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Originally Posted by the Mailman School of Public Health https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/out-shadows-female-drug-users-and-hivaids Columbia Conference Issues a Call-to-Action for This Neglected Population Although global action against HIV/AIDS is more than three decades old, certain populations have stayed on the margins of prevention efforts, medical … Read more

The study will focus on 1) integrating HIV care with harm reduction treatments and 2) testing real-world effectiveness.  As HIV incidence in many countries has fallen over the past decade, it has continued to increase in Russia, Eastern Europe, and … Read more

NOTE: Professor El-Bassel will be hosting an event with some of the contributors to this JAIDS special issue on October 30, 2015. Stay tuned for more details. Willma and Albert Musher Professor Nabila El-Bassel has collaborated with Harold Simon Professor … Read more

Oyuna (name changed), 43, is a single mother of six who lives in Mongolia. Not long ago, due to an extremely challenging economic environment that limits employment options for women, the only way to feed her family was to engage … Read more

AIDS has spread at an alarming rate over the past couple of decades within Central Asia, a region that is closely tied to the Silk Road, once an important trade route between China and Europe. The epidemic is fueled, experts believe, by … Read more