South Africa

This year, 2018, will be the year that a really significant number of people in Africa started HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) in Amsterdam heard last week.

The MEASURE Evaluation project, funded by USAID, is pleased to announce the international workshop on “Qualitative Methods in Public Health Evaluation” for English speaking professionals.

Due to numerous requests, the deadline for abstract submission for the International Workshop on HIV Adolescence 2018 has been extended until August 15th 2018.

Welcome to our fourth issue of the research digest. The digest offers article abstracts from peer-reviewed literature related to HIV and AIDS in southern Africa and is designed to keep you in touch with the rapidly expanding evidence base pertaining to HIV in the region.

BACKGROUND: In HIV treatment program, gaps in the "cascade of care" where patients are lost between diagnosis, laboratory evaluation, treatment initiation, and retention in HIV care, is a well-described challenge.

Outcomes of HIV-infected children have improved dramatically over the past decade, but are undermined by patient loss to follow-up (LTFU).

End-user input is critical to inform development of multipurpose prevention technology (MPT) products that prevent HIV and pregnancy.

A number of antiretroviral HIV prevention products are efficacious in preventing HIV infection.