Fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria needs strong U.S. support
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt the height of the AIDS crisis nearly two decades ago, the world came together to fight back, creating the Global Fund…
B.C. overdose-prevention sites should be template for other governments, researchers say
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt was a day Heather Hobbs recalls vividly: the staff at AIDS Vancouver Island had pulled another overdose victim from the washroom,…
How to tell your sexual partner you have an STI
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTested positive for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and not sure what to do? Once you’ve recovered from the initial shock and…
Zim lags behind on voluntary male circumcision – report
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteZIMBABWE currently has one of the poorest voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage rates in sub-Saharan Africa, with 14.3 per cent of…
Syphilis Is Spreading Across Rural America
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen Karolyn Schrage first heard about the “dominoes gang” in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had…
Akwa Ibom blames high rate of HIV/AIDS on influx of visitors
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Akwa Ibom government has attributed the high rate of HIV/AIDS in the state to the influx of visitors. The Nigerian HIV/AIDS…
UK blocks fix rooms for HIV crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe research published in The Lancet said factors such as homelessness and cocaine injecting had helped create a “perfect storm,” with over 10…
Calls for fresh thinking on drug use amid risk of second HIV spike
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week a study by blood-borne virus researchers from Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and Health Protection Scotland (HPS), suggested a rise in cocaine injecting and homelessness were…
Venezuela Falls Under The Triple Attack of HIV, Tuberculosis And Malaria
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 2017, the Canadian-based International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) and Venezuelan NGO Acción Ciudadana Contra el SIDA (ACCSI) released the…
No female condom please!’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCondoms are adjudged to be the most efficient technology in combating the spread of HIV/AIDS virus and other sexually transmitted and transmittable…