WATCH: What can you do to encourage HIV testing?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to the latest records of the Department of Health (DOH), there were 1,249 confirmed HIV-positive individuals as of January this year. The DOH…
In Papua New Guinea, witch hunts, torture and murder are reactions to the modern world
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJackson Kapo, who witnessed Kepari Leniata being burned alive after being accused of witchcraft. Photo: Tallulah Photography As Kapo reveals, not all…
How San Francisco Is Poised To End HIV Transmissions And Become A Model The Rest Of The Nation Can Follow
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the peak of the HIV epidemic in 1992, more than 2,300 new, full-blown AIDS cases were diagnosed in San Francisco. In…
DRUNK MUM FORGETS NEW BORN AT BAR
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBHUNYA – A breastfeeding mother confessed to social welfare officers that she drank marula brew in order to produce milk for her…
Same-day ART increases rates of retention-in-care, sustained viral suppression in HIV patients
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdd Topic To Email Alerts Jason Halperin Starting patients on ART on the day of their HIV diagnosis increases rates of retention-in-care…
New Method Drives Cellular HIV Reservoirs to Self-Destruct
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHIV-infected human macrophages co-incubated with a reporter cell line that only expresses GFP when it is infected with HIV-1. This shows that…
GOVT AVERTS 24000 NEW HIV INFECTIONS
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Reading Time: 2 minutesGOVT AVERTS 24000 NEW HIV INFECTIONS Muchinga Province Permanent secretary Joyce Nsama says government has averted about 24 thousand new HIV infections…
HIV charity recieves a £1,000 Louis Baylis grant
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Slough charity that has received a Louis Baylis donation of £1,000 has expressed how ‘grateful’ its service users are for such…
65% of HIV population in Ghana are females
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Reading Time: < 1 minute65% of HIV population in Ghana are females The 2017 national and sub-national HIV and AIDS estimates and projections report puts the…
Tamil Nadu health department issues dos & dont’s for blood banks
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBLOOD DONATION. Image for representation. CHENNAI: The State Health department has issued general instructions and also ‘dos and don’ts’ framed by the Tamil…