AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs

[New Dawn] MONROVIA -- The National AIDS Commission (NAC) has wrapped up the first leg of a county engagement tour in Nimba, Bong and Margibi, as the body pushes deeper into communities to bolster coordination with local authorities and County Health Teams in the national response to HIV/AIDS.

[spotlight] Along dusty roads in northern KwaZulu-Natal, Spotlight speaks to youth leaders, community mentors and leading scientists who are collaborating to bring a groundbreaking HIV prevention jab to this area where HIV infection rates remain stubbornly high.

[Nyasa Times] Health authorities in Nsanje District have raised a serious red flag over a worrying rise in new HIV infections, warning that the situation is threatening progress in the fight against the epidemic.

[Bhekisisa] In less than a month , South Africa will start rolling out the most potent HIV prevention medication the world has seen. But that alone doesn't guarantee that HIV-negative people who need this twice-a-year injection -- called lenacapavir -- will use it. Katherine Gill, a scientist who has researched HIV prevention medication for over a decade, shares nine lessons tha...

[Bhekisisa] By all accounts, Hasina Subedar is who you call when you need to roll out, well, anything new in public health. Known for her grit, grace and humour, the non-conformist middle child from Pietermaritzburg started out as a nurse 30 years ago. She is now responsible for getting the game-changer medication for HIV prevention into 360 clinics around the country.