New Drug Offers Better Prospects in HIV Fight
Zimbabwe has just started a national roll-out of the new antiretroviral drug, Dolutegravir (DTG), which is set to gradually wean off Tenolam E.Tenolam E was…
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HIV Positive Teen Jailed 16 Years for Raping, Infecting Girl (4)
A 19 year-old Goromonzi man who is HIV positive has been slapped with a 16 year jail term after he was found guilty of raping and infecting a four year-old girl with the…
Call to Amend HIV/AIDS (Prevention and Control), Act of 2008
THE government has been asked to make amendment of the HIV/AIDS (Prevention and Control), Act of 2008 on its section 15(2), so that it can allow children at the age of…
NACA Hosts 16 Nigerians Honoured By U.S. Govt for Role in Fight Against…
The Nigerian government has hosted 16 Nigerians recently honoured by the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for their contributions to the…
Children See HIV a Better Risk Than Hunger, Says Child MP
A JUNIOR member of parliament has admitted Zimbabwean minors were prepared to contract HIV/Aids by offering themselves to older sex partners for as long as they were…
Africa: Targeted Response Needed to Fight HIV Within Nations
The striking variation in HIV prevalence at provincial and district levels across countries in Sub-Saharan African calls for targeted interventions, a study suggests.…
Tanzania: New Anti – HIV/Aids Project Set in Motion
THE government has launched an ambitious three-year project to save young girls and women from contracting HIV.Funded by Global Fund, Adolescence Girls and Young…
Nigeria: Experts Worry Over High HIV Prevalence Among Women
Experts in the control of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have called for more attention and focus on women to reduce…
Over 600 People Test HIV Positive as Doctor Uses Infected Syringe
Pakistan said on Sunday over 600 people, most of them children, had tested HIV positive in a city in the southern Sindh province.Concern grew after hundreds of people…
Uganda: WHO Approves Viral Load Test, Boosting Uganda’s Aids…
The World Health Organisation has approved the use of a portable molecular point-of-care viral load diagnostic test that officials in Uganda say will make the objective…