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Lay health worker-led psychotherapy is an effective and cost-effective strategy to improve mental health outcomes among people living with HIV in low-resourced settings.
People with advanced HIV disease, opportunistic infections, or those not accessing treatment should be extra vigilant during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a new resource, released in advance of World Tuberculosis Day (24 March), the World Health Organization (WHO) has outlined the key considerations for tuberculosis (TB) care services in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New review suggests that between 50% and 70% of older people living with HIV are being prescribed drugs in error, highlighting treatment challenges for this population.
Two-thirds of South African mothers living with HIV are on effective treatment following the birth of their child, but only one-third of younger mothers are.
Modelling finds PrEP has the potential to avert between 3 and 8% of HIV infections in 13 African and Caribbean countries by 2030 if three key populations can access it
Despite the country’s successful treatment programme, modelling suggests the rate of new infections is likely to rise – unless prevention is strengthened and groups such as migrants included.
