South Africa
Dec 25, 2018
Brittain K, Mellins CA, Remien RH, Phillips T, Zerbe A, Abrams EJ, Myer L. Glob Public Health. 2018 Dec 25:1-11. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2018.1560485. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Depressive symptoms are common among pregnant women living with HIV, and an...
Nov 8, 2018
Technau KG, Strehlau R, Patel F, Shiau S, Burke M, Conradie M, Sorour G, Sherman GG, Coovadia A, Murnane PM, Abrams EJ, Kuhn L. Lancet HIV. 2018 Nov 8. pii: S2352-3018(18)30251-0. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30251-0. [Epub ahead of print] BACKGROUND: Initiation...
Nov 5, 2018
Phillips TK, Wilson IB, Brittain K, Zerbe A, Mellins CA, Remien RH, Orrell C, Abrams EJ, Myer L. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Nov 5. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001909. [Epub ahead of print] INTRODUCTION: Routine HIV viral load (VL) monitoring is...
Aug 15, 2018
Men who have sex with men (MSM) worldwide are disproportionately impacted by HIV. South Africa is no exception—while exact data is scarce, an estimated 13 to 49 percent of MSM are HIV-positive, a rate nearly five times higher than their non-MSM counterparts. High HIV...
Aug 15, 2018
South Africa’s health care system continues to struggle with its response to the devastation of HIV, while at the same time respecting its mandate to provide equitable health services to all. The adult HIV prevalence for 2009 was estimated at 10.6% in the general...