South Africa: Covid Affected Access to HIV Treatment - the Stories of Migrant Women in South Africa Show How
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa has made massive strides in the fight against HIV. One of the country's flagship interventions has been the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Nevertheless, South Africa still has the world's largest HIV epidemic. It's estimated that 7.5 million people in the country have HIV. Women of reproductive age account for more than half of this number - 4.8 million. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Ending HIV As a Public Health Threat - 3 Essential Reads
[The Conversation Africa] In 2014 the United Nations set an ambitious goal: to end the AIDS pandemic by the year 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Recommit to Equality to Address HIV As a Major Global Public Health Threat
[UNFPA] Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2022 (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Cameroon: Living Positively With HIV in Cameroon
[DW] Young Cameroonians living with HIV are fighting to end the stigma associated with the virus. Many patients still lack access to life-saving anti-retroviral drugs. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: HIV - UN Women Lament Continued Mother-to-Child Transmission
[Leadership] United Nations (UN) Women and Association of Women Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (ASWHAN) have decried poor investments in community systems to drive and prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 30, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Injectable HIV Prevention Drug Shows Promise - We Worked Out How Much South Africa Should Pay for It
[The Conversation Africa] Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention method. It is taken by people who are HIV negative, so that if they are unknowingly exposed to HIV, the drug will prevent the virus from infecting them. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 30, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tanzania: Over 200,000 People With HIV Do Not Take Arvs
[Daily News] OVER 200,000 people out of 1.72 million living with HIV in the country do not use ARVs treatment, Manager for National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) Dr Anath Rwebembera has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 29, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Flatlined Progress On HIV Treatment and Prevention Affects 2.7 Million Young People - UN
[UN News] Some 110,000 youth under age 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, noting that coupled with 310,000 newly infected, the total number of young people living with HIV stands at 2.7 million. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 29, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: HIV Prevention - New Injection Could Boost the Fight, but Some Hurdles Remain
[The Conversation Africa] While the world has focused on the COVID pandemic for nearly three years, less and less attention is being paid to HIV. However, HIV is still a global problem. In 2021, according to the United Nations, 38.4 million people were living with HIV, over 650,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses, and 1.5 million became newly infected. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 29, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ghana: Govt Urged to Institute New Programmes to Address HIV Stigmatisation
[Ghanaian Times] Last Updated: November 28, 2022 (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 28, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Keep an Eye On Quality As We Rush to Test People for HIV
[spotlight] As we approach World AIDS Day on 1 December, healthcare providers will be offering HIV screening and testing as part of a comprehensive health service. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 28, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Progress and Pathway Towards Elimination of Cervical Cancer Among Women Living With HIV
[WHO] Two years on from the launch of the Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer, and documentation of the higher risk for cervical cancer that women living with HIV face, progress is being made on all fronts. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 28, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Botswana: Botswana Introduces Injectable Antiretrovirals for HIV Treatment
[VOA] Gaborone -- Botswana has approved the use of injectable anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to improve adherence to HIV treatment. Minister of Health Edwin Dikoloti says the injections, given every two months, are more convenient than daily pills, which patients sometimes skip. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 23, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Pilot Projects Set to Inform Rollout of HIV Prevention Shot
[spotlight] South Africa is expected to begin piloting the HIV prevention injection early next year as one of several projects that experts hope will reveal the answers to some of the biggest questions about the future of the shot - who will deliver the injection, where, and how to sell people on the idea that just six shots a year could protect them from HIV. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 22, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: HIV/Aids Kills 17,000
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Uganda Network of AIDS Services Organisation (UNASO) wants the fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda to focus on encourage health-seeking behavior as the disease continues to spread; especially among young people. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 17, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
