Covid-19 only a the dress rehearsal for pandemics
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Some scientists feel that the current Covid-19 pandemic, which has already infected more than 16-million and killed more than 600,000 worldwide, Read…
Do masks give us a false sense of security? Probably not, says science
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Writing in BMJ Analysis, the researchers say that the concept of ‘risk compensation’ is itself the greater threat to public health…
Mother begs for HIV drugs for 2-year-old son as Ghana runs out of ARVs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The lives of thousands of persons living with HIV/AIDs hang in a balance as antiretroviral drugs in Ghana are fast depleting. Read…
A new interactive project map sources the best solutions to COVID-19 in the slums
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Reading Time: < 1 minute UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) along with partner countries and, in cooperation with the Read More
‘I can't give in’: The Togolese nun caring for Aids patients amid Covid-19
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Dapaong is a buzzing, multi-religious city, 13 miles south of Togo’s border with Burkina Faso and more than 300 miles Read More
Coronavirus in South Africa: Why the low fatality rate may be misleading
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As coronavirus infections surge, at ferocious speed, across South Africa, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks driving through this Read…
New PrEP option to support women's fight against HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Women at a high risk of being exposed to HIV will soon have access to a new infection prevention option in the…
Countries that persecute queer men are driving up HIV rates, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Johns Hopkins University researchers found that men who have sex with men (MSM) in sub-Saharan African nations Read More
Mounting evidence shows masks may help avoid severe illness, even if you get COVID-19
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Masks may offer wearers more protection than they even realize. Read More
What Factors Are Most Likely to Predict Disclosing HIV Status in the Community?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Having health insurance, a higher level of education, and more money were associated with a greater likelihood of Read More