HIV+ Zanu-PF MP up for raping ex-wife at gunpoint
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Tsungai Makumbe, a prominent member of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU PF party and MP for Mazowe North, has been brought before the court…
In South Africa's richest area, mother-to-baby HIV transmission is a concern despite free prevention
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Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s a worrying question for health officials in one of the richest and most developed areas of the African continent: Why are…
Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. Read More
A cure for HIV? Man, 60, declared 'free' of the virus after stem cell transplant that also beat his cancer, making him the seventh person to benefit from risky procedure
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A 60-year-old German man has likely been ‘cured’ of HIV, in a medical milestone only achieved by six other people, doctors have announced. …
Pakistan's Ratodero scandal: HIV-positive children treated like outcasts
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In 2019, the Ratodero scandal broke out in Pakistan. The town in the country’s southern Sindh province was suddenly in the spotlight…
Nigeria recorded 75,000 new HIV infections in 2023 - FG
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Dr Temitope Ilori, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), said 75,000 new infected HIV cases and…
Twice-a-Year Injection Gives Women Full Protection Against HIV, Trial Finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Just two injections a year of a new HIV drug protected young women in Africa from infection with the sexually transmitted disease,…
160,000 children living with HIV in Nigeria – CCN
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Christian Council of Nigeria, CCN, has expressed concern over the high rate of children living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV,…
In South Africa, traditional healers join the fight against HIV. Stigma remains high in rural areas
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The walls of Shadrack Mashabane’s hut in the rural South African town of Bushbuckridge are covered with traditional fabrics, with a small…
HIV-positive moms with healthy babies; how it happens
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Reading Time: < 1 minute HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, attacks the body’s immune system, making it harder to fight off infections. It can be transmitted through…