HIV Nursing Matters






HIV Nursing Matters Volume 12

  • 27 May 2021

Dolutegravir and viral load; Improving viral load monitoring in SA; Dolutegravir and weight gain; The role of primary healthcare nurses in cryptococcal antigen screening in SA; The importance of nurses in the third-line ART programme; Viral load and resistance


HIV Nursing Matters Volume 11

  • 12 Oct 2020

Protecting healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic; Gender-affirming healthcare: Our ethical response; Challenges faced by trans and gender-diverse people in accessing public healthcare; Harm reduction for people who use drugs in Southern Africa; Can nursing contribute to realising the treatment and prevention targets of the NSP 2017 – 2022; Improving access to private healthcare in South Africa: The Quadcare model and community healthcare services



HIV Nursing Matters Vol 9 No 2

  • 28 Dec 2018

Undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U); Implications for clinical practice; Breastfeeding with HIV - Truths and Myths; Sexuality and (mis)information among young women; Adolescent- and youth-friendly health services; Asymptomatic STIs – Consequences of not being treated


HIV Nursing Matters Vol 9 No 1

  • 27 Aug 2018

Viral load monitoring in children with HIV: Do’s and Don’ts; Fundamental steps in the clinical assessment of HIV positive patients; HIV self-screening: Early implementation progress; Taking a clinical sexual history in MSM and transgender key populations


HIV Nursing Matters Vol 8 No 2

  • 31 Dec 2017

The role of a clinician in health systems strengthening; Health systems strengthening: What about mental health?; The Sustainable Development Goals; Clinical HIV/AIDS Services Strengthening (CHASS) Project in Mozambique; HIV re-testing and viral load monitoring during pregnancy and breastfeeding.



HIV Nursing Matters Vol 8 No 1

  • 01 May 2017

Optimising ART in the 21st century; Dolutegravir: The game changer?; Safer conception service for HIV-affected couples; Two breakthrough studies in TB health care


HIV Nursing Matters Vol 7 No 3

  • 01 Dec 2016

Spotlight on PrEP and UTT; Managing medicine stock outs; Reflection on the pre-ARV era; Preventing TB in child contacts


HIV Nursing Matters Vol 7 No 2

  • 01 Jun 2016

Focus on Nursing occupational health; Infection control in HIV care; HIV post-exposure prophylaxis; Overwork and nursing


HIV Nursing Matters Vol 7 No 1

  • 01 Mar 2016

Focus on Cervical cancer & HIV; Self-management for adults living with HIV; Integrating HIV care into chronic care services; Maternal depression & antidepressants



HIV Nursing Matters Vol.6 No.2

  • 29 Jun 2015

This issue focuses on vulnerable populations, including TB in prisons and intimate partner violence in the context of HIV.


HIV Nursing Matters Vol.6 No.1

  • 13 Apr 2015

A focus on TB: TB in pregnancy within the context of HIV; training for the fight against TB; streamlining primary care for HIV/TB co-infected patients through service integration