Aurangabad woman claims she is HIV+, staves off rape
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA murder accused out on bail tried to rape a 29-year-old widow near a nullah at Rajnagar but she thwarted the attempt…
PrEP: HIV ‘prevention’ drug many Nigerians need, don’t know about and can’t afford
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJoan, a lady in her late 20s, makes a living by having sex with people she barely knows; some she has never…
Ivy Wangechi did not have HIV — Father declares
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSlain Moi University medical student Ivy Wagechi was HIV-negative. This is according to her father Paul Githui Wainaina who strongly refuted claims…
Referee Marcos Rosales suing CSAC for allegedly exposing him to HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA well-known referee and judge in mixed martial arts and boxing is suing the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). Marcos Rosales filed…
Nigerian govt approves HIV self-test kit
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigerians will soon be able to ascertain their HIV status from the comfort of their homes, the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole,…
It's Not Crazy For Poz Folks To Be Hypochondriacs... Is It?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI remember sitting in the free clinic, nervously tapping my foot when realizing the nurse was taking longer than normal to come…
Rwanda’s genocide survivors find reconciliation, ciliation, income in women’s cooperatives
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNYANZA, Rwanda, April 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Immaculee Mukantabana, 57, and Constancia Uwimana, 39, may not seem any different to the…
Angola: HIV Campaign Foresees 26 to 14 Percent Decrease By 2021
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A campaign dubbed “Nascer Livre para Brilhar” Born Free to Shine launched by Angola’s First Lady Ana Dias Lourenço in December 2018…
Random jottings from HIV treatment centres
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn air-conditioned bus snaked its way out of hideous traffic in Ikeja and deposited its occupants in the heart of Lagos Mainland….
What Ebola, HIV and Zika REALLY look like: Artist and scientist's fascinating watercolours of viruses are based on his own studies of what the pathogens look like under a microscope
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn artist shows feared viruses such as Ebola in a completely new light, by painting them in incredible detail. Professor David Goodsell also happens…