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The Legacy You Leave

December 10, 2021

Why global neurology? In a presentation featured by the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, Dr. Deanna Saylor addresses the answer to this question and shares her experiences developing neurologic research, care and training in Zambia.

Maria Dominique Mortel ⋅ Events and Happenings Global Health, healthcare, HIV, neurology ⋅

Mobile phones help get an earlier HIV diagnosis

Mobile Phones Can Make the Difference for Infectious Disease Management

April 25, 2017

Imagine going to the doctor to be tested for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. You will likely have to travel a long distance to get to a clinic, and, once you arrive, your blood will be drawn and sent to a central testing laboratory for analysis. You will then have to wait for the results to […]

Rebecca Tweedell ⋅ Perspectives in Research HIV, mobile phones, public health ⋅

Once-Daily Combination Pills Offer More Than Convenience

February 15, 2016

In November 2015, the FDA approved the HIV-1 medication Genvoya, a once-daily pill containing fixed doses of the HIV drugs elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide. This is the latest once-daily medication to be produced to treat HIV, a disease that used to be managed primarily with many different pills taken multiple times a day. […]

Arielle Medford ⋅ Perspectives in Research FDA, HIV, medication ⋅

Church Attendance Could Lower HIV Rates in High-Risk Women

June 15, 2015

A potential tool to combat the HIV epidemic in Baltimore is gaining attention, and it may involve an unlikely location — the church. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Memphis School of Public Health have identified church attendance as a possible way to encourage communication about sexual […]

Ryan Lang ⋅ Perspectives in Research Church, Church attendance, Communication, Congregations, HIV, HIV transmission, Research, Sexual Health ⋅

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