Providing pregnant women with HIV self-testing kits to pass along to their male partners can boost the partners’ rate of HIV testing and entry into care, according to a research article published in January 2019 in PLOS Medicine by Augustine Choko of the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Clinical Research Program, Malawi, and London School of Hygiene & Tropical… Continue reading How to Better Reach Men for HIV Testing
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): What You Need to Know Today
[Author’s note: Welcome to Part 3 of our seven-part series about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), sometimes called venereal diseases or Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). The good news is that as I write this in 2017, researchers are discovering not only new facts, but also new treatments for STIs. The not-so-good-news is that some STIs that… Continue reading Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): What You Need to Know Today
Older Adults with HIV: An Overlooked Population?
There is a myth that HIV is a disease of the young, but in fact, the HIV population among aging adults needs more attention than it is getting, according to psychologists. The research was outlined in a presentation at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA). “The lack of perceived HIV risk… Continue reading Older Adults with HIV: An Overlooked Population?