Police arrest medic for luring woman into sex with fake HIV results
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePolice have arrested a city medical officer, who allegedly gave a woman fake HIV results in an attempt to lure her into…
HIV Positive Nairobi Woman Who Lost Job Because of Status Pleads for Work: "I'm The Breadwinner"
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA desperate Kenyan woman has taken to the streets of Nairobi pleading for work to provide for her younger sisters and ailing…
Monthly Vaginal Ring Prevents HIV During Breastfeeding Safely
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA monthly vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine – an HIV prevention method that has been approved in several African countries…
Two newer simplified HIV treatment options found to be at least as effective as the standard of care
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo newer simplified treatment options are at least as effective as current approaches, according to the results of a world-first international clinical…
Children's HIV Deaths in Africa Largely Preventable
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than half of the children who died from HIV-related illnesses in Africa were not diagnosed with HIV prior to their death,…
Ghana: 22,000 children between 10-19 years had HIV in 2021 – AIDS Commission
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGhana AIDS Commission has revealed that more than 22,000 children between the ages of 10-19 years contracted HIV/AIDS in 2021. Read More
Rectal Pill May Give Days-Long Protection Against HIV: Study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCould a quick-dissolving pill placed in the rectum prove to be an effective and safe “on-demand” way to prevent HIV infection among sexually…
No safety concerns seen with use of dapivirine vaginal ring during third trimester of pregnancy, according to interim results of DELIVER study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine posed no safety concerns when used in the third trimester of pregnancy, according to…
Third European officially cured of HIV: Utrecht researchers
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 53-year-old European man has been declared cured of HIV by an international team of researchers, UMC Utrecht reports. Read More
Africa: What's the Deal With Viral Variants When It Comes to HIV?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen a study published last year on an HIV variant that has been circulating in the Netherlands for the last 20 years…