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The response to HIV and AIDS can largely be characterized as the identification and targeting of key populations that are believed to be at increased risk of exposure to HIV.…

Whereas stories of the earliest activism on HIV began with the voices of people living with HIV in America and Europe, so this arm of the story begins with people who…

In the five years since the results of the Global Survey on HIV/AIDS and Disability were released,  research on people with disabilities and their experiences with…

Issues of accessibility are beginning to be addressed.  For example,  the International AIDS conferences in 2006 and 2008 were criticized for the lack of accessibility for people with disabilities…

Several significant policy efforts related to this field have taken place or are underway. 

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities,…

Although the two fields may have unique histories, there is now evidence that they are becoming increasingly integrated.  First,  we are seeing HIV organizations taking up the concerns…

The concerns of people with disabilities will increasingly be taken seriously and mainstreamed into HIV research, policy and programmes. This engagement will grow because of leadership at the grassroots level by…

From a clinical perspective, although medicine was best positioned to help contend with disease processes, it was the rehabilitation community (e.g., physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists and physiatrists)  who brought…

This article provides an historic overview of the fields of disability and HIV. We describe this area of concern in terms of “fields” versus “a single field”…

Stigma and discrimination constitute one of the greatest barriers to dealing effectively with the HIV epidemic, underlying a range of human rights violations…

The AIDS virus inserts its genetic material into the genome of the infected cell. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have now shown for the first time that the virus almost…

Responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and tackling so-called neglected tropical diseases are the focus of the November/December 2009 edition of Health Affairs. The articles, by leading global…

President Barack Obama announced on Friday that a 22-year-old ban on allowing people infected with with the AIDS virus into the United States will be lifted…

Men with larger foreskins are more likely to become infected with the AIDS virus, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that helps explain why circumcision can protect…

Randomized clinical trials conducted by researchers in Rakai, Uganda, have revealed a link between the size of foreskin surface area and the risk of male HIV acquisition. The results…

Sperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the…

Highly active antiretroviral therapy has increased the longevity and quality of life for people living with human immunodeficiency virus. But it requires strict adherence in taking…

Contrary to conventional wisdom, scientific evidence proving that overlapping multiple sexual partners — concurrency — drives the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is actually quite limited,…

African leaders should be more serious about protecting the continent’s children from AIDS and it is time for them to change state spending priorities, Nelson Mandela’s wife Graca Machel said…

The global financial crisis and a loss of interest in the AIDS epidemic may translate into less money in coming years for research, treatment and prevention of the virus, HIV experts…

Mothers receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat HIV-1 infection are less likely than untreated mothers to transmit the virus to their newborns through breastfeeding, according to a…

A $6 million, five-year federal grant to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute will enable researchers to investigate a novel approach in treating HIV infection—a unique…

New HVTN 505 HIV Vaccine
There is a new vaccine which might increase the life span of a person who is affected by HIV. The US FDA has…

HIV prevalence among African Americans is ten times greater than the prevalence among whites. This racial disparity in HIV prevalence has persisted in the face of both governmental and…

Among heterosexuals in the United Kingdom (UK), HIV transmission can occur within networks of as many as 30 people, according to a new study by researchers at the…