/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9063/all en /newsroom/channels/news/women-experiencing-intimate-partner-violence-three-times-more-likely-contract-hiv-344566 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html --></p> <p>Women who experience recent intimate partner violence (IPV) are three times more likely to contract HIV, according to a new study led by McGill University researchers. In regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, women face an intersecting epidemic of intimate partner violence and HIV.</p> <p>“Worldwide, more than one in four women experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime," says McGill University Professor <a href="/newsroom/mathieu-maheu-giroux">Mathieu Maheu-Giroux</a>, a Canada Research Chair in Population Health Modeling.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:35:53 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288591 at /newsroom /newsroom/catherine-hankins Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:42:08 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 285515 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/men-who-paid-sex-more-likely-live-hiv-337049 <p>Twenty years’ worth of surveys suggest that nearly one in ten sexually active men in 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been clients of sex workers. These men are about 50 percent more likely to be living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a team of international researchers, including <a href="/epi-biostat-occh/mathieu-maheu-giroux">Professor Mathieu Maheu-Giroux</a> and Caroline Hodgins of McGill University.</p> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:03:18 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 284908 at /newsroom /newsroom/chen-liang Wed, 01 Apr 2020 01:25:35 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 205813 at /newsroom /newsroom/anne-gatignol Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:19:29 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 205572 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/unaids-likely-not-meet-its-hiv-targets-among-gay-men-africa-301364 <p>Despite improvements in HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa, they are missing out on HIV treatment.</p> <p>This is the finding of research, published in <i>The Lancet HIV, </i>led by Imperial College London, which analysed data from 75 independent studies involving 44,993 MSM across 28 African countries, between 2004 and 2018.</p> Mon, 07 Oct 2019 15:08:13 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 188047 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-smart-app-encourage-hiv-self-testing-canada-292259 <p>HIV self-testing strategies have been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2016, as they empower people to find out HIV their status at their convenience. However, home-based testing kits have yet to be approved for sale in Canada.</p> Fri, 30 Nov 2018 20:28:45 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 110210 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/aids-and-aging-focus-research-study-287576 <p><em><span>By Neuro Staff</span></em></p> <p>When the general public thinks of HIV, they do not think of a neurological disease, yet people living with HIV infection know they need to worry about their brain health.</p> <p>Untreated, HIV can cause severe dementia. Even with good control of the infection, a third or more of patients have problems with thinking or concentration, and many have mental health challenges. These issues are of particular concern in those over 50, a rapidly expanding group given the success of modern antiretroviral treatment.</p> Fri, 08 Jun 2018 19:51:33 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 44060 at /newsroom /newsroom/nancy-mayo Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23564 at /newsroom /newsroom/jean-pierre-routy Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23264 at /newsroom /newsroom/paul-brassard Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23250 at /newsroom