Akanksha Mimi Malhotra (@mimimalhotra.bsky.social)

HIV and alcohol misuse among miners in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe has successfully reached the UNAIDS 95-95-95 HIV testing, treatment, and viral suppression targets; however, gaps remain particularly among the growing population of artisanal and small-scale miners, who are highly vulnerable to HIV. Sex work, gender-based violence, and sexual harassment, which are all risk factors for HIV infection, are common in artisanal and small-scale miners’ communities in Zimbabwe.1 More than 50% of artisanal and small-scale miners engaging in extramarital sex reported not using condoms. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02543-1/fulltext