/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9704/all en /newsroom/channels/news/socioeconomic-factors-play-role-detection-transmission-and-treatment-hiv-346425 <p>Those living in unstable housing conditions, such as hostels or informal dwellings and those who had not completed post-secondary studies were more likely to contract HIV in South Africa, according to a <a href="https://healthenews.mcgill.ca/mcgill-study-examines-role-of-socioeconomics-in-south-african-hiv-infection-rates/">new study from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University</a>.</p> Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:14:11 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 293684 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/macleans-why-its-time-canada-introduce-self-testing-hiv-kits-305663 <p>Seventy-seven countries, including the U.S., South Africa and Nigeria, have approved home self-testing HIV kits, using either a mouth swab or a drop of blood. Canada is not among them, despite the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) gave its blessing in 2016 to self-test HIV kits as a tool in the quest to eradicate the virus. [...] Now, doctors, public health workers and leaders in HIV/AIDS organizations are saying enough is enough. They want Health Canada to approve self-test HIV kits.</p> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 22:10:58 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 197033 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/ri-muhc-scientist-takes-hiv-self-testing-global-hivsmarttm-270627 <p><em>By Julie Robert</em></p> Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:50:59 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32342 at /newsroom