AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs

Kenya: Study Suggests Men on ARVs Succumb Earlier to HIV-Related Illnesses

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:19:35 GMT

[Nation] Findings of a study by a team of researchers indicates that Kenyan men on antiretroviral therapy (ART) succumbed earlier to HIV-related illnesses, compared to female patients.

South Africa: Mourning and Remembering Andrew Mosane, One of SA's Most Colourful HIV, Human ...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:01:58 GMT

[Daily Maverick] 'Queer as f**k, mad as a hatter, outrageous, ostentatious, brave, difficult, unrelenting; an activist with strengths and weaknesses on show.' - An activist remembers Andrew Mosane.

South Africa: Health in 2021 - Spotlight's Top 12 Questions

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:45:49 GMT

[spotlight] While COVID-19 will continue to make headlines for some time, 2021 will also be a critical year for healthcare reforms in South Africa and for various aspects of the country's HIV and TB response. These are Spotlight's top 12 healthcare questions for the year.

Uganda: Govt to Combine HIV Treatment With Non-Communicable Diseases

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:44:42 GMT

[Monitor] The Health Ministry has said it is running pilot projects in some health facilities to determine ways of including treatment for non-communicable diseases to usual HIV/Aids treatment so as to curb deaths among the patients.

Africa: Global Fund Signs $8.5 Billion Grants to Fight HIV, TB, Malaria

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:25:48 GMT

[Premium Times] "This is the highest amount of grants ever signed in a single year by the Global Fund," the group said.

Africa: African Countries Differ Widely in Prenatal HIV Testing - Why It Matters

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:59:35 GMT

[The Conversation Africa] The introduction of antiretroviral drugs has resulted in a remarkable decline in mother-to-child transmission of HIV. New infections among children declined by 52% worldwide and 55% in sub-Saharan Africa between 2010 and 2019.

Nigeria: HIV, Tuberculosis Care Neglected Due to Covid-19 - Health Minister

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 07:46:19 GMT

[Leadership] Abuja -- The Minister of state for health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora has revealed that the care and attention given to HIV, tuberculosis and other ailments have been neglected due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Yet to Redeem Commitment to Persons Living With HIV - Group

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 06:54:46 GMT

[Premium Times] The group wants the government to provide drugs for PLWHIV and tests kits to ensure more people get tested.

Tanzania: Tpsf Urged to Participate in Fight Against Aids

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:56:22 GMT

[Daily News] AIDS Trust Fund (ATF) has called for increased participation of members of the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF) in the fight against HIV/Aids.

Zimbabwe: Ministry Makes Strides in Preventing HIV Transmission

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 18:09:21 GMT

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Kenya: Woman Who Changed the HIV Stigma Narrative in Nyatike

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:23:49 GMT

[Nation] She is passionate about her venture and does her work with zeal. For 35 years, Margaret Otieno has been an embodiment of resilience.

South Africa: People With HIV Should Be Central to Prevention Efforts

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:12:04 GMT

[New Frame] HIV and Aids programmes will work better if they integrate the message of the U=U campaign about the relationship between viral suppression and halting the sexual transmission of HIV.

Nigeria: 1.8 Million Nigerians Living With HIV/Aids - NACA

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:06:04 GMT

[Vanguard] No fewer than 1.8 million persons are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

Africa: How Covid-19 May Result in One Million Excess Deaths From Other Diseases in Africa

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:58:29 GMT

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The pandemic has hit Africa's overburdened health services and left many unable to access treatment - raising fears of up to one million excess deaths from other illnesses

Nigeria: Benue - HIV/Aids Prevalence Rate Drops From Ten to 4.9%

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:41:21 GMT

[Leadership] Makurdi -- Benue State Ministry of Health and Human Services has said that the successful placement of over 188,000 persons living with HIV/AIDs on treatment has dropped the pandemic prevalence rate from 10 percent to 4.9 percent as at June 2020.

Ethiopia: United Nations Agencies Deliver Lifeline Food Assistance to 25,000 Eritrean Refugees ...

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:25:49 GMT

[WFP] Eritrean refugees in two camps in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia received a month's worth of food supplies through a joint distribution by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and Ethiopia's Agency for Refugees and Returnee Affairs (ARRA).

Africa: Here's Where Efforts to End HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa Must Focus

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 04:15:16 GMT

[The Conversation Africa] The World AIDS Day commemoration of 2020 took place in the midst of a global pandemic. It served as another reminder that people are not only susceptible to pathogens, but to the political, social and economic inequities that determine vulnerability to infections.

Africa: This Project Gave Me a Second Chance

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 13:01:57 GMT

[E.G. Pediatric Aids Foundation] On a plain in Tanzania's northern region, situated between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley, Yasinta sits and surveys the mountainous vista from the doorway of her boma, a traditional Maasai home, constructed of branches, mud, and dung. The middle-aged mother lives with her husband, children, and other relatives in a compound of seven bomas that sit together behind a fence of thorny bushes.

Gambia: UNDP, GCCI Hand Over Newly Built Dormitories of 200 Bed Capacity At Jeshwang Detention ...

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:55:40 GMT

[Foroyaa] New dormitories at the Jeshwang detention center were unveiled and handed over to the Gambia Prisons Department on Thursday 17 December 2020, by the Government of The Gambia, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). The works have been realized in partnership with GAMWORKS through 'We Khan' Construction Company with UNDP provided funding which enabled the refurbishment and rebuilding of new Prison dormitories at Jeshwang Detention Center and at M

Central African Republic: Continuity of HIV, TB and Malaria Services in Challenging Operational ...

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:37:36 GMT

[GFO] The RAME, Réseau d'Accès aux Médicaments Essentiels (Access to Essential Medicines Network), commissioned a study in 2019 on community organizations' good practices, opportunities, and limitations in ensuring continuity of care in challenging operational environments (COEs). Five countries, classified as COEs by the Global Fund, were selected to participate in the study: Central African Republic, Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Niger. RAME is the Francophone Africa platform of the Global Fund'