AVAHAN, the world’s largest HIV prevention programme to date, needs no introduction to the international prevention community. Since its launch in 2003, AVAHAN and partners published over 100 papers in the peer reviewed literature in addition to the many presentations at AIDS conferences. Time for some reflections on how AVAHAN was designed, implemented and evaluated. What are the lessons learn...

This is the January 2016 edition of the AIDSFree Prevention Update, an initiative of the Strengthening High Impact Interventions for an AIDS-free Generation (AIDSFree) Project. The AIDSFree Prevention Update is your monthly snapshot of current peer-reviewed literature and state-of-the-art program resources, tools, and curricula on HIV prevention. This month, we're featuring a double edition to ...

Non-existent just a few years ago, peer-to-peer networks have experienced phenomenal growth. One consequence of the expansion of these networks has been extensive unauthorized downloads of copyrighted materials. Losses attributable to music piracy alone are estimated to exceed $4 billion. In response to this problem and to combat the misappropriation of copyrighted materials, the Peer-To-Peer P...

In this study, the authors used a randomized controlled trial to explore the link between having positive peer relations and externalizing outcomes in 758 children followed from kindergarten to the end of 2nd grade. Children were randomly assigned to the Good Behavior Game (GBG), a universal classroom-based preventive intervention, or a control condition. Children's acceptance by peers, their n...

The morbidity and mortality associated with cigarette smoking is shifting from the developed world to developing countries, especially developing Arab countries. One such country is Egypt, which has the highest rate of tobacco consumption in the Arab world. To curb the rising smoking epidemic in Egypt, appropriate adolescent smoking prevention programs need to be developed. Most of the effectiv...

Abstract Background Despite effective biomedical tools, HIV remains the largest cause of morbidity/mortality in South Africa – especially among adolescents and young people. We used community-based participatory research (CBPR), informed by principles social justice, to develop a peer-led biosocial intervention for prevention KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Methods Between March 2018 September 2019 we CBP...

This paper reviews the essence of effective governance and importance of a multi-sectoral approach in generating health systems response to HIV/AIDS. This comprehensive approach highlights the importance of integrating reproductive sexual health programs and HIV prevention services, including peer education, life skills, and Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT), for Prevention of Mother–to-Ch...

HIV/AIDS as well as substance use disorders continue to devastate the African American community. Black women have the highest rate of new HIV infections among all groups of American women, with more than twice the prevalence rate of white or Hispanic women. Substance use and its correlation to HIV is well documented, particularly within America's urban setting. As a result, multiple approaches...