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SWAZILAND: ABC approach to be shelved
MBABANE, 16 August 2010 (PlusNews) - In a country with the highest HIV infection rate in the world and the lowest life expectancy, experts are still at a loss as to why Swazis have resisted all attempts to change the behaviours that put them at risk from the virus.
GLOBAL: Straight Talk with Dr Zeda Rosenberg, CEO of the International Partnership for Microbicides
JOHANNESBURG, 13 August 2010 (PlusNews) - There were cheers and some tears at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna in July when delegates heard the news that a clinical trial in South Africa, had found a vaginal gel containing the antiretroviral drug, tenofovir, was 39 percent effective at reducing women's risk of contracting HIV during sex
South Africa: Bolstering the Search for HIV Vaccine - Living With AIDS # 443
JOHANNESBURG, 13 August 2010 (allAfrica.com) - Intensifying their search for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection, scientists are planning to run an improved version of the successful Thai HIV vaccine trial in South Africa next year.
Could HIV be a matter of biology?
JOHANNESBURG, 10 August 2010 (PlusNews) - Africa’s HIV epidemic may not be driven by behaviour alone according to a new study suggesting that Kenyan women are more biologically susceptible to the virus.
Africa: Obama angry over spread of HIV
6 August 2010 (allAfrica.com) - President Obama has told African governments to change the behaviour of their citizens to prevent HIV spread, saying treating patients while others are catching the virus is untenable.
South Africa: Moulding men you can count on
JOHANNESBURG, 5 August 2010 (allAfrica.com) - Research shows that men are the main drivers of the HIV epidemic. Men transmit HIV to women, who, in turn, can infect their babies if they fall pregnant. But this can be prevented if men become a part of the woman's pregnancy.
