Nigeria: People Living With HIV Now Get Drugs to Last for Three Months
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Many hospitals in Nigeria now dispense drugs that will last for three months to people living with HIV. Read More
South Africa: Why So Many People Still Die From Aids-Related Illnesses Despite More People Being On Treatment
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Reading Time: < 1 minute FILE PHOTO: About 2880 candles are seen lit during a World AIDS Day event in Jakarta December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Dadang Tri/File Photo…
New cause of inflammation in people with HIV identified
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Reading Time: < 1 minute While current antiretroviral treatments for HIV are highly effective, data has shown that people living with HIV appear to experience accelerated aging…
Dr Edu condemns looting of WHO office
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The CRS Commissioner for Health Dr Betta Edu has condemned in strong terms the recent attack, vandalization and looting of the World…
Akwa Ibom, Benue have highest number of HIV positive persons, says NACA
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Latest quarterly factsheet of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has revealed that that two states – Akwa Ibom…
Uganda: Kenya, Uganda Overfunded for HIV Programmes - but Where Did the Money Go?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Sex workers in Kenya risked life and limb to practise their trade during the government-imposed Covid-19 lockdown earlier this year Read More
In Nigeria, HIV self-testing has stakeholders at a policy impasse
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Reading Time: < 1 minute With HIV cases dropping, Nigeria plans to shift to a more cost-effective self-testing strategy, but stakeholders are at odds over the effect…
Surat: Rape survivor delivers baby, both test HIV+
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A 22-year-old textile unit worker was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl multiple times for nearly two years Read…
HIV Drug Study Highlights Difference In Kidney, Liver Risks Between Older and Newer Gilead Drugs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As Gilead faces thousands of HIV drug lawsuits over side effects of Truvada, Viread and other TDF-based medications, Read More
New research shows HIV infections can be stopped by conducting contact tracing
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new study by HIV researchers has shown the viral infection could be curbed by the application of contact tracing Read More