These guidelines address issues specific to the use of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected infants, children, and pre-pubertal adolescents. The Working Group on Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical Management of HIV-Infected Children, a working group of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council, reviews new data on an ongoing basis and provides regular updates to the guidelines. These guidelines were developed by: The Working Group on Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical Management of HIV-Inf more...

This report published by OSI's International Harm Reduction Development Program, Based on available evidence from research and clinical practice, how can medical personnel, public health officials, policymakers, and advocates most effectively provide HIV treatment and related health care for people with a history of drug use. This publication presented a series of case studies documenting successful practice and the evolution of public policies around treatment access for people who use drugs in more...

After being infected at his local hospital, 7-month-old Akram passed the virus onto his mother, Nasiba, as she breastfed him. After Akram’s father disowned both mother and child. While poverty and stigma sometimes drives parents of HIV-positive children in Kyrgyzstan to put their children into state nursing homes, Nasiba has stayed with her son and now educates other parents and children affected by the virus.

Authors: J.D. Klausner; R.G. Wamai; K. Bowa
2008. Summary: This article from Future Medicine reports on research into the effectiveness of male circumcision (MC) as a means of preventing HIV in Africa. Findings show an average 65 percent reduction in HIV infection as a result of MC, rising to 76 per cent in South Africa where HIV prevalence was highest. MC has also been shown to eliminate or significantly reduce the risk of acquiring or spreading many sexually transmitted infections including s more...

'Policy makers lament women’s vulnerablity to HIV infection, yet for 15 years they have failed to utilise a technology which can help women to protect and empower themselves. The female condom is the only female-initiated method which provides protection from HIV infection; it also prevents unwanted pregnancy.

Studies have shown it is acceptable to users, increases the proportion of protected sex acts, and is cost-effective when provided in addition to male condoms. Yet most women cannot ac more...

Sandra Mapemba, national condom programme coordinator at the Reproductive Health Unit (RHU) in the Ministry of Health, believes the female condom will empower women to have more control in their sexual relationships, help them protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV, as well as unwanted pregnancies.

This case Study from Haiti is a part of a series of joint publications by UNFPA, WHO, UNAIDS and IPPF on the issue of strengthening linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. The document is based on country experiences and it is the result of a joint effort of national experts and a group of public health professions at UNFPA, WHO, IPPF and UNAIDS.

More HIV-positive children and pregnant women are receiving treatment but there is still a long way to go before the promise of an AIDS-free generation is fulfilled.

The 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic confirms that the world is, at last, making some real progress in its response to AIDS. But this is only the beginning. Twenty-seven years into the epidemic, AIDS continues to challenge all of our efforts. Today, for every two people who start taking antiretroviral drugs, another five become newly infected. Unless we take urgent steps to intensify HIV prevention we will fail to sustain the gains of the past few years, and universal access will simply b more...

With its white sand, sunny blue skies and cashew nut trees, Miramar Beach in the port city of Beira, Mozambique, has all the right ingredients to draw tourists from all over the world.

But that is not all this idyllic coastline attracts. 'The beach is fertile ground for the spread of the [HI] virus, because so many people's paths cross there,' said Victoria Machava, who works for the Beira municipal health department.