Edith Magak Editorial Consultant

Edith is a science writer specialising in HIV and other infectious diseases. Her work focuses on equitable access to HIV testing, prevention, and treatment across Africa, examining how research translates into real-world impact for communities. She is particularly drawn to covering advanced HIV disease and the structural inequalities that drive the epidemic. Edith first joined the aidsmap Emerging Voices programme in 2021.

Improving HIV care

Gender-focused training for HIV providers reduces stigma but implementation proves challenging

Economic & social inequality

Higher education increased HIV risk in Africa then became protective

Health services & systems

Integration of HIV services – what does that really mean?

Health services & systems

Is HIV integration a response or a death sentence? Communities demand answers

Injectable & long-acting PrEP

Lenacapavir and cabotegravir PrEP supported for use in pregnancy and breastfeeding

Government, leadership & policy

Rwanda’s HIV leadership on display at IAS 2025

Climate change

Climate change is threatening the sexual health of young adolescents in Kenya

Epidemiology

Much lower HIV knowledge and access to testing for people with disabilities globally

Improving HIV care

South Africa clinics pilot Undetectable equals Untransmittable app to support HIV counselling

PrEP programmes & uptake

PrEP in pictures: these photos highlight factors influencing women’s use of PrEP in Kenya

Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Six years after pregnancy, almost half of women with HIV in Tanzania have dropped out of care

Mpox

‘I felt like I was dirty’: experiences of gay men diagnosed with mpox in England

Improving HIV care

Adolescent mothers with HIV in South Africa have poorer HIV outcomes than non-mothers, study finds

Infant feeding

To breastfeed or not: mothers living with HIV in African countries still unclear on what to do

HIV testing policies & guidelines

Major knowledge gaps on social harms after HIV partner notification

Behaviour change interventions

PrEP marketing should not be a story about HIV, but a story about young women

Improving HIV care

Huge fall in deaths after improving meningitis care for people with HIV in African hospitals

Viral load

Adolescents with HIV in Zimbabwe are not being told why an undetectable viral load matters