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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.

Cancer

Screening may miss pre-cancerous anal lesions in women with HIV

News
12 March 2015
PrEP

Partners launch phase 2 safety study of a long-acting injectable to prevent HIV

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PATH
6 March 2015
PrEP

Are women PrEPared?

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Speaking Up! (blog)
2 March 2015
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Disappointing result for tenofovir-gel microbicide shows that young women still lack HIV prevention methods they can use

News
25 February 2015
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

7-country study shows triple-drug combination superior for preventing infant HIV infection

News
25 February 2015
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

VOICE trial: Microbicide gel may have stopped two out of three HIV infections – in the women who used it

News
9 February 2015
Clinical trials

Failed Trial in Africa Raises Questions About How to Test HIV Drugs

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New York Times
5 February 2015
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Uganda: High Hopes Ahead of Microbicide Trial Results

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AllAfrica.com
21 January 2015
Economic & social inequality

Improved school attendance credited with reducing HIV infections among teenage girls in Uganda

News
14 January 2015
PrEP

PrEP works in women using injectable hormonal contraceptives and in their male sex partners

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International AIDS Society
7 January 2015
Epidemiology & behaviour

Heterosexuals at High Risk for HIV Don't Test Enough

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Aidsmeds
23 December 2014
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Strategies to improve male partner involvement in microbicide research needed

News
17 December 2014
Contraception

Can Women Living with HIV and Taking Antiretroviral Therapy Use Hormonal Contraceptive Methods?

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K4Health
10 December 2014
Sexually transmitted infections prevention

HPV vaccine, riskier sexual activity not linked researchers say

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Eurekalert
9 December 2014
Combatting stigma

Ten Sexiest Women Living With HIV In 2014

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wearehiv.org
9 December 2014
Women

The Intersection of HIV/AIDS and Gender-Based Violence: A Critical Connection

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USAID
9 December 2014
PrEP

Conceiving a Child on Truvada as PrEP Appears Safe

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POZ
3 December 2014
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Looking to a New Era for Women's HIV Prevention: Zeda Rosenberg

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Huffington Post
26 November 2014
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

As strategies to prevent HIV and unintended pregnancies evolve, concepts of “multi-purpose technologies” raise a familiar question . . .

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Science Speaks
14 November 2014
PrEP

"On Demand" PrEP Reduces Risk of HIV Among Gay Men -- But What About Women?

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The Body Pro
12 November 2014
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Dissolving Tampons Deliver HIV Drugs (and Maybe Contraception, Too)

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Healthline News
4 November 2014
Human rights

Namibia’s Highest Court Finds Government Forcibly Sterilised HIV-Positive Women

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Southern Africa Litigation Centre (press release)
4 November 2014
Injectable & long-acting PrEP

Injectable rilpivirine shows promise in phase I trials – but may work better for anal than vaginal sex

News
1 November 2014
PrEP

Model Explains Why HIV Prevention Dosing Differs by Sex

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) press release
31 October 2014