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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Pregnant women need more support on looking after their own health after childbirth – could help retention in Option B+ programmes

Many women living with HIV believe that HIV care for the mother’s own health is unimportant once the baby is born, especially if the infant tests HIV

Published
10 September 2014
By
Roger Pebody
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Zambia: PMTCT Real Life Story

The pain of living through the loss of three children was enough to discourage Constance Mudenda from ever contemplating parenting. When she was pregnant, her greatest desire was to have a child born free of HIV, and now she will continue to mentor her daughter to ensure she is protected from acquiring HIV.

Published
21 August 2014
From
Times of Zambia
Contraception
New analysis suggests increased risk of HIV infection for women using contraceptive injections

A sophisticated meta-analysis, pooling individual-level data on 37,000 women, has found that the use of DMPA injectable hormonal contraception is linked with a higher rate of new

Published
24 July 2014
By
Roger Pebody
Malaria
Protease inhibitor therapy doesn't reduce the risk of malaria for HIV-positive pregnant women

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) based on the protease inhibitor lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) does not reduce the risk of malaria among pregnant women living with HIV, research published in the online

Published
17 July 2014
By
Michael Carter
PrEP
High levels of adherence to study medication among women who conceived during HIV PrEP study

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) appears to be an acceptable strategy for safer conception for HIV-negative women in a relationship with an HIV-positive partner, according to

Published
14 July 2014
By
Michael Carter
Conception
HIV Did Not Stop Me From Having a Biological Child

On Monday, April 15, 2013, at 8:00 a.m., my life changed forever. My wife, Kasiah, and I welcomed our first child, a healthy girl named Finley Elizabeth Banks, into this world. She was perfect. But the journey to have a healthy, HIV-free biological child began many years before Finley’s birth.

Published
26 June 2014
From
TIME magazine
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Eliminating paediatric HIV, men should play a part

Experts say very few men in Zimbabwe are involved in reproductive health issues.

Published
10 February 2014
From
The Zimbabwe Standard
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Only a fifth of pregnancies among women living with HIV in the US are planned

Only a fifth of pregnancies among women living with HIV in the United States are planned, research published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune

Published
15 October 2013
By
Michael Carter
Microbicides
Microbicide ring study shows users are reassured about discomfort but develop new worries about safety

A safety and acceptability study of a vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drugs dapivirine (TMC120) and/or maraviroc (Celsentri, Selzentry) shows that women using the ring generally found

Published
03 October 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Microbicides
Tenofovir vaginal ring protects monkeys on Depo-Provera against HIV-like virus

An intravaginal ring containing tenofovir protected all but one macaque monkey given hormonal contraceptives and repeatedly exposed to a hybrid human/simian virus similar to HIV, according to

Published
30 September 2013
By
Liz Highleyman
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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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