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CHILD TREATED FOR HIV AT BIRTH IS HEALTHY NINE YEARS ON WITHOUT FURTHER TREATMENT


Child treated for HIV at birth is healthy nine years on without further treatment... READ MORE

24th July, 2017 1402

GLOBAL HIV MEETING URGES U.S. TO 'STAY ENGAGED' ON AIDS FUNDING AMID TRUMP'S THREATENED CUTS


The American people are a major funder in this and we need them to stay engaged, International AIDS Society President Linda-Gail Bekker told journalists in Paris... READ MORE

24th July, 2017 0

GLOBAL HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS UNDER THREAT FROM TRUMP'S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS


However, Prof Linda Gail Bekker, the president of the IAS said international leaders are taking different stances on prioritizing future investment into HIV science... READ MORE

24th July, 2017 26

AIDS EPIDEMIC: FOR 1ST TIME, OVER HALF TAKING HIV DRUGS


For 1st time, over half of people with HIV having treatment... READ MORE

20th July, 2017 1273

'I THINK THEY JUST EXPECTED US TO DIE'


At that time you were told you will die." The couple struggled to cope with the stigma associated with HIV and Aids, she says... READ MORE

11th July, 2017 948

KENYA IS FIRST IN AFRICA TO GET LATEST GENERIC AIDS DRUG


Kenya, with one of the world's largest HIV positive populations, has made great strides in addressing HIV in its public medical facilities... READ MORE

30th June, 2017 12

I AM NOT A RISK IM HEALTHY HAPPILY MARRIED AND I CANNOT PASS ON HIV


I Am Not A Risk Im Healthy Happily Married And I Cannot Pass On HIV... READ MORE

29th June, 2017 705

AFRICA GETS ITS FIRST GENERIC VERSION OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE HIV DRUG


Around 37 million people live with HIV AIDS around the world, 70 percent of them in Africa, according to 2015 statistics from the World Health Organization WHO ... READ MORE

29th June, 2017 20

FALL IN HIV AMONG GAY MEN COULD SPELL END FOR BRITAIN'S EPIDEMIC, SAY EXPERTS


What we are seeing is the first downturn of the HIV epidemic in gay men, said Delpech... READ MORE

23rd June, 2017 2470

SOUTH AFRICA REVISED MINING CHARTER DUE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS -ZUMA


South Africa holds the biggest reserves of platinum, chrome and manganese... READ MORE

2nd June, 2017 3

HOW A TRUMP ORDER ON ABORTION COULD HURT THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS IN AFRICA


With 17 locations, Family Health Options Kenya treats hundreds of HIV-positive women in some of the most remote parts of the country... READ MORE

18th May, 2017 2749

AIDS DRUGS ADD A DECADE TO LIFE IN EUROPE AND US, STUDY SHOWS


This meant many patients can expect to live as long as those without HIV, according to their study published in The Lancet medical journal... READ MORE

11th May, 2017 13

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'PATIENTS ARE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF THE WORK HE HAS DONE'


Dr. Mark Wainberg, a Montreal-based trailblazer in HIV AIDS research and an internationally renowned scientist, died Tuesday after swimming in rough water in Bal Harbour, Fla... READ MORE

13th April, 2017 11572

WHAT DID MAHATMA GANDHI THINK OF BLACK PEOPLE?


Gandhi objected that Indians were classed with the natives of South Africa, who he called the kaffirs, and demanded a separate entrance for Indians... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 8874

AS H.I.V. SOARS IN PHILIPPINES, CONSERVATIVES KILL SCHOOL CONDOM PLAN


While the rate of new H.I.V. infections has been falling across the Asia-Pacific region in recent years, in the Philippines it is soaring... READ MORE

1st March, 2017 5718

TANZANIA SUSPENDS U.S.-FUNDED AIDS PROGRAMS IN A NEW CRACKDOWN ON GAYS


Last month, the minister of health announced that Tanzania will ban HIV AIDS outreach projects aimed at gay men, pending a review... READ MORE

24th November, 2016 4775

ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION 'THROUGH SEX' REPORTED IN US


A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US... READ MORE

3rd February, 2016 4389

OUTCRY FOR CECIL THE LION COULD UNDERCUT CONSERVATION EFFORTS


Trophy hunting is often difficult to detach from an era of unquestioned white privilege in Africa, Mr. Dorrington, 56, said... READ MORE

11th August, 2015 4080

'FINAL NAIL IN COFFIN' FOR DISEASE?


