Search

Reset

Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS transmission, prevention and testing, HIV and AIDS, Transmission, STI

Showing 1-10 of 13 results

Pages

  • Document

    Circumcision: a surgical strategy for HIV prevention in Africa

    New England Journal of Medicine, 2008
    Public health officials are now arguing that circumcision of men should be a key weapon in the fight against infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Africa. Recent studies have shown that circumcision reduces infection rates by 50 to 60 percent among heterosexual African men.
  • Document

    Male circumcision: global trends and determinants of prevalence, safety and acceptability

    World Health Organization, 2007
    There is conclusive evidence from observational data and three randomised controlled trials that circumcised men have a significantly lower risk of becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This report from the World Health Organization reviews the determinants, prevalence, safety and acceptability of male circumcision, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Document

    The role of male circumcision in the prevention of human papillomavirus and HIV infection

    Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2008
    Two articles in this issue of the Journal of Infection Diseases add to the growing body of evidence that male circumcision may reduce carriage of penile human papillomavirus (HPV). The first article is a secondary analysis from a randomised trial of male circumcision for HIV prevention among South African men aged 18-24 years.
  • Document

    Male circumcision and HIV

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2005
    Numerous observational studies indicate that circumcised men have lower levels of HIV infection than uncircumcised men. This short fact sheet from UNAIDS briefly outlines three randomised controlled trials of male circumcision which have been carried out in East and Southern Africa.
  • Document

    HIV/AIDS in prison: problems, policies and potential

    Institute for Security Studies, 2003
    This document from the Institute of Security Studies in South Africa examines the situation in prisons and argues that the issue of prevention of HIV transmission in prison has more to do with improving prison conditions in general than with specifically addressing HIV.
  • Document

    HIV in Pakistan: preventing a future epidemic in most-at-risk groups

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2009
    Very low levels of HIV and AIDS awareness and condom use, together with high-risk sexual behaviours in vulnerable groups such as injecting drug-users and sex workers, make Pakistan a potentially high-risk country for HIV spread. Current HIV prevalence is generally low but STI levels are high in some at-risk groups.
  • Document

    Painful tradeoffs: intimate-partner violence and sexual and reproductive health rights in Kenya

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    Intimate-partner violence involves multiple violations of sexual and reproductive rights, with devastating impacts on the health and wellbeing of those affected. This paper from the Institute of Development Studies details the results of an action-research collaboration between a Kenyan gender-based violence rehabilitation NGO and a research programme.
  • Document

    The 100% condom use program: a demonstration in Wuhan, China

    Evaluation and program planning, 2007
    This research article reports the results of an evaluation of the 100% Condom Use Program (CUP) in Wuhan, China. The programme focused on commercial sex workers (CSWs) and sought to increase their knowledge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV transmission, increase their condom use rates, and reduce the STI prevalence.
  • Document

    Are condoms the answer to rising rates of non-HIV sexually transmitted infections? Yes

    British Medical Journal, 2008
    This short article in the British Medical Journal argues that condoms are the answer to reducing other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
  • Document

    Opportunities for woman-initiated HIV prevention methods among female sex workers in southern China

    Journal of Sex Research, 2007
    This article from the Journal of Sex Research reports high levels of awareness about HIV prevention methods among women sex workers in southern China. It shows the women are using a range of contraceptive practices, and different methods to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI).

Pages