South Africa: Court Ruling Means That Pharmacists Can Prescribe to People With HIV
[GroundUp] Specially trained pharmacists will be allowed to manage and prescribe medicine to patients with HIV and/or tuberculosis (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 16, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Liberia: AIDS Commission Moves to Fight Stigma and Discrimination
[New Dawn] The National Aids Commission of Liberia in collaboration with partners has planned a three-day conference to end stigmatization and discrimination here. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 16, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Liberia West Africa Source Type: news
"It's not safe for me and what would it achieve?" Acceptability of patient-referral partner notification for sexually transmitted infections to young people, a mixed methods study from Zimbabwe - Lariat J, Chikwari CD, Dauya E, Baumu VT, Kaisi V, Kafata L, Meza E, Simms V, Mackworth-Young C, Rochford H, Machiha A, Bandason T, Francis SC, Ferrand RA, Bernays S.
Partner notification (PN) is considered integral to the management of sexually transmitted infections (STI). Patient-referral is a common PN strategy and relies on index cases notifying and encouraging their partners to access treatment; however, it has sh... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
South Africa: Incentives Seem to Work in Private Healthcare, Why Not in Public?
[spotlight] Doing 'the right thing' for one's health, be it eating well, exercising, or going for an annual HIV test or blood pressure check, is easier said than done. One way to nudge people to make these 'right' decisions is to offer rewards or incentives. Discovery Health Medical Scheme's Vitality programme is probably the best local example of such an incentive programme. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Economy, Business and Finance Company News Governance Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
Sexual health and drug use prevention for Black girls (The Dreamer Girls Project): protocol for an intervention development - Opara I, Gabriel C, Duran-Becerra B, Bond K, Hill AV, Hussett-Richardson S, Alves C, Kershaw T.
BACKGROUND: Substance use among adolescent girls is associated with numerous risk characteristics, including engaging in sexual risk behaviors, which can lead to HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnoses. This is an important phenomenon to tar... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Nigeria: No, Nigerian Red Cross Society Didn't Conduct HIV Tests That Showed High Number of Cases in Abuja
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: The National Agency for the Control of Aids has clarified that no tests were conducted by the Red Cross and that the provided statistics were false. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 8, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Faith Leaders Find 'Hidden' Children Living With HIV
[UN News] To find "hidden" children living with HIV around the world, you need to find their mothers. To do so, innovative projects in Africa are entering places of worship and finding thousands who are now receiving life-saving treatment. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 6, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa HIV-Aids and STDs Children and Youth External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
Africa: New Pepfar Initiative - Safe Births, Healthy Babies
[State Department] In 2024, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) intends to, subject to availability of appropriated funds and completion of congressional notification procedures, launch the Safe Births, Healthy Babies Initiative - a two-year $40 million PEPFAR effort to accelerate progress to eliminate mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) in PEPFAR supported high HIV burden countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa HIV-Aids and STDs External Relations Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth United States, Canada and Africa Source Type: news
Malawi: MSF Close Chapter On 25-Year-Old HIV and Aids Project in Malawi
[MSF] In July 2023, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) closed the chapter on one of our longest-standing projects in Malawi, launched some 25 years ago in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Aid and Assistance HIV-Aids and STDs External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malawi NGOs and Civil Society Southern Africa Source Type: news
University of Alabama HIV researcher will head NIH ’s infectious disease institute
The infectious disease institute at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) will soon have its first new chief in nearly 4 decades. Jeanne Marrazzo, an expert on sexually transmitted infections, will become director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the fall. She will succeed Anthony Fauci, who
stepped down
in December 2022 after 38 years at NIAID’s helm.
Marrazzo, 61, currently directs the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). A physician and epidemiologist, she has expertise in HIV prevention, vaginal infection...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
HIV researcher will head NIH ’s infectious disease institute
The infectious disease institute at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) will soon have its first new chief in nearly 4 decades. Jeanne Marrazzo, an expert on sexually transmitted infections, will become director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the fall. She will succeed Anthony Fauci, who
stepped down
in December 2022 after 38 years at NIAID’s helm.
Marrazzo, 61, currently directs the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). A physician and epidemiologist, she has expertise in HIV prevention, vaginal infection...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Sharing one beauty product can spread STIs linked to cancer and infertility warns doctor
Doctors have issued a warning to those looking to share a friend's lip balm this summer, as it could carry silent killer. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: New WHO Guidance On HIV Viral Suppression and Scientific Updates Released At IAS 2023
[WHO] The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new scientific and normative guidance on HIV at the 12th International IAS (the International AIDS Society) Conference on HIV Science. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa HIV-Aids and STDs External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Recommends Optimizing HIV Testing Services
[WHO] At the 12th International IAS Conference on HIV Science, WHO calls for countries to expand use of HIV self-testing (HIVST), to offer HIVST for initiation, continuation and re-starting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and to promote testing through sexual and social networks to increase testing coverage and strengthen uptake of HIV prevention and treatment services for the general population in high-burden settings and in populations and regions with the greatest gaps in testing coverage. These recommendatio (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa HIV-Aids and STDs External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Older Adults Are at Growing Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infections
When older adults are sexually active, they are at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the age 65-plus population STIs have more than doubled in the last decade. Post-acute and long-term care practitioners and staff need to know what signs and symptoms to watch for, how to prevent STIs in their residents, how to treat them when they happen, and how to talk to residents and families about this sensitive topic. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - August 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Joanne Kaldy Source Type: news
