28th September marks International Safe Abortion Day. This year, the Hivos Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Fund (RSRHR Fund) has teamed up with The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), ...
Katswe Sistahood was founded in 2007. It is a movement of young dynamic women fighting for the full attainment of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for all young women in Zimbabwe. It is a platform that enables young ...
25 July 2018 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) – Twenty of the world’s leading HIV scientists have launched an evidence-based consensus that systematically refutes the rationale for laws that criminalize HIV transmission. ...
Nearly 10 million more young people in the region could have HIV by 2050 if trends continue Data from multiple countries show impact of enhanced prevention and treatment efforts 25 July 2018 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) ...
An analysis conducted by UNICEF estimated that 9.6 million young people aged 15-24 years will be newly infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa between 2017 and 2050. About two-thirds of those will be girls or young women, acc...
A population-level study in Namibia (NAMPHIA) found that 77% of people living with HIV in the country are virally suppressed; that is, the HIV level in their blood has fallen to low levels. Viral suppression indicates that pe...
Data from SEARCH, a community-cluster randomized study in Uganda and Kenya, showed that enhanced testing and care initiatives for HIV and other diseases can result in significantly higher viral suppression and lower HIV morta...
The Ya Tsie Botswana Prevention Project, a randomized study in rural and semi-urban communities, found that a package of interventions, including expanded HIV testing, linkage to care, earlier treatment and voluntary male cir...
The MaxART study in eSwatini (previously known as Swaziland) provided the world’s first data on the impact of “universal test and treat” (UTT) in a government-run national health system; UTT entails offering antiretrovi...
Staffan Hildebrand, a filmmaker based in the Netherlands, is aiming to produce a film using over 800 hours of documentary footage collected from his HIV activism over a period of 32 years. The full-length documentary will ...
