HIV/AIDS researchers are potentially on the cusp of myriad innovative ways to prevent HIV transmission—from the development of a microbicide to Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). But while we wait with baited breath for clinical trial results, some advocates are focused on reviving old approaches, namely the female condom. As we noted in an earlier post on this […]
HIV
Once outbreak was recognized, program put in place reduced number of ongoing transmissions, modeling shows In 2015, when 181 of rural Scott County, Indiana’s 24,000 residents […]
Tuberculosis
SYDNEY – When Merinda Sebayang was undergoing treatment for multidrug-resistant TB in Indonesia – a nation with the third highest tuberculosis burden in the world after […]
Research & Development
A randomized, multi-country clinical trial testing a regimen for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis in less than a year against the up to two-year regimen recommended by the […]
Policy
GENEVA – The countries least responsible for climate change are paying the highest price in health impacts, a delegate from Barbados was the first to note […]