Sex workers contributed 6.9% to new HIV infections
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Reading Time: < 1 minute There are around 150,000 sex workers in South Africa. The National Strategic Plan on HIV identifies sex workers as a “key population” at high risk…
Women living with HIV continue the fight against forced sterilisation
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Women living with HIV demand justice — and autonomy over their bodies. Read More
Vaccine regimen fails to prevent HIV-1 infection in South Africa
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A canarypox-protein HIV vaccine regimen (ALVAC-HIV) plus bivalent subtype C gp120-MF59 adjuvant does not prevent HIV-1 infection among adults in South Africa, …
‘Nigeria has highest burden of tuberculosis, HIV in Africa’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nigeria has been described as a country with the highest burden for tuberculosis (TB), Human Immuno Defiency Virus (HIV) in Africa and third among the high…
Researchers identify chemicals that keep HIV virus in dormant state
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When the human immunodeficiency virus infects cells, it can either exploit the cells to start making more copies of itself or remain…
HIV/STI: Nigeria Launches Consolidated Service Delivery Guidelines
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has launched a national consolidated service delivery guideline on HIV and STIs for…
How to control diarrhoea when you have HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute I have noticed that a number of people living with HIV are now getting diarrhoea after they were stopped from taking…
Condom crisis hits safe sex during Covid-19
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The burdens of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and tuberculosis (TB) have been a feature of the South African health landscape for…
COVID-19 Vaccination: We Will Ensure HIV/AIDS Patients Are Given Priority, Says NACA
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says it is working to ensure that all patients of the Human Immunodeficiency…
Ghanaian HIV & AIDS support group executives sexually exploited beneficiaries – Global Fund
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The 18-page report entitled “Misconduct affecting Global Fund grants” details how representatives of the Ghana Network Association of People Living with HIV…