Follow AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-aids Sat, 03 Dec 2022 05:22:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmqFole8F3mEu4DA87rvhPr [spotlight] In Spotlight's analysis of South Africa's HIV response in recent years, two issues have stood out consistently.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:39:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmqFole8F3mEu4DA87rvhPr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmNdIcEUWZxWLkdRKkm2PJP [Premium Times] "The campaign seeks to empower the Adolescents and Young People (AYP) with the life skills to stay free of HIV. "]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:22:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmNdIcEUWZxWLkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplnaSADcrNAWN2W0GqTRQSgk [Nile Post] President Museveni has said prevention is the best way for the country to fight HIV/AIDS.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:07:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplnaSADcrNAWN2W0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplnaSADcrNAWN84HQhe4ZUzd [Nile Post] Activists from Care International Uganda, have urged Ugandans to join the fight against gender based violence which in return will help reduce the risk of HIV infection.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:53:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplnaSADcrNAWN84HQhe4ZUzd https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmpqf6y3HnOGCuZukmJ4mr4 [Ghanaian Times] The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed concern over fragrant disregard for HIV prevention and control measures.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:58:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmpqf6y3HnOGCuZukmJ4mr4 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmpqf6y3HnOGOGrEXdXG_66 [Ghanaian Times] The day is meant to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and is said to demonstrate international solidarity in the efforts to manage the pandemic as no cure for it has been found since its outbreak in 1981.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:58:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmpqf6y3HnOGOGrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmcbkp2-4Zn1SRFMxTa8z4W [VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroonian health workers and people with HIV marched for World AIDS Day on December 1, calling for access to treatment for patients in conflict areas.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 09:56:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmcbkp2-4Zn1SRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmcbkp2-4Zn1VT72x6uxjiK [Government of Mauritius] The first community sexual health clinic namely the Banian Centre, aiming to provide a panoply of services to further support individuals suffering from Human ImmunoDeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), was inaugurated, today, in the context of the World AIDS Day 2022 by the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal, at PILS Nou Lavi in Port Louis. The World AIDS Day, observed annually on 01 December is being marked this year under the theme Equalize.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 09:30:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmcbkp2-4Zn1VT72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplm4d4u2XLKJ1C1Ly282xAAw [VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- In October, Zimbabwe became the first African country to approve the use of the injectable HIV prevention drug called cabotegravir.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 09:29:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplm4d4u2XLKJ1C1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplkor7c797Fvi31d0VB8z-7c [Observer] .... ..... Says National Aids Commission, showing steep escalation in HIV prevalence in populated counties, with the disease unevenly distributed, with urban dwellers being affected the most.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:55:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplkor7c797Fvi31d0VB8z-7c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmy-e3K7vNCeWnhpmeYcemU [The Conversation Africa] The 2022 World AIDS Day theme is Equalize. The reason for this focus is that HIV reflects economic and social inequity. People with low socio-economic status are worst affected by the epidemic. Also, the worst impacts of the HIV epidemic are found in the least developed countries and the most impoverished neighbourhoods.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:14:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmy-e3K7vNCeWnhpmeYcemU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllnaGG_2k5nqnOFESPuQWsX [Independent (Kampala)] Comment -- In the mid-1980s to early 1990s, the new NRA government of Uganda was grappling with the uphill task of reorganising a country ravaged by instability, economic adversity, and human capital inadequacies, among which a sick and unproductive population was a significant concern. HIV/AIDS prevalence peaked at 18%, a disease the populace barely knew how to manage, let alone acknowledge its existence. Families were decimated, and children were orphaned at the hands of this disease.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:49:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllnaGG_2k5nqnOFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmwplzGdbG1qh-xWH3zZqEA [Namibian] NAMIBIA has joined the rest of the world in celebrating the World Aids Day, which aims to stop the spread of new cases of HIV-AIDS, secure the rights of people living with HIV, and fight HIV stigma and discrimination.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:40:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmwplzGdbG1qh-xWH3zZqEA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllFWvCFP6IENvdczOo_8W9B [Ghanaian Times] Residents in the Ablekuma North Municipality in the Greater Accra Region have been urged to take the necessary precaution to prevent them from contracting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) the virus that causes AIDS.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:17:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllFWvCFP6IENvdczOo_8W9B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplkpCwpzeruGZ4MOI2eu70Rg [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.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:10:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplkpCwpzeruGZ4MOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplk4EnUVIA2YWle5jCclomp- [The Conversation Africa] In 2014 the United Nations set an ambitious goal: to end the AIDS pandemic by the year 2030.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:08:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplk4EnUVIA2YWle5jCclomp- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplkTO-MnBRXxnvnNuMIJyU22 [allAfrica] Cape Town --  ]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:01:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplkTO-MnBRXxnvnNuMIJyU22 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmsAqwGye9ISKJCIqJppjfU [GroundUp] Cabotegravir is still unaffordable after two years]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 10:28:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmsAqwGye9ISKJCIqJppjfU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpll-XsfReRGL8EFW8UNEQjUn [Vanguard] As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark this year's World AIDS Day on 1st December, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has reiterated its resolve and commitment to achieve control of the epidemic towards ending AIDS by 2030.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 10:10:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpll-XsfReRGL8EFW8UNEQjUn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllPwnQZ-601zFw3HFUzDTIP [UN News] The UN chief is marking World AIDS Day on Thursday with a call to action to end the inequalities which are blocking progress towards stopping the pandemic, and eradicating the virus.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 08:34:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllPwnQZ-601zFw3HFUzDTIP