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Condoms and prevention of HIV [PDF]

BMJ, 2004
Promotion of condoms has been a mainstay of HIV prevention policy. Over the past few years, however, the value and effectiveness of condoms have increasingly been called into question. The growing “abstinence only” movement in the United States questions the provision of condoms as part of the policy and messaging of the US Agency for International ...
Foss, Anna M, Watts, Charlotte H, Vickerman, Peter, Heise, Lori   +3 more
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Drug resistance emergence in macaques administered cabotegravir long-acting for pre-exposure prophylaxis during acute SHIV infection

Nature Communications, 2019
Long-acting formulation of the integrase inhibitor cabotegravir (CAB LA) is in clinical development for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Here, using a SHIV macaque model, the authors show emergence of integrase mutations associated to CAB LA PrEP ...
Jessica Radzio-Basu, Olivia Council, Mian-er Cong, Susan Ruone, Alicia Newton, Xierong Wei, James Mitchell, Shanon Ellis, Christos J. Petropoulos, Wei Huang, William Spreen, Walid Heneine, J. Gerardo García-Lerma   +12 more
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Microbicides in HIV prevention [PDF]

BMJ, 2001
In 1999 about 5.4 million people were newly infected with HIV.1 In some countries public health programmes have achieved modest gains in reducing HIV transmission through behavioural change, but the worldwide picture is one of increasing rates of infection.
McCormack, S, Hayes, R, Lacey, CJ, Johnson, AM   +3 more
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Folder 7: A: Folder 6 - DHHS: AIDS Prevention Project, 1989 Meeting Notes, 1989

, 1988
HIV prevention program directors of December 1988.
HIV Prevention Program
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Racism, African American Women, and Their Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Historical and Contemporary Evidence and Implications for Health Equity

Health Equity, 2018
Background: The sexual and reproductive health of African American women has been compromised due to multiple experiences of racism, including discriminatory healthcare practices from slavery through the post-Civil Rights era.
Cynthia Prather, Taleria R. Fuller, William L. Jeffries, Khiya J. Marshall, A. Vyann Howell, Angela Belyue-Umole, Winifred King   +6 more
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Single oral dose for HIV pre or post-exposure prophylaxis: user desirability and biological efficacy in macaques

EBioMedicine, 2020
Background: Daily oral pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP or PEP) is highly effective in preventing HIV infection. However, many people find it challenging to adhere to a daily oral regimen.
Ivana Massud, Susan Ruone, Maria Zlotorzynska, Richard Haaland, Patrick Mills, Mian-er Cong, Kristen Kelley, Ryan Johnson, Angela Holder, Chuong Dinh, George Khalil, Yi Pan, Colleen F. Kelley, Travis Sanchez, Walid Heneine, J. Gerardo García-Lerma   +15 more
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Factors associated with the choice of having multiple sexual partners among male college students with casual heterosexual sex in Zhejiang Province, Eastern China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Young students infected with HIV have become a significant public health issue in China, this study aimed to understand the factors influencing the choice of having multiple sexual partners among male college students who had casual ...
Zhongrong Yang, Weiyong Chen, Qiaoqin Ma, Wanjun Chen, Xin Zhou, Hui Wang, Tingting Jiang   +6 more
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Prevention Counseling Practices of HIV Care Providers with Patients New to HIV Medical Care

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2014
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of prevention counseling discussions between HIV care providers and their patients who are newly linked to care and to assess factors that facilitate such discussions.
Eduardo Valverde MPH, Linda Beer PhD, Christopher Johnson MS, Janet M. Blair PhD, Christine L. Mattson PhD, Catherine Sanders MS, John Weiser MD, Jacek Skarbinski MD   +7 more
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Addressing Vulnerable Population Needs in the Last Mile to the elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV: (Re)Claiming the HIV Response for Female Sex Workers and Their Children

BMC Public Health, 2020
As countries strive to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, female sex workers (FSW) and their children still face barriers to accessing these essential services.
Avi J. Hakim, Tegan Callahan, Irene Benech, Monita Patel, Michelle Adler, Surbhi Modi, Moses Bateganya, Kae Anne Parris, Trista Bingham   +8 more
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Natural selection favoring more transmissible HIV detected in United States molecular transmission network

Nature Communications, 2019
Here, the authors use a molecular epidemiological approach to investigate the frequency and intensity of clustering of HIV with different set-point viral loads and find that frequently transmitted strains in genetic transmission clusters have ...
Joel O. Wertheim, Alexandra M. Oster, William M. Switzer, Chenhua Zhang, Nivedha Panneer, Ellsworth Campbell, Neeraja Saduvala, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Walid Heneine   +8 more
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