🌍 Did you know that Doxy-PEP has been approved for use in STI prevention? 🛡🔍 Are you aware of the evidence for the approval? 📊🌐 What could be the possible implications of global use of Doxy-PEP, especially in poorly regulated settings, vis-a-vis antimicrobial resistance? 🦠Jo...
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WHO Releases New HIV Treatment & Prevention Guidelines: A Bold Step Toward Simplification and Person-Centered CareJuly 2025 marked a major milestone in the global HIV response as the World Health Organization (WHO) unveiled updated treatment and prevention guidelines during t...
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Someone may know that HIV/STI testing is important and still avoid testing. Often times, the problem is not from lack of information but fear, stigma, lack of funding or avoiding generalized care. Person-centered prevention means designing prevention around lived experiences,...
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HIV testing is one of the first steps towards HIV prevention and care. But making testing available does not automatically mean that people will use it. Across sub-Saharan Africa, studies have identified barriers ranging from fear of a positive result and HIV-related stigma t...
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Sexual health is often described as a list of services: HIV and STI testing, condoms, contraception, and treatment. These matter, but a list of services doesn't tell us whether people feel able to use them.Someone can know exactly where a clinic is and still not go. They may worr...
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HIV care has made remarkable progress over the years, and with access to effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), people living with HIV can live long, healthy lives. Viral suppression remains a major achievement in the global HIV response, but it does not tell the whole stor...
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When Amara was diagnosed with HIV, her first concern was whether she would survive. After starting treatment and learning that she could live a long and healthy life, she thought the hardest part was over. But something else began to trouble her. She worried about who might find...
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