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U.N. body agrees on women's rights policy, skirting sexual politics

A U.N. policy-making body agreed upon a declaration Friday urging an end to violence against women and girls despite concerns from conservative Muslim countries and the Vatican about references to women's sexual and reproductive rights.

Published
17 March 2013
From
Reuters
Contraception
Contraceptive injections and HIV infection risk – a public health conundrum

The concerns about a possible increase in risk of HIV acquisition with some hormonal contraceptive methods need to be understood in the context of the

Published
10 March 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Lack of understanding of treatment benefits may discourage women with HIV from having children – and could increase the risk of vertical transmission

Two papers presented at the eleventh International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection this week in Glasgow suggest that some women with HIV may not have

Published
16 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Manchester study finds link between increased premature birth rate and HIV

A review of clinical records from Central Manchester University Hospitals has found more evidence of an increased rate of preterm delivery of babies born to HIV-positive

Published
15 November 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Conception
"How are we going to have a baby? I’m positive and you’re not"

Joanna Moss of the African Health Policy Network (AHPN) looks at conception and fertility guidelines and services for people living with HIV in the UK.

Published
22 October 2012
From
HIV treatment update
Families and children
Non-infected Babies Born To HIV Mothers Have Decreased Resistance For Measles

Newborns without the HIV virus who have infected mothers need to be vaccinated immediately against measles, a new study says, in order to prevent the obtainment and transmission of the virus.

Published
19 October 2012
From
Medical News Today
Women
Forced sterilisation: Doctors face probe

Doctors in government and public hospitals are being investigated after a study claimed that they are sterilising women with HIV without their knowledge. Others are forcing them to undergo tubal ligation in exchange for antiretroviral treatment, according to the survey.

Published
31 August 2012
From
Daily Nation (Kenya)
HIV prevention policy
Time for multiple prevention technologies (MPTs) is now

Multiple prevention technologies for sexual and reproductive health, also called combination or dual technologies, include vaccines, microbicides and devices like intravaginal rings, diaphragms, and are designed to address multiple sexual and reproductive health needs, including prevention of unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases including HIV, and other reproductive track infections (RTI).

Published
23 August 2012
From
Citizen News Service
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Male partner involvement improves HIV testing during pregnancy

Studies presented at the Nineteenth International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC called attention to the benefits of increasing male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)

Published
02 August 2012
By
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Transforming ‘PMTCT programmes into ART programmes’: UNICEF champions lifelong treatment for all HIV-positive pregnant women

At a session at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC, UNICEF official Chewe Luo called for transforming “PMTCT programmes into ART programmes” in

Published
26 July 2012
By
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
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