HIV care and treatment
May 2, 2017 | News
Central Asia and Eastern Europe experienced an estimated 57 percent annual increase in new HIV infections between 2010 and 2015. Injection drug use is a driving force behind the region’s HIV epidemic, with approximately 50 percent of all registered HIV cases occurring...
Apr 25, 2017 | Stories from the Field
Mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and psychosis are more than twice as common among people living with HIV than in patients with other chronic conditions, such as diabetes. [1] This is due to several factors: HIV/AIDS and related...
Jan 20, 2017 | News
It is the end of a long afternoon. You arrive home, relax, and begin to plan your upcoming day. Instead of working tomorrow, you must make your monthly trip to the clinic. As you pack your bag in preparation for tomorrow’s journey, you envision the day ahead: walking...
Jan 11, 2017 | Stories from the Field
As Angola lays the groundwork for implementing WHO’s test and start guidelines, the Government of Angola and its partners are working to streamline processes so that already overburdened health facilities can accommodate the increased numbers of patients on ART....
Dec 1, 2016 | News
National surveys in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia reveal exceptional progress against HIV, with decreasing rates of new infection, stable numbers of people living with HIV, and more than half of all those living with HIV showing viral suppression through use of...
