HIV-1 May Be More Virulent When Transmitted Through Penile-Vaginal Intercourse
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHIV-1 can be transmitted through vaginal, anal, and oral sex, whether it’s with a same-sex or different-sex partner. Read More
Africa: More Focus Needed On Ageing With HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHIV and ageing were one of the hot topics at the recently held Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Read More
Half of men who pay for sex may be HIV-positive: study
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePaying for sex is prevalent among African men with 1 in 10 of them using the services of sex workers, suggests new…
How Does Circumcision Reduce Hiv Transmission?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteResearchers suggest that male circumcision could reduce the risk of HIV infection because the foreskin’s tissues protect its parts from the virus,…
N1.8m Women, Children On HIV Treatment In Nigeria – US
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUnited States government (US) through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has revealed that nearly 1.8 million women and…
This Nigerian PhD student is working on improving HIV patient outcomes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the 80s, a positive HIV diagnosis would have spelt “death sentence”. Read More
First Patients Receive Clinical Trial of HIV Vaccine Using Moderna’s mRNA Tech
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and pharmaceutical giant Moderna jointly announced that the first doses of an experimental HIV vaccine Read More
New study identifies African ‘hotspot’ for highly infectious diseases
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteregional corner of Africa is a hotspot for cases of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, prompting researchers to call for targeted health support…
AI to predict which HIV patients will stop taking ARVs: How it will work
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLecturers from Moi University have won a Sh523 million grant to develop a system that can predict when an HIV patient is…
Ethiopia: Rape During Ethiopia War Triggers HIV/Aids Crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRAPE and sexual violence during the conflict in northern Ethiopia have sparked HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancy crises in the region. Read More