The Infectious Diseases Collection

This report from the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission examines the future of the international HIV response in light of the integrated global health and development agenda represented by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted by the international community in 2015 and established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address global challenges through economic, social, and environmental progress. The Commission report reflects on the four-decade-long battle against HIV/AIDS in order to identify lessons…

This case study examines the efforts of health officials in the Jinja district of Uganda to reduce and ultimately eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS. The district has implemented the World Health Organization’s four-prong approach to preventing the spread of HIV from mother to child, but has encountered numerous challenges in substantially lowering transmission; many HIV-positive mothers refuse specialized prenatal treatment and children born to HIV-positive mothers often miss follow-up tests in order to ensure that…

This web portal from the University of Washington’s Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness provides a daily synopsis of the latest scientific literature surrounding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The summaries provide an overview of both published scientific articles and pre-published manuscripts, with each situation report providing a count of each. It is important to note that pre-published manuscripts have been made available online but have not undergone the peer review process. These situation reports are…