Pakistan's Ratodero scandal: HIV-positive children treated like outcasts
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 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 minuteDr 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 minuteJust 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 minuteThe 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 minuteThe 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 minuteHIV, 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 minuteKenya 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 minuteIn 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 minuteThe 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 minuteEach time LaTonya looks at framed photos of herself breastfeeding her baby son for the first time, she swells with emotion. Read…