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Luann Hatane on what's still stopping young people in Africa from using sexual and reproductive health services and how health providers can change young people’s lives for the better

The Fifth Botswana AIDS Impact Survey confirms the country has met the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets ahead of schedule

Tonderai Mwareka from Zimbabwe National Network of People living with HIV (ZNNP+) talks about HIV stigma and the barriers this creates to vital HIV services

World Health Organization’s global consultation shows why it’s time to talk to young people about U=U

HIV testing, diagnosis and treatment among adolescents fell sharply in 2020, analysis from 15 African countries plus Haiti shows

You might have heard terms like ‘trans’, ‘non-binary’, ‘genderqueer’ and ‘cis’ – but what do they all mean?

Young people in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe express a preference for on-demand PrEP over daily PrEP – one of the biggest reasons is HIV stigma

Our take on the most exciting research at the 12th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science

In this first-hand blog, Joyce Ouma shares her personal experiences on the challenges of living with HIV and highlights the negative effects of stigma

World Health Organization releases guidance on the three levels of HIV viral suppression and what they mean for HIV transmission and people’s health

Expert group calls for an end to “misguided and unjust criminalisation” that fuels HIV infections and threatens public health

West African and USA studies involving men who have sex with men found most had problems predicting sex and some struggled to take post-sex pills

UNAIDS’s newly released 2023 Global AIDS Update sets out a clear path to ending AIDS this decade. But warns that failure to act could prolong the pandemic “indefinitely”

Discover an online home for everything you need to help young people better understand and take action on HIV and sexual health

Trained peer supporters helped young women, including some sex workers, stay on PrEP and regularly self-test for HIV

Many people watch porn online and this is nothing to be ashamed of. But it’s also nothing like sex in real life. If porn is how you think sex should be, read on!