We must continue to use other HIV prevention tools to reduce the number of new HIV infections, particularly in vulnerable populations such as young women... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 3939

KILLING OF CECIL THE LION PROMPTS CALLS FOR EU BAN ON IMPORTING LION TROPHIES


Zimbabwe - along with Namibia, Tanzania and South Africa - is listed as 'positive', ie with a sustainable enough population of lions to accommodate hunting... READ MORE

27th July, 2015 3853

AMERICAN HUNTRESS SPARKS FURY BY POSTING SELFIE WITH DEAD GIRAFFE IN SOUTH AFRICA


Her first showed her crouching over the prone form of a massive kudu a kind of African antelope with a white-striped body and spiralling horns... READ MORE

3rd August, 2015 3792

MAN MAY HAVE PAID $55K TO KILL AFRICA'S MOST FAMOUS LION


A Game of Thrones editor, recently killed by a lioness in South Africa, was raising money to combat poaching... READ MORE

27th July, 2015 3007

LIFE ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC


After sporadic cases through the 1970s, the viral epidemic was first reported in New York City and California... READ MORE

29th November, 2016 2882

DR MARK WAINBERG WHO IDENTIFIED A KEY AIDS DRUG DIES AT 71


Dr Mark Wainberg Who Identified a Key AIDS Drug Dies at 71... READ MORE

16th April, 2017 2753

WEAK POWER GRIDS IN AFRICA STUNT ECONOMIES AND FIRE UP TEMPERS


South Africa, which has the continent's only nuclear power plant, has around half of sub-Saharan Africa's power generating capacity, roughly 44 gigawatts... READ MORE

2nd July, 2015 2461

ZIMBABWE CALLS FOR EXTRADITION OF DENTIST WHO KILLED CECIL THE LION


Muchinguri's remarks come as the White House faces mounting pressure to address a petition for Palmer's extradition to Zimbabwe... READ MORE

31st July, 2015 2420

ON FOUR CONTINENTS, HISTORIC DROUGHTS WREAK HAVOC


South Africa's government said parts of the country are seeing their worst drought since 1992... READ MORE

26th July, 2015 1963

SOUTH AFRICA HIGH COURT SAYS ALLOWING BASHIR TO LEAVE VIOLATED CONSTITUTION


Bashir, who had been in South Africa to attend an African Union meeting with other African leaders, was already halfway to Khartoum, Sudan's capital... READ MORE

15th June, 2015 1718

HIV SPREADS LIKE COMPUTER WORMS, SAY SCIENTISTS


New model equates spread of worm across local networks and internet with progress of Aids virus through the body, suggesting early treatment is vital... READ MORE

2nd April, 2015 1664

TROPHY HUNTING JUST PART OF THE STORY BEHIND DECLINING LION NUMBERS IN AFRICA


Lion numbers are in steep decline across Africa, but trophy hunting is only partly responsible for the long-term losses, say conservationists... READ MORE

29th July, 2015 1544

PEOPLE AT RISK OF HIV IN SCOTLAND TO BE GIVEN PREP DRUG ON NHS


NHS England resisted rolling out PrEP due to its cost, although it is a lot cheaper than a lifetime of HIV treatment which could cost ?360,000... READ MORE

11th April, 2017 1533

MONKEY STUDY RAISES HOPE FOR 'FUNCTIONAL' HIV CURE


Living with HIV 'There is nothing to fear' Takeda's drug suppressed the virus to undetectable levels in eight monkeys, some for two years... READ MORE

1st December, 2016 1519

CHINA'S LACK OF SEX EDUCATION IS PUTTING MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK


At Tsinghua, students take sex education classes where they learn basic knowledge about sex safety, condom use, etc... READ MORE

2nd December, 2016 1453

WORLDS FIRST FEMALE ANTI-POACHING UNIT


Lots of the poachers are men and I am the woman fighting with the men Black Mamba Leitah Michabela tells Evan proudly... READ MORE

30th June, 2015 1254

HIV RATE IN YOUNG AFRICAN WOMEN DISTURBINGLY HIGH


Crucially, the report found that between 2010 and 2015, the number of new HIV infections among women aged 15 to 24 was reduced by only 6 percent across the world... READ MORE

22nd November, 2016 1196

NEW EPIDEMIC STRAIN OF HIV IN CUBA IS TWICE AS AGGRESSIVE AS AVERAGE VIRUS


All the patients infected with the new strain of the virus progressed to Aids within three years... READ MORE

16th February, 2015 1068

HIV VACCINE TEST HOPES FOR BREAKTHROUGH IN COMBAT AGAINST THE VIRUS


But researchers chasing the holy grail of a vaccine think they could have better success in South Africa, because of a number of modifications... READ MORE

27th November, 2016 1043

UK'S FOREIGN AID GOES TO EU IN RUSH TO HIT TARGETS, SAY MPS


It emerged earlier this year that civil servants went on a 1 billion spending spree in just eight weeks to hit the Government's aid target... READ MORE

21st March, 2015 999

NHS CAN FUND 'GAME-CHANGING' PREP HIV DRUG, COURT SAYS


NHS England to appeal against judgment ruling it has legal power to fund drugs that are highly effective in preventing HIV... READ MORE

2nd August, 2016 974

HIV VACCINE TO BE TRIALLED IN SOUTH AFRICA


New hiv vaccine to be trialled in south africa... READ MORE

19th July, 2016 941

RHINOS HORNS TO BE FITTED WITH SPY CAMERAS AND ALARMS


There are up to 600,000 African elephants but about 35,000 a year are killed by poachers... READ MORE

20th July, 2015 930

LIFEBLOOD FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED IT MOST


How to tell which sick children need blood transfusions the most... READ MORE

16th August, 2015 798


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