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Gender-focused training for HIV providers reduces stigma but implementation proves challenging
“You have to take time with the patient, listen to them, all their stories and baggage…I don’t think we have that environment here. When you have a long line of clients, you aren’t going to give everyone 30 minutes [to] 1 hour listening to all their problems and challenges.” A gender-sensitivity training programme for HIV healthcare providers in Uganda reduced stigma among clients but failed to improve treatment adherence or satisfaction with care, according to a pilot study published in PLOS Global Public Health.
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Higher education increased HIV risk in Africa then became protective
Early research studies in Africa that found higher education was associated with a greater risk of HIV have often been dismissed as errors or anomalies, especially once later research suggested the opposite pattern. But a recently published analysis in Social Science & Medicine suggests those early findings weren't wrong, but reflected a real change in the education-HIV relationship over time.
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How Europe's busiest PrEP clinics are simplifying care and reaching new populations
Leading community-led PrEP services are rethinking how they deliver services while reaching beyond their traditional user base. Facing waiting lists of thousands, the clinics are streamlining care and developing new strategies to engage trans people and migrant men who have sex with men. These were among the approaches shared at the 2nd European Workshop on Breaking PrEP Barriers, held in Barcelona last week.
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