Lack of condom use leads to more HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLack of condom use has caused a surge in sexually transmitted diseases among indigenous Australians. People failing to use condoms has led…
Preventive measures against AIDS discussed
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteQUETTA : Participants of a seminar on AIDS have stressed the importance of adopting preventive measures against the life-threatening disease. The number of…
Nalugo is helping others fight stigma
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteQueen. Sharifah Nalugo was Miss Y+ (HIV positive) 2014/15. COURTESY PHOTO Having faced a lot of criticism and stigma while at school,…
WATCH: What can you do to encourage HIV testing?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to the latest records of the Department of Health (DOH), there were 1,249 confirmed HIV-positive individuals as of January this year. The DOH…
In Papua New Guinea, witch hunts, torture and murder are reactions to the modern world
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJackson Kapo, who witnessed Kepari Leniata being burned alive after being accused of witchcraft. Photo: Tallulah Photography As Kapo reveals, not all…
How San Francisco Is Poised To End HIV Transmissions And Become A Model The Rest Of The Nation Can Follow
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the peak of the HIV epidemic in 1992, more than 2,300 new, full-blown AIDS cases were diagnosed in San Francisco. In…
DRUNK MUM FORGETS NEW BORN AT BAR
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBHUNYA – A breastfeeding mother confessed to social welfare officers that she drank marula brew in order to produce milk for her…
Same-day ART increases rates of retention-in-care, sustained viral suppression in HIV patients
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdd Topic To Email Alerts Jason Halperin Starting patients on ART on the day of their HIV diagnosis increases rates of retention-in-care…
New Method Drives Cellular HIV Reservoirs to Self-Destruct
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHIV-infected human macrophages co-incubated with a reporter cell line that only expresses GFP when it is infected with HIV-1. This shows that…
GOVT AVERTS 24000 NEW HIV INFECTIONS
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Reading Time: 2 minutesGOVT AVERTS 24000 NEW HIV INFECTIONS Muchinga Province Permanent secretary Joyce Nsama says government has averted about 24 thousand new HIV infections…