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This document provides an overview of national policies with respect to men’s health in order to support national level discussions of how to improve health services. This document can be used as part of a literature review or policy or …
Men are dying at disproportionately higher rates than their female counterparts because fewer men are coming forward for HIV testing, treatment and care, are much more likely to present late to such care, and have worse adherence even when they …
Men and boys are less likely to be tested for HIV, less likely to access treatment, have worse adherence and are 70% more likely to die from AIDS than their female counterparts. Quite evidently, this is bad for men. But it …
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This report describes Sonke Gender Justice Project’s (“Sonke”) recommendations for addressing the nexus of gender, mobility and HIV/AIDS issues within the second phase of the Partnership on HIV and Mobility in Southern Africa (“PHAMSA II”).
In order to break the cycle, we need to engage men and boys. Nowhere is this more clear than in the DRC, where brutality and sexual violence have earned eastern DRC the title, ‘capital of rape.’
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In 2016, 60% of women of 15 years or older living with HIV were on treatment. Less than half their male peers could say the same.
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Today Sonke Gender Justice pays its respects to Prudence Mabele, a fallen giant of the global AIDS movement.
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The work of our partners and the MenEngage Uganda network in engaging men and boys to address HIV/AIDS is featured in Indiana University article.
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View a schedule of events Sonke is to participate in at this year’s South African AIDS Conference.
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Ugandan campaign aims to improve programmes to engage men to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
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Workshop to build strong partnerships for effective interventions engaging boys and men in achieving gender equality.
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Engaging men and boys can only work to the advantage of strengthening the effectiveness of efforts to address HIV in our relationships, families, communities and societies. This is the view and experience of MenEngage Africa alliance’s Steering Committee member Dr …
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300 UN staff working in high-risk regions were tested for HIV during last year’s 16 Days of Activism.
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CHARISMA (Community Health Clinic Model for Agency in Relationships and Safer Microbicide Adherence) is a pilot intervention to increase women’s agency to consistently and safely use microbicides while reducing their risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) and promoting healthy relationships. …
PEPFAR recipients document how the pledge limits sex workers’ access to health care and increases their vulnerability.
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HIV testing uptake in South Africa is below optimal levels. Community mobilization (CM) may increase and sustain demand for HIV testing, however, little rigorous evidence exists regarding the effect of CM interventions on HIV testing and the mechanisms of action. …
Work done to improve the quality of healthcare available to inmates of Lesotho’s prisons.
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Details of projects run by Sierra Leone-based MenEngage Africa partners to engage men and boys in curbing GBV.
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