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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Topic: Women

News and information about HIV in women. The heightened vulnerability of women and girls to HIV is closely linked to gendered power relations and social, legal, economic and cultural inequalities.

Women

PrEPared to Fight: A Woman-Centered Approach to HIV Prevention

Editor's pick
BETA blog
19 June 2014
Women

Responding to sexual violence in armed conflict

Editor's pick
The Lancet
13 June 2014
Circumcision

Three-quarters of women interviewed in Kenya's highest prevalence province say they prefer circumcised partners

News
6 June 2014
Treatment for women

Marriage a Barrier to ARV treatment for Swazi Women (part two of a series on Option B+)

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IPS
5 June 2014
The biology of HIV transmission

Uganda's struggle with schistosomiasis

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The Lancet
16 May 2014
Human rights

SOUTH AFRICA: HIV+ Women Sue for Forced Sterilisation

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Independent Online
1 May 2014
Behaviour change interventions

Malawi to prioritise gender-based messages in response to HIV and TB

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Key Correspondents
24 April 2014
Cancer

Cancer Vaccine Proves Effective in HIV Patients

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New York Times
22 April 2014
Human rights

South Africa: Gauteng pays after forced sterilisation for HIV-positive woman

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Mail & Guardian
14 April 2014
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Standard HIV treatment achieves high concentrations in female genital tract and suppresses shedding of virus

News
1 April 2014
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Dapivirine vaginal ring safe and effective in tissue study, but maraviroc component doesn't work

News
20 March 2014
Circumcision

Women with circumcised partners less likely to have HIV, no less likely to use condoms

News
19 March 2014
Sexual transmission

Rare case of lesbian transmission of HIV reported in US

News
17 March 2014
African migrants

The maternal mental health of migrant women

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Better Health
14 March 2014
Women

Uniting against violence and HIV

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UNAIDS (press release)
13 March 2014
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Sexually transmitted infections greatly increase the risk of HIV infection in pregnancy

News
11 March 2014
PrEP

Women and PrEP: A Q&A with Dr. Judy Auerbach

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BETA blog
11 March 2014
Cardiovascular disease

Heart attack risk in people with HIV may be falling – but not in women

News
10 March 2014
Violence

Dangerous Combo: Violence in Pregnancy and HIV in South Africa

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Inter Press Service
10 March 2014
Cardiovascular disease

HIV Independently Predicts Cardiovascular Disease in US Women

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NATAP
7 March 2014
Epidemiology & behaviour

Younger women not at higher risk of HIV from relationships with older men, South African study finds

News
7 March 2014
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Maternal deaths due to HIV not declining despite PMTCT successes in South Africa

News
6 March 2014
Contraception

Study comparing injectable contraceptives DMPA and NET-EN finds HIV risk higher with DMPA

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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
4 March 2014
Epidemiology & behaviour

Young people who acquire HIV in Uganda report poor communication and mistrust in their relationships

News
20 February 2014