Global Fund work falling short on gender-related issues
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The Global Fund’s efforts to put women and girls at the center of its work on HIV, TB and malaria have yet to bear significant fruit at the country level, according to the ATHENA Network.
In an interview with Aidspan, Luisa Orza, director of programs for the network, said that there was still a critical disconnect in many of the concept notes presented to the Global Fund, between the narrative analysis of gender-related issues and actual programme prioritisation of activities focusing on women and girls.
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Improving the effect of HIV drugs by the use of a vaccine
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A vaccine containing a protein necessary for virus replication can boost an HIV-infected patient's immune system, according to clinical research published in the open-access journal Retrovirology. This boost can result in increased effectiveness of antiretroviral drugs.
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Men Not Testing Regularly Enough For HIV
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The number of men who have sex with men testing for HIV may be rising, but those who should be testing more often are not doing so. A study by the Burnet Institute titled, ‘Seek Test Treat’ Lessons from Australia: A Study of HIV Patterns from a Cohort of Men Who Have Sex With Men, found that testing frequency was “suboptimal”, with only approximately half returning to test within 12 months, which is the recommended minimum.
Hope for women in the fight against HIV
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Two studies involving women in South Africa, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda and Zimbabwe are exploring the use of a vaginal ring that delivers antiretroviral drugs, to see if it can prevent transmission of HIV.
As circumcision wounds heal, HIV-positive men may spread virus to female partners
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In the midst of an international campaign to slow the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization recommends male circumcision (the surgical removal of foreskin from the penis) which reduces HIV acquisition by 50-60%.
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3rd Inter-regional Consultation on HIV - related Services and Rights
25-27 November 2015, Harare - Zimbabwe.
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