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HIV-related illnesses and deaths are on the decline in sub-Saharan Africa as increasing numbers of people get on and stay on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Treatment failure and drug resistance can undermine these gains. We recruited adults on ART at a rural HIV clinic in Coastal...

HIV-related illnesses and deaths are on the decline in sub-Saharan Africa as increasing numbers of people get on and stay on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Treatment failure and drug resistance can undermine these gains. We recruited adults on ART at a rural HIV clinic in Coastal...

On behalf of the Lancet: a manifesto We would like to call on your support for a new vision of planetary health, based on collective public health action at all levels of society - personal, community, national, regional, global, and planetary. This vision is outlined in a new manifesto...

New published information reveals that intestinal worm infections rank among the most common afflictions of people living in extreme poverty. The numbers are quite astonishing.More than 800 million people are currently believed to harbor Ascaris roundworms in their gastrointestinal tract, while around 450 million people...

AIGHD Deputy Director Cate Hankins argues in Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research that HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP may be a workable option over short- to medium-term risky periods for people who are unable to use proven HIV prevention methods such as condoms...

Lactobacillus-dominated microbiome associated with reduced HIV/STI prevalence and reduced genital HIV viral load in African women Deviation from a Lactobacillus-dominated cervicovaginal microbiome may increase the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, little is known about the exact nature of these microbiological changes....