Man's 24-yr term for infecting 30 women with HIV upheld
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A HIV-positive Italian man on Monday saw his 24-year jail term for deliberately infecting some 30 Roman young women with HIV. Read…
GAMBIA: "THE PRESIDENT SHORTENED THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE, THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE"
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Reading Time: < 1 minute On October 12, public hearings resumed before Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission after a two-month break due to the Covid-19 pandemic….
From 'Role Models' To Sex Workers: Kenya's Child Labour Rises
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi (AP) The teenage girls cannot remember how many men they have had to sleep with in the seven months since COVID-19…
Activists, chief justice call for review of HIV/AIDS law
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The majority of the HIV-positive persons are living in fear of the law and many choose not to disclose their status. Read…
More than 40 million people have now been infected with Covid-19 worldwide – with 1.1million confirmed deaths
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the planet has passed 40million, although experts believe the true figure could be as high…
Unique program aims to educate Muslim teens on HIV prevention
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Cultural taboos may leave Muslim American adolescents uninformed about romantic relationships and sex, placing them at risk of HIV and Read More
Perinatal Exposure to HIV Requires Specialized, Coordinated Care
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pediatricians and pediatric HIV specialists need to coordinate their care plans for infants born with potential perinatal exposure to the virus, Read More
Dolutegravir is a first-line treatment for people newly diagnosed with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new study by UBC researchers is set to change international treatment recommendations for people who are newly diagnosed with HIV–Read More
PrEP does not protect against COVID-19 or make the disease less severe
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Tenofovir-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) does not provide protection against infection with the new coronavirus, nor does it ameliorate the course of…
Global coronavirus cases rise by more than 400,000 in one day for the first time, as UN secretary general says the world is 'failing the test' in pandemic
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time late on Friday, a record one-day increase, as much of…