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Hormonal contraceptives increase cervical infections in HIV-positive women: implications for disease progression and HIV transmission

A ten-year prospective study of HIV-positive Kenyan sex workers has found that the use of hormonal contraceptives is associated with a significantly increased risk of

Published
24 November 2004
By
Edwin J. Bernard
Contraception
Increased risk of oral contraceptive failure with nelfinavir

HIV-positive women taking oral contraceptives and the protease inhibitor nelfinavir are significantly more likely to experience contraceptive failure and become pregnant, according to a retrospective

Published
07 September 2004
By
Michael Carter
Contraception
Hormonal contraceptive associated with increased risk of HIV infection

Women using either the oral or injectable forms of the contraceptive DMPA are at a higher risk of HIV infection than those not using these

Published
29 March 2004
By
Edwin J. Bernard
Contraception
Hormonal contraceptives increase shedding of HIV infected cells in the cervix

The use of hormonal contraception leads to a small but significant increase in the shedding of HIV-infected cells in the cervix, even though both cervical

Published
07 February 2004
By
Michael Carter
Contraception
Hormonal contraceptives increase risk of HIV infection

Hormonal contraceptives increase the risk of a woman becoming infected with HIV, according to research conducted amongst Kenyan sex workers and presented to the Second

Published
15 July 2003
By
Michael Carter
Contraception
Contraception and women's HIV risks

Ugandan and US scientists working in the Rakai District have reported on the relationship between HIV risk and use of different forms of contraception. The

Published
22 January 2003
By
Julian Meldrum
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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