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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.

Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

ART quells genital HIV shedding throughout menstrual cycle

Editor's pick
International AIDS Society
17 September 2014
PrEP

HIV-fighting intravaginal ring research nets $20M from NIH

Editor's pick
Fierce Drug Delivery
15 September 2014
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Pregnant women need more support on looking after their own health after childbirth – could help retention in Option B+ programmes

News
10 September 2014
Women

Are "Sugar Daddies" to Blame for HIV Transmission in Africa?

Editor's pick
Scientific American
5 September 2014
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Malawi First Country to Put HIV Positive Pregnant Women On ARVs

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AllAfrica
2 September 2014
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Zambia: PMTCT Real Life Story

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Times of Zambia
21 August 2014
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

HIV superinfection associated with accelerated viral load increase but has no impact on clinical disease progression

News
19 August 2014
Violence

Intimate partner violence intervention reduces HIV incidence and violence against women

News
7 August 2014
PrEP

There's a pill that prevents HIV — why are only gay men talking about it?

Editor's pick
The Verge
6 August 2014
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Weaving HIV protection: UW researchers use fabric to protect women against infection

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Business Journal
5 August 2014
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Mothers starting antiretrovirals in Malawi lost from care more frequently, revealing weaknesses in Option B+ implementation

News
30 July 2014
Behaviour change interventions

Treatment as prevention may not work in Africa without couples counselling

News
23 July 2014
Access to healthcare

What is needed to 'step up the pace' on HIV prevention and treatment?

News
21 July 2014
Malaria

Protease inhibitor therapy doesn't reduce the risk of malaria for HIV-positive pregnant women

News
17 July 2014
PrEP science

High levels of adherence to study medication among women who conceived during HIV PrEP study

News
14 July 2014
Diabetes

Protease inhibitor therapy increases underlying genetic risk of diabetes for women with HIV

News
1 July 2014
Travel

More young Australian women contract HIV on overseas trips, say counsellors

Editor's pick
The Guardian
26 June 2014
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+)

Editor's pick
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

Editor's pick
Key Correspondents
24 April 2014