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Published in this latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, this article recounts the lessons we’ve learned in addressing the HIV pandemic in Africa and how those lessons could and should be used to inform COVID-19 vaccine access in Africa. Infrastructure, stigma, acceptability of treatment/vaccines, and delays in safety of drugs among pregnant women and children have long stagnated progress in HIV elimination, and these factors will also affect COVID-19 prevention in low-income countries.

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Learning through story: how peer-led support groups use storytelling to empower adolescents living with HIV in Côte d’Ivoire

Published September 2026

This evaluation, conducted in health facilities in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, explored the acceptability of peer-led support groups using a ten-topic curriculum and a ‘storytelling’ model in which fictional or real-life scenarios were used to make information more relatable and encourage discussion and sharing of personal experiences.

Topics:

Adolescents,

HIV,

Research

Countries:

Côte d’Ivoire

Resource

Research Review: Pediatric and Maternal HIV at AIDS 2026

Published September 2026

After reviewing the research on pediatric HIV presented at AIDS 2026, here is how we are putting these findings into practice.

Topics:

Adolescents,

Children,

Maternal and Child Health,

Mothers and Infants,

Pediatric HIV,

Research

Countries:

Global

Poster

Programmatic Gaps Under Option B+: Factors Associated with Residual Vertical HIV Transmission in Malawi, 2020 – 2024

Published August 2026

In our study, vertical transmission was strongly associated with lack of ART at delivery and unsuppressed maternal viral load.

Topics:

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT),

Research

Countries:

Malawi