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…
Kenya right to adopt three tests for HIV diagnosis
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya has taken a commendable step by adopting the World Health Organization’s recommendation to transition from a two-test to a three-test HIV…
Alarm as Kenya reports cases of advanced HIV disease
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In what could be a worrying trend to public health and policy experts, it is now emerging that Kenya is currently reporting…
Major health alert as Philippines tallies 55 new HIV cases daily, among the highest in the world
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Philippines tallies at least 55 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive cases daily, one of the highest in the world, Philippines Health…
Moms with HIV can breastfeed if taking treatment and virus is undetectable, pediatricians’ group says
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Each time LaTonya looks at framed photos of herself breastfeeding her baby son for the first time, she swells with emotion. Read…
How children at Treloar Collect were used as 'objects of research'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Children were used as ‘objects for research’ while the risks of contracting hepatitis and HIV were ignored at a specialist school where boys…
HIV positive prostitute had sex with 211 men after learning she’d been infected, cops say
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An HIV-positive sex worker had sexual interactions with over 200 clients across multiple states, police say, prompting a health warning. Read More