Contraception

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  Preventing unintended pregnancies in women living with HIV in resource-poor settings

  Women with HIV in low-resource settings have high unmet needs for contraception. This article reviews evidence and programming issues....

  From:HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

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  Contraceptive choices for women with HIV

  Terrence Higgins Trust has published a booklet for women with HIV called Your Sexual Health, which includes a comprehensive section on contraception. Call THT Direct on 0845...

  From:HIV treatment update

Contraception news from aidsmap

• No significant link between injectable contraceptives and HIV risk, but questions still remain

  Chirenje ZM et al. Association between hormonal contraception and HIV infection in HPTN 035. International Microbicides Conference, Sydney, 2012. See here for programme. Naicker I et al. Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infection acquisition – lessons from the ...

  18 April 2012 | Gus Cairns

• Contraceptive requirement may have compromised FEM-PrEP study

  A requirement that all participants take hormonal contraceptives may have been what led to the disappointing failure of a study of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) targeted at single women, the International Microbicides Conference in Sydney was told today. The FEM-PrEP study ...

  16 April 2012 | Gus Cairns

• Hormonal contraception and HIV risk in women: more evidence but uncertainty remains

  McCoy S et al. Oral and injectable contraception use and risk of HIV acquisition among women: MIRA study. 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic infections, Seattle, abstract 20LB, 2012. The abstract is available on the official conference website.Heffron R et al. ...

  07 March 2012 | Keith Alcorn

• Contraception in HIV prevention trials: injectable hormonal methods more effective?

  Women using injectable (hormonal) contraceptives had a significantly lower rate of pregnancy compared to those using oral contraception in a major HIV prevention study, researchers report in the advance online edition of AIDS. However, the same study also found ...

  02 February 2012 | Carole Leach-Lemens

• Hormonal contraception and HIV risk: no increased risk in South African cohort

  Morrison CS et al. Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition among women in South Africa. AIDS 25, doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834fa13d, 2012. ...

  26 January 2012 | Carole Leach-Lemens

• Contraceptive injections and HIV transmission risk - what happens now?

  With new data suggesting that injectable contraceptives may double the risk both of acquiring and passing on HIV, how will this affect women’s contraceptive choices? What are the implications for family planning policy in countries with ...

  26 October 2011 | Roger Pebody

• Kenya: Despite free ARVs, delayed treatment often due to poverty

  Guthrie BL et al. Barriers to antiretroviral initiation in HIV-1 discordant couples.JAIDS advance online edition, doi: 10.1097/QAL0b013e31822f064e, 2011. ...

  09 September 2011 | Carole Leach-Lemens

• High levels of unmet need for family planning in people with HIV - couples unaware of conception and contraception options

  To explore attitudes and feelings about conception, researchers in Durban, South Africa, conducted in-depth interviews with 30 women and 20 men living with HIV whose primary partner was either HIV-negative or of unknown status. As in the previous study, men ...

  26 July 2011 | Roger Pebody

• Hormonal contraceptive use increases women’s risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV

  Heffron R et al. Hormonal contraceptive use and risk of HIV-1 transmission: a prospective cohort analysis. Sixth International AIDS Conference, Rome, abstract WEAX020620, 2011.  View abstract WEAX0206 and see the presentation, with audio, on the conference ...

  21 July 2011 | Roger Pebody

• Condom use increases after starting ART in Kenyan women's study

  After starting antiretroviral therapy, HIV-positive female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya, increased contraceptive use by over 50% but the number of sex partners and frequency of sex did not change, R Scott McClelland and colleagues report ...

  22 April 2010 | Carole Leach-Lemens

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Contraception news selected from other sources

• South Africa: Injectable contraceptive under review

  South Africa’s most commonly used injectable contraceptive could be phased out and replaced with other long-term birth control methods.

  08 May 2012 | City Press

• Planned Parenthood Whitewashing Life-and-Death Info On HIV Protection

  WHO convened experts to answer the question: Do women who use hormonal contraceptives face higher risks of HIV acquisition and transmission? Planned Parenthood claims that the answer was "a resounding no." That's not true.

  06 March 2012 | Huffington Post

• HIV/AIDS: Hormonal contraception advice not reaching women

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised women on injectable hormonal birth control to use condoms to prevent HIV infection in light of possible HIV risks associated with "the shot", but HIV organizations and activists say this has not been effectively communicated to women.

  01 March 2012 | IRIN Plus News

• Community group cautions WHO on communication of its guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV

  The International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) expressed concern Monday over the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Technical Statement on Hormonal Contraceptives and HIV and its accompanying press release.

  28 February 2012 | Science Speaks

• WHO upholds guidance on hormonal contraceptive use and HIV

  WHO has concluded, on the advice of its Guidelines Review Committee, that women living with HIV or at high risk of HIV can safely continue to use hormonal contraceptives to prevent pregnancy. The recommendation follows a thorough review of evidence about links between hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition.

  16 February 2012 | World Health Organization

• HIV warning to women using injectable contraception

  Women who rely on injectable contraception are being strongly advised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to also use condoms to protect them against the increased risk of HIV infection.

  16 February 2012 | The Guardian

• Sex Ed Not Reducing Birthrates in Conservative States

  Despite the presence of sex education courses, U.S. states with high degrees of conservatism and religiosity have above-average adolescent birthrates, according to a Washington University in St. Louis study reported by LiveScience.

  16 February 2012 | Poz magazine news

• The UN’s Gag Order on Reproductive Health

  Invitees who attended back-to-back World Health Organization (WHO) consultations at the start of February were required to sign confidentiality agreements prohibiting them from talking about the meetings. WHO’s gag order is just the latest in a years-long effort by the United Nations’ AIDS apparatus to limit how much women know about possible links between HIV and injectable hormonal contraceptives. 

  13 February 2012 | AIDS Free World

• US contraceptive rule 'must go'

  The top Republican in Congress calls for a law against a contraceptive rule if President Obama does not back down in the face of Catholic leaders' anger.

  09 February 2012 | BBC Health

• WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV

  The World Health Organization (WHO) will later this month issue further guidance on the reported link between hormonal contraceptives such as the pill, injectables, implants and HIV.

  06 February 2012 | UNAIDS

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