) ‘found’”. We felt that a clarification to this report is necessary, so as to avoid giving false hope to the millions of those who are infected with… [Learn More ...]
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