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Jan 9, 2020 | In the Media, News
Dr. Rose Nyirenda, director of the HIV and AIDS Unit for the Malawi Ministry of Health, shared Malawi’s progress toward HIV epidemic control at a media training on January 9 regarding the upcoming MPHIA (Malawi Population-based HIV Impact Assessment) survey. The...
Jan 7, 2020 | In the Media, News
Starting HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) within hours of birth has been hypothesized to have positive effects raising the possibility of remission in some children with HIV. To test the hypothesis, researchers at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia...
Jan 6, 2020 | In the Media, News
Results from the Rwanda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (RPHIA) showed remarkable progress toward achieving HIV epidemic control, particularly in attaining high levels of linkage to treatment and viral load suppression among people living with HIV. The RPHIA...
Jan 3, 2020 | In the Media, News
Phase one of the ZIMPHIA (Zimbabwe Population-based HIV Impact Assessment) survey has been completed, with a response rate of over 95 percent in participating communities. The ZIMPHIA study is a population household survey is led by the Health and Child Care Ministry...
Dec 24, 2019 | In the Media, News
Early treatments for the drug-resistant disease required injections over many months, and the side effects, such as hearing loss, kidney failure, depression or psychosis, can be worse than the disease, says Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, director of ICAP at Columbia...
Dec 23, 2019 | News
Real life does not often line up with the parameters of controlled research, particularly in low-resource health settings. Interventions across a variety of disciplines—be it health, education, or more—are subject to change and setbacks, and are responsive to the...