By now, we all know all too well there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to HIV/AIDS. If we are really committed to finishing off something so complex as a 40-plus-year-old pandemic, we should expand our well-intentioned push for PrEP, or preexposure prophylaxis, to also highlight PEP — post-exposure prophylaxis, an intervention that’s largely ignored to the detriment
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Club Courage Offers Mutual Support for Midwives in Mali
At Club Courage, midwives meet monthly to share, discuss and reflect on their professional and personal lives. Prompted by a set of discussion cards, they explore care for self, care for clients, care for family and care for colleagues. “Midwives face stress, trauma and life-threatening situations in their work. We face issues such as inadequate
Three Key Principles to Integrating HIV/SRH Services for Adolescents
To achieve HIV epidemic control, adolescent girls and young women at high risk of acquiring HIV must have access to comprehensive, youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services that can also address their contraceptive and family planning needs. The 2023 UNAIDS report confirmed the urgent need to address HIV prevention among adolescent girls, indicating a