'Glad for the herb'... woman claims to be cured of HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFeedback from readers locally and abroad to Bennett’s feature in last Sunday’s Observer revealed stories of people who claimed to have been…
Isolated, depressed and alone: Why for LGBT+ Ugandans, coronavirus lockdown has been 'simply torture'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteKeem Love Black has spent more than two months indoors in her home in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. Read More
Coronavirus could permanently alter 'social life' the way HIV/AIDS changed ‘sexual life’: Niall Ferguson
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a newly released interview, historian and author Niall Ferguson said that if the novel coronavirus remains a permanent part of American…
Strategic Considerations for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Key Population-Focused HIV Programs
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone, including key populations at higher risk of HIV. Read More
Nushawn Williams Served Out His HIV-Related Sentence in 2010. Why Is He Still Not Free?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNushawn Williams was four days from freedom when he received a letter in April 2010 informing him New York State officials were…
Four years on, the differently abled, anxiety & HIV patients have no insurance cover. Is IRDAI doing enough?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has asked insurers to be transparent about offering health covers to those with HIV/AIDS, mental…
The Handling of Coronavirus Has Left Some Who Witnessed the AIDS Crisis With a Sense of Deja Vu. Here’s Why.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe death toll climbed to unprecedented heights as a mystery illness wreaked havoc on the unsuspecting, all while officials in countries Read…
Youth and Covid-19 Diaries: Young, HIV positive and on lock down alone
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe 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 minuteSouth Africans who are HIV-positive and take antiretrovirals are not at greater risk of contracting Covid-19, a local expert said on Thursday….
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…