Sentences with phrase «hiv prevention efforts»

Heading directly to the huge convention center here that this week was hosting the first - ever HIV R4P conference, a gathering of researchers and activists working on all HIV prevention efforts, Motsoaledi wasted no time in making connections.

HIV R4P organizers carry high hopes for the first conference attempting to knit together all HIV prevention efforts, says conference co-chair, Sharon Hillier, a University of Pittsburgh professor of obstetrics, gynecology, molecular genetics, and biochemistry.

«This is a sign that HIV prevention efforts are making a difference,» said epidemiologist Paul De Lay, deputy executive director of UNAIDS.

The study was designed to inform future HIV prevention efforts in the US that aim at utilizing this promising approach.

«This data provides potential leverage points for both community - level interventions and advocacy for this population, particularly related to transactional sex and education, and will aid HIV prevention efforts that seek to address the contextual constraints on individual risk behavior,» said Stevens.

Prevention of mother - to - child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV has been at the forefront of global HIV prevention efforts since 1998, following the success of the short - course zidovudine and single - dose nevirapine clinical trials in reducing transmission.

By sharing these data with other researchers in the field, we help the entire HIV prevention effort move forward faster.

Not exact matches

Fulfilling Fatherhood highlights the need for more understanding of the needs of HIV positive people and for more emphasis on «positive prevention», an essential ingredient in linking efforts aimed at HIV prevention and care.

According to the acting Director of Technical Services at the Ghana AIDS Commission, Mr Cosmos Ohene - Adjei, the low patronage of condoms in the country was worrying in relation to efforts at ensuring the prevention of new cases of HIV...

Gays disposable: Uganda says it will ignore gays in its HIV / AIDS prevention efforts because homosexuality is illegal.

1994: Mathilde Krim and June Osborn — Long before it was fashionable, Drs. Krim and Osborn were outspoken in their promotion of research efforts to find treatments for AIDS, to stem the spread of HIV through prevention and education, and to dispel ignorance about the disease and fear of those who are infected.

As a public health analyst in the HIV / AIDS prevention branch, West supported the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) project, an ongoing effort that studies prevalence of infection in specific risk groups in cities.

He said that prevention efforts located in areas where HIV is prevalent would benefit from testing for primary infection.

The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health's Project Accept — a trial conducted by the HIV Prevention Trials Network to test a combination of social, behavioral and structural HIV - prevention interventions — demonstrated that a series of community efforts boosted the number of people tested for HIV and resulted in a 14 percent reduction in new HIV infections, compared with control communities.

Communities in Africa and Thailand that worked together on HIV - prevention efforts saw not only a rise in HIV screening but a drop in new infections, according to a new study in the peer - reviewed journal The Lancet Global Health.

According to Professor Chris Beyrer, Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health & Human Rights, USA, who coordinated the Series, «Efforts to improve HIV prevention and treatment by and for people who sell sex can no longer be seen as peripheral to the achievement of universal access to HIV services and to eventual control of the pandemic.

But the report notes that if treatment and prevention efforts remain at 2013 levels, the epidemic will continue to grow and an estimated 41.5 million people will be living with HIV in 2030.

A new global report on the HIV / AIDS epidemic spotlights success in both prevention and treatment efforts, but also stresses that countries must dramatically ramp up both if the world hopes to meet the ambitious goals agreed upon last year at a special session of the United Nations.

It is critical to continue and accelerate a robust research effort to develop an HIV vaccine that is at least moderately effective, while also aggressively scaling up the implementation of current treatment and prevention tools, Dr. Fauci concludes.

In the piece, the authors note that behavioral, cultural and legal factors have hindered HIV prevention and treatment efforts and explain why those factors necessitate the development of an HIV vaccine.

Author Comment: The study suggests that in countries like Senegal in West Africa, where cervical cancer screening is not widely available, HIV - positive women may benefit from targeted cervical cancer prevention efforts, Whitham said.

Three factors have nudged population projections upward over the past decade, Hania Zlotnik, the director of the population division, said in an interview: lengthening lifespans; the success of HIV / AIDS treatment and prevention efforts, particularly in Africa; and «a slower than expected decline in fertility» (meaning the number of children a woman bears).

Tobin worries that fear or shame is what is stopping the other 130 Indigenous women identified in the most recent statistics as living with HIV, and how that affects prevention and treatment efforts.

This effort is about reminding people that stigma and discrimination are among the foremost barriers to HIV prevention, treatment, and support.

This year, we're launching #LetsEndStigma, an effort dedicated to addressing HIV stigma and putting youth - focused prevention and education at the center of the conversation.

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