The first female condom was a flop. Now a second version is making its debut around the globe. It remains to be seen whether this new and improved protection–the FC2–will prove more successful at empowering women to ward off HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Click here for an interesting AP story on […]
Last week we posted an item about Burma facing a severe shortage of TB drugs next year unless emergency funding is secured. Today, there’s news that Uganda may be in an even worse situation. In northern Uganda, the lack of drugs—for HIV as well as TB—is already causing serious concern. Dr Paul Onek, director of […]
HIV
Amid unprecedented challenges to routine healthcare access, trial results mark a first for a critically needed HIV prevention measure An investigational drug administered by injection every […]
Tuberculosis
In the six weeks before South Africa responded its first diagnoses of COVID-19 with the start of physical distancing measures, more than 47,000 people on average […]
Research & Development
What we have learned from HIV can guide responses to COVID-19 that are innovative, effective and inclusive, and can help end the pandemic faster The following […]
Policy
The following is a guest post by Kenneth G. Castro, MD, FIDSA Since its formation in 1948, WHO has relied heavily on the U.S. for collaborations […]