No, universal access to PrEP hasn’t been ‘postponed indefinitely’ because of coronavirus
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Government announced in March that PrEP – a pill, taken daily, that stops HIV taking hold in people who have been…
Monday marked 19 years since the death of child AIDS activist Nkosi Johnson. The woman he called mom was at the forefront of the fight from the beginning – and is still there.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A Harley in the garage would be nice, maybe also a bank balance that didn’t hover so close to red, but Gail…
Access to HIV prevention drug PrEP delayed due to coronavirus - despite 'opportunity to end HIV transmission'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The rollout of a drug that can almost eliminate the transmission of HIV is to be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic,…
Togo: In Togo, a Ministry Helping People Living With HIV Is a Sister's Life Work
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Confinement measures began April 2 by the government to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Read More
Youth and Covid-19 Diaries: Young, HIV positive and on lock down alone
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Reading Time: < 1 minute We are currently in the last two weeks of a 49-day continuous lockdown. No new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past…
HIV-positive patients who take ARVs 'not at greater risk of contracting Covid-19'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute South Africans who are HIV-positive and take antiretrovirals are not at greater risk of contracting Covid-19, a local expert said on Thursday….
Surviving HIV in the Age of COVID-19
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Reading Time: < 1 minute What does it mean to you to be a long-term HIV survivor? Read More
Sex workers abandoned as COVID crackdowns undo Africa’s HIV efforts
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Before the COVID-19 crisis, Ugandan sex worker Lillian Namiiro worked on the Tanzanian border, where she also educated her fellow sex…
HIV Drug Costs Create Challenges for Patients on Medicare
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Reading Time: < 1 minute While Medicare shoulders a large share of the cost of drugs for Americans aged 65 or older as well as those who…
Now, I have to take whatever clients offer for sex
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Reading Time: < 1 minute My name is Zaza*. I am a sex worker. I am a lesbian and I am HIV positive. Read More