South Africa: AIDS 2022 - What Does an Important STI Prevention Finding Mean for SA?
[spotlight] Taking a widely available antibiotic after condomless sex can reduce the risk of contracting three different sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to a study presented last week at the AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal, Canada. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 11, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: South Africas's Foreign Minister Welcomes Blinken
[Govt of SA] Opening remarks by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor at the occasion of the hosting of the South Africa-United States Strategic Dialogue (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 9, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO and UNAIDS Support Countries to Introduce Virtual Interventions and HIV Self-Testing
[WHO] Virtual platforms and digital media are important tools for bringing testing, treatment and prevention services to the estimated 37.7 million people living with HIV worldwide (1). A new policy brief, released today on virtual interventions in response to HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and viral hepatitis, provides guidance for countries to innovate, implement and integrate comprehensive virtual intervention services. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 5, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Applauds Agreement to Scale-Up Generic Manufacturing for Access to Long-Acting Injectable Antiretrovirals
[WHO] WHO welcomes the announcement of a new voluntary licensing agreement for patents relating to long acting-cabotegravir (CAB-LA) between ViiV Healthcare and the Medicine Patent Pool. This agreement, will give selected generic manufacturers the opportunity to develop, manufacture and supply generic versions of CAB-LA, in 90 low- and middle-income countries, subject to required regulatory approvals. This is a critical step to support long-term access in the least developed, low-income, lower middle-income and (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 5, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: HIV Response Under Threat - New Figures
[WHO] The global response to HIV has faltered and stalled with 1.5 million new infections occurring in 2021 - more than 1 million more than the global targets. Newly released figures also show that 650 000 people died from HIV-related causes while the number of people on HIV treatment grew more slowly in 2021 than it has in over a decade. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 5, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: 'It Took Me Three Seconds to Decide' - Fareed Abdullah Reflects On His Career in Public Health
[spotlight] Over the last three decades, Dr Fareed Abdullah has been at the coalface of South Africa's response to HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and more recently, COVID-19. In this time, he proved himself a health sector pillar - unafraid to shun political party lines when they clashed with his clinician's integrity. Recently he spoke out against the proposed NHI [National Health Insurance] legislation, while back in 1999 he helped pioneer the roll-out of AIDS treatment in the Western Cape, in defiance of then President Th (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 4, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Nearly 5000 Girls and Women Acquire HIV Infection Every Week - UN
[New Zimbabwe] THE United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) estimated that about 4900 girls and women between 15 and 24 years in Sub Saharan Africa acquire HIV every week. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: World Leaders Urged to Act With Courage to End Aids as AIDS2022 Closes
[UNAIDS] As AIDS2022 in Montreal comes to a close, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said: (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Global Discrimination Against Vulnerable Groups Fuels New HIV Infections
[Daily Maverick] Many governments operate according to prejudice rather than science, ensuring that HIV continues to flourish in the crevices of restrictive societies that chose not to recognise behaviours they find unacceptable. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: South Africa Has Made Remarkable Progress Against HIV - Phaahla Speaks at International Aids Conference
[Govt of SA] Speaking notes by Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla during a panel discission on - "how countries work towards achieving national and global prevention targets as defined in the road map" - Montreal, Canada (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Activists at Aids Conference Protest 'Systemic Racism' Behind Visa Denials and Lack of Funding Driving New Deaths
[Daily Maverick] 'Another minute, another death! AIDS is not over!' chant protestors as controversy engulfs an international AIDS conference in Canada. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Publishes New Guidelines on HIV, Hepatitis and Stis for Key Populations
[WHO] Today, WHO published new Consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations. The guidelines are officially launched at the AIDS 2022 Conference in Montreal, Canada, in a satellite session entitled: Launching new WHO guidelines for key populations: Focus for impact. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: UNAIDS Welcomes the Life-Saving Results of PEPFAR Funding and Programmes
[UNAIDS] The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes the latest data released by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which demonstrate the life-saving impact of PEPFAR funding and programmes on countries and communities. UNAIDS also applauds the continued, strong bipartisan leadership of the United States in the global response to HIV. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: New Global Alliance Launched to End Aids in Children By 2030
[UN News] While more than three-quarters of all adults living with HIV are receiving some kind of treatment, the number of children doing so, stands at only 52 per cent. In response to this startling disparity, UN agencies UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO, and others, have formed a global alliance to prevent new HIV infections and ensure that by 2030 all HIV positive children can get access to lifesaving treatment. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Recommends Long-Acting Cabotegravir for HIV Prevention
[WHO] WHO today released new guidelines for the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV and called for countries to consider this safe and highly effective prevention option for people at substantial risk of HIV infection. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
