VANCOUVER, Canada -When Francois Venter of Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute in South Africa got news of UNAIDS 90-90-90 goal last autumn, he told a morning audience here, he wasn’t eager to embrace another international agency target. But as targets go, this was not a bad one, he realized. At least 90 percent of […]
VANCOUVER, Canada – Two clinical trials evaluating the impact of cash incentives on HIV incidence in adolescents in South Africa found that such incentives had no impact on HIV rates while one saw a decrease in rates of herpes simplex virus. Nearly 3,000 South African high school students in 14 schools in high HIV incidence […]
As usual, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator has the numbers to prove it, in Uganda where she says willingness to change is turning daunting numbers downward, and Malawi, where relevant practices are making a difference VANCOUVER, Canada – “Ending the HIV epidemic as a public health threat” is the stated mission of U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator […]
Those whose antiretroviral treatment was delayed never recovered the immune cell counts achieved by those who initiated treatment earlier VANCOUVER, Canada – The first findings from the original “game-changing” HIV treatment study that Science magazine hailed as its “Breakthrough of the Year,” came four years ago, after trial monitors determined they were too good to keep under […]
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 […]