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Getting male partners tested
Male partners of pregnant women influence the health seeking behaviour of their partners. An unsupportive partner may restrict a pregnant…
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Self-stigma
In my meanderings on the internet—trying to bring something fresh and new to our discussions—I came across self-stigma. Self-stigma…
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Option B+ improving outcomes
Continuing with the theme of anti-retroviral drugs this weekend, let us take a look at Option B+. Malawi can own…
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The best antiretroviral drug on the market is…
I am sure you would like to know the answer to this question. But it isn’t a simple one to…
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More on the cost of drugs
I find it extremely profound, monumental and a wonderful symbol of advocacy that in the course of a year, the…
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The cost of ARVs
Who remembers the days when it was only the privileged that had access to ARVs? They would have relatives and…
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Cash lottery for HIV prevention and testing
The use of financial incentives for improving social outcomes, for example, giving girls monetary support to stay in school or…
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Highlights from the UNAids and Lancet Commission
I did not attend the first UNAids and Lancet Commission meeting themed From Aids to Sustainable Health which took place…
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New earlier HIV treatment recommendation
Start treatment at CD4 counts below 500 cells/mm3 and not 350 is the new recommendation from the World Health Organisation…
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When teachers take advantage
Schools are supposed to be bastions of knowledge, values, beliefs, morals, mentors, role models — where one learns right from…
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