Background HIV incidence among young women in sub-Saharan Africa remains high and
their inclusion in vaccine and cure efforts is crucial. We aimed to establish a cohort of young …

One after another, community-based studies of HIV infection in east and southern Africa
confirm an appalling reality: young women (15–19 years) are infected with HIV in truly …

Introduction South Africa has the highest national burden of HIV globally. Understanding
drivers of HIV acquisition in recently completed, prospective studies in which HIV was an …

Background The global epicentre Southern Africa is the global epicentre of the AIDS
epidemic, with recent data highlighting the continuing urgency of ensuring sustained and …

Objectives To describe the baseline demographic data, clinical characteristics and HIV-
incidence rates of a cohort at high risk for HIV infection in South Africa as well as the …

Background UNAIDS has recently proposed a set of three ambitious targets that, if achieved,
are predicted to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The targets, known as 90-90-90, call for …

Background. Whereas human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) subtype B–infected individuals
generally progress to AIDS within 8–10 years, limited data exist for other clades, especially …

Introduction Surveillance of recent HIV infections in national testing services has the
potential to inform primary prevention programming activities. Focusing on procedures …

Young women are particularly vulnerable for acquiring HIV yet they are often excluded from
clinical trials testing new biomedical intervention. We assessed the HIV incidence and …

Background According to available evidence, only 15% of young women in sub-Saharan
Africa know their Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) status. Despite a high prevalence of …