During an antenatal care visit in Luanda, Angola’s capital, Laurinda, a 39-year-old mother, tested positive for HIV. The diagnosis devastated her. But, Laurinda took the next step to preserve her health and safeguard the health of her children. Four months pregnant, she immediately began antiretroviral treatment (ART). However, adhering to treatment proved challenging. After Laurinda
With a passion for connecting with the community to improve their health, community health officer (CHO) Pranav Kumar divides his workday in two. He spends the first half of his day providing comprehensive primary health care services at the Lagma Health and Wellness Center (HWC) in Sitamarhi District, Bihar, managing services and overseeing his team.
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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