There are many recent studies that indicate that female education and HIV are still positively related in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). So education is not a vaccine as claimed and there exists a puzzle that needs to be resolved. In this study, by focusing on the use and non-use of condoms by...

Purpose of review The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stressed testing as a prevention program for HIV/AIDS. Data on the effectiveness of these efforts are now available. The advent of successful antiretroviral (ARV) therapies and longer life expectancies has resulted in an...

Background: A growing body of evidence suggests that high rates of incarcerated people and high levels of HIV coexist and that people with HIV/AIDS in prisons have histories of cumulative trauma and stress. Almost inevitably, a prison population is an aging population. The purpose of this study...

Background: Anti-retroviral (ARV) medications have greatly increased the life expectancies of those who are HIV positive. As life expectancy increases, so does the age of those on the medications. This has come at the cost of billions of dollars. It is important to carry a Cost-Benefit Analysis...