communicable diseases

A study has found that cost and access are the main barriers to more people using pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP.

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Australia is getting close to eliminating HIV transmission, but inequities in the delivery and uptake of prevention and treatment strategies remain.

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Advances in cancer treatment, gene editing and mRNA technology are helping researchers in their pursuit of an HIV cure.

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Access to a variety of PrEP methods allows women to choose what best suits them, depending on their context and where they are in their reproductive lifespan.

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What are the roadblocks to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? And how can the pace of the SDGs gather momentum to meet the 2030 targets?

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The world needs more and better skilled health workers to attain the SDG targets and continue to foster global health beyond 2030.

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When so-called ‘superbugs’ become drug resistant, the infections they cause become even harder to treat.

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India is the ‘world capital’ of antimicrobial resistance and now part of a global fight to save millions of lives and trillions of dollars.

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It has been over 100 years since the last licensed tuberculosis vaccine. The clock is ticking to find a new one.

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Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest creature, and they’re on the move.

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Hotter temperatures and heavy rainfall arriving with climate change are the perfect breeding ground for Dengue-spreading Aedes mosquitoes.

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