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Social forces which drive the HIV epidemic and create vulnerability to HIV infection. They include gender inequality and violence, economic and social inequality, and the legal environment.

Structural factors

Cash payments to stay in school reduce HIV incidence in girls and young women, eSwatini study finds

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12 August 2019
Structural factors

Punitive laws associated with HIV infections in female sex workers

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9 August 2019
Transgender people

HIV outcomes for transgender women improved by addressing social and structural issues

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29 July 2019
Drug policy & policing

Policing practices are consistently associated with HIV and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs

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27 July 2019
Heterosexual men

Older, out-of-school and anonymous partners pose more HIV infection risk for adolescent girls in South Africa

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28 June 2019
Combatting stigma

What works against self-stigma? First systematic review aims to find out

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24 May 2019
Epidemiology & behaviour

Managing sexual and survival risks: the impact of inequity and stigma on Jamaican MSM and trans women

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14 December 2018
Heterosexual men

Adolescent girls’ male partners are not all much older, much wealthier ‘sugar daddies’

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4 October 2018
Structural factors

Racial segregation associated with new HIV infections among black heterosexuals living in the US

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24 September 2018
Money, benefits & housing

Unstable housing associated with low CD4 cell count and detectable viral load for HIV-positive women in US

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6 September 2018
Transgender people

Work to improve the HIV care continuum for black transgender women should concentrate on HIV diagnosis

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5 September 2018
Harm reduction

Series of HIV outbreaks in people who inject drugs shows that ‘complacency is the new problem’

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27 July 2018
Self-testing & home testing

Kenyan women can distribute HIV self-test kits to their sexual partners without a significant risk of intimate partner violence

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17 July 2018
Experiences of stigma

It’s not just HIV stigma – sexism, racism and poverty stigma commonly reported by women living with HIV in the United States

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7 June 2018
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

South Africa: women may have higher rates of HIV than men because fewer men are on treatment

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26 March 2018
PrEP programmes & uptake

PrEP use growing in US, but not reaching all those in need

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7 March 2018
Structural factors

To better target HIV prevention, identify people whose social contacts have high viral loads

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23 November 2017
Epidemiology & behaviour

What is going on in gay men’s lives when they acquire HIV?

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8 September 2017
Hepatitis C treatment

The availability of direct-acting antivirals is reducing disparities in the uptake of hepatitis C treatment

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30 August 2017
Migrants, refugees & displaced people

Across western Europe, migrants from all parts of the world start HIV treatment later

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13 February 2017
Sex workers

Legalisation of sex work associated with lower prevalence of HIV in sex workers

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7 February 2017
PrEP

What are the key steps to effective delivery of PrEP care?

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20 January 2017
Structural factors

Migration and age differences between male and female partners fuelling the HIV epidemic in South Africa

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14 December 2016
Women

Multiple motivations for ‘transactional sex’ need to be taken into account when planning interventions for African women

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13 December 2016