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Efavirenz may undermine effectiveness of the vaginal ring contraceptive

The antiretroviral drug efavirenz significantly reduces the levels of both hormones in the vaginal ring contraceptive in women with HIV, Kimberly Scarsi of University of Nebraska Medical

Published
08 March 2018
By
Keith Alcorn
Women
Study finds that women are much more vulnerable to HIV infection during pregnancy and in the months after giving birth

A study presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2018) found that women in two prevention studies were nearly three times more likely

Published
05 March 2018
By
Gus Cairns
Contraception
Contraception, HIV and control over black women’s bodies

The apartheid-era practices of injecting women with a controversial contraceptive called Depo-Provera without their consent, is persisting today, according to multiple reports from activists, health workers and women who use public health.

Published
12 February 2018
From
Daily Maverick
Contraception
Reproductive health of HIV-positive women in Switzerland being neglected, says study

HIV-positive women in Switzerland are mainly relying on male condoms for contraception, investigators report in HIV Medicine. Two-thirds of reproductive age women reported using contraception,

Published
06 February 2018
By
Michael Carter
Contraception
Withdrawing Depo-Provera contraceptives would result in more lives lost than HIV infections prevented

Even if Depo-Provera and other contraceptive injections raise the risk of HIV infection, withdrawing them from use in African countries would greatly increase maternal mortality, a modelling study

Published
11 January 2018
By
Roger Pebody
Sexual health
Guidelines for the sexual and reproductive health of people living with HIV - consultation open

These BHIVA / BASHH / FSRH guidelines are an update to the 2007 UK guidelines for the management of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of people living with HIV infection (PLWH). They are open for consultation to Friday 8 December 2017.

Published
13 October 2017
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BHIVA
Condoms and lubricant
South Africa: Parents, principals will no longer decide whether pupils access condoms at schools

School governing bodies and parents will no longer be able to prevent pupils from getting condoms at schools, according to a new basic education department policy released on Wednesday.

Published
14 June 2017
From
Bhekisisa
Contraception
Taking Birth Control With HIV Treatment or PrEP Is Largely OK

Women taking various forms of hormonal contraceptives can likely combine them safely with antiretrovirals (ARVs), whether as HIV treatment or in the form of Truvada (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against the virus. The one ARV that may be problematic to combine with such forms of birth control is Sustiva (efavirenz), which is included in Atripla (efavirenz/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine).

Published
30 May 2017
From
Poz
Contraception
HIV, family planning groups grapple with new WHO guidance on popular contraceptive

The World Health Organization's reclassification last month of progestogen-only injectable contraceptives has triggered a critical debate in the family planning community over how to manage the potential link between higher rates of HIV acquisition and one of the most popular birth control methods in many at-risk communities.

Published
04 April 2017
From
Devex
Contraception
Statement by the ECHO Management Committee on the new WHO guidance on use of hormonal contraceptives by women at high risk of HIV

Injectable progestogens are the most widely used contraceptives in sub-Saharan Africa, including in countries with high HIV prevalence. On 2 March 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released revised guidance on the use of hormonal contraceptives by women at high risk of HIV infection.

Published
06 March 2017
From
Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO) Study
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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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