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Linking women who test HIV positive in antenatal and maternity services to long-term HIV care and treatment services in Kenya: Missed Opportunities

Posted on June 1, 2011August 21, 2018

Improved access to services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) has decreased vertical HIV transmission. However parallel attention to women’s access to HIV care and treatment for themselves ha... read more →

Missed opportunities to enrol women testing HIV-positive in antenatal and delivery services into long-term HIV care and treatment

Posted on May 1, 2011August 21, 2018

Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programmes have been scaled up substantially in recent years. In 2009, it was estimated that 50% of pregnant women in East and Southern Africa were tested for HIV, up ... read more →

Where are the sexual and reproductive health and rights of HIV-positive women on the global health agenda?

Posted on February 7, 2011August 21, 2018

The health of women who are mothers received renewed attention in 2010 through a series of global meetings and strategies but it remains unclear if these efforts will adequately address the sexual and reproductive health and ... read more →

Equity, Human Rights, and Health: Here, There and Back Again

Posted on January 1, 2011August 21, 2018

"The Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival monitors coverage of priority interventions to achieve the child mortality and maternal health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A June 2010 Lancet article su... read more →

Mapping of Tools and Strategies on Human Rights and HIV Testing and Counseling: A Bibliography

Posted on January 1, 2011August 21, 2018

This project is part of an initiative led by WHO, in collaboration with UNAIDS and the Open Society Institute (OSI), to create a strategy and tools for policy-makers and programmers to integrate human rights into HIV testing ... read more →

Group raises awareness of forced sterilization among HIV positive women

Posted on November 19, 2010August 21, 2018

In early September, the case of three HIV-positive women who filed suit saying they were sterilized at public health facilities without their consent resumed in the High Court of Namibia, garnering substantial international a... read more →

Neglected Realities: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Abortion in the Context of HIV

Posted on October 5, 2010August 21, 2018

Women around the world have been disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS, particularly in the regions hardest hit by the pandemic, such as sub-Saharan Africa. But with increased global access to antiretroviral therapy (AR... read more →