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Model that Predicts Expanded HIV Treatment for Discordant Couples Could Significantly Reduce Global
!{filedir_1}AIDS_cover1.jpg! A new study uses a mathematical model to predict the potential impact of expanding treatment to discordant couples on controlling the global HIV epidemic–in these couples, one partner has HIV infection and the other does not. The research...
Strengthening Data Collection of Key Populations at Risk in Mali
In the Republic of Mali–one of the world’s poorest countries–approximately 66,000 of the nation’s 14.5 million people are living with HIV; more than half of the infected are women age 15–59. While women are disproportionately affected, several key populations are at...
New Course For Health Professionals Focuses on Health Systems Strengthening
!{filedir_1}hss_photo1.jpg! Ministries of Health and US Government staff from around the world joined the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health (“MSPH”:http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/) this week for the online phase of a new course on health...
ICAP in Rwanda Brings Integrated HIV and Mental Health Services to a Recovering Population
“Mental illness is common around the world, but until recently such conditions were not widely recognized in low-resource countries and there was little to offer those who suffered from them,” said Francine Cournos, senior project officer for adherence,...
