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 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:10:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmKjfln0OVaEbb9ICM-PHur [FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- The National AIDS Commission of Liberia (NAC), Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) have vowed to form a united front to combat HIV and AIDS across Liberia. The institutions made the commitment at the event marking the observation of World AIDS Day in Liberia. The event, held at the Samuel K. Doe Sport Complex Basketball Gym in Paynesville on Friday, resonated with the global theme "Let Communities Lead" and the national theme "Communities Lead with Equality and Diversity to End]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:06:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmKjfln0OVaEbb9ICM-PHur https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmkfpkQTdar3ixhxzpi7FpJ [Nigeria Health Watch] Nigeria ranks among the top three countries in the world with the highest burden of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV), with over two million people living with HIV (PLHIV). To reduce the spread of the disease, significant scientific and clinical advances have been made towards developing effective HIV treatments. Launched by the Prevention Access Campaign, the Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) is an advocacy campaign to encourage adherence to HIV treatment, which enables viral load suppression, and]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 07:00:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmkfpkQTdar3ixhxzpi7FpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmkfpkQTdar3jErtZyObPkc [UNFPA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- The 22nd International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (ICASA) opened with a resounding call from key development partners - including UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency - to increase investments significantly, emphasizing the imperative to strive collectively towards ending AIDS by 2030.]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 06:50:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmkfpkQTdar3jErtZyObPkc https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplk5odu_M4WPm2W0GqTRQSgk [allAfrica] Four women, living with HIV, received compensation of U.S.$20,000 each after undergoing involuntary sterilisation without informed consent. In interviews with the BBC, they shared their harrowing experiences, after a nine-year legal battle.]]> Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:25:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplk5odu_M4WPm2W0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllCizwg1S2vk6gzzHWHxDTV [Daily News] HIV prevalence has been reducing during the past two decades in the East African region thanks to strong shared responsibility between the region's governments, civil society, international donors and the research community.]]> Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:36:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllCizwg1S2vk6gzzHWHxDTV https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmaICNyKfLMtVLv-B9hV9S2 [Daily Trust] The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa has enjoined Nigerians and stakeholders working in the health sector to redouble efforts towards stopping the spread of HIV, and ending AIDS in the country by the year 2030.]]> Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:19:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmaICNyKfLMtVLv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllGfc6EO197ryxhxzpi7FpJ [spotlight] With the remarkable success of antiretroviral treatment people living with HIV in South Africa are generally living much longer than they did two decades ago - so much so that overall life expectancy in the country has shot up by around nine years since the peak of South Africa's HIV epidemic in the early 2000s. As a result, more people with HIV are also now living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:34:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllGfc6EO197ryxhxzpi7FpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllGfc6EO197r3tuT6pSmY81 [spotlight] In a double-storey building emblazoned with the face of late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, inside Professor Linda-Gail Bekker's office a bookshelf is stacked with titles on general medicine, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB). Against the bookshelf, a mannequin leans dressed in a white doctor's coat, a stethoscope protruding from her pocket; on her head a sparkling tiara and a pink Venetian mask. Pinned to a wall is a picture of raised fists bearing the hashtag #youthinaction. Next to Bekker's computer, luminous]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:32:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllGfc6EO197r3tuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpll7UKFTc6GeLEZPHFZJLI3I [spotlight] Around 13% of South Africa's population are living with HIV and the country has the world's largest HIV treatment programme. The country's finances are however under huge pressure and significant cuts were recently announced to government's HIV budget.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:20:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpll7UKFTc6GeLEZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmqt-DhIMZT4N6jHbRcHw3s [Daily News] Morogoro -- MOROGORO: PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has congratulated Geita Gold Mining Company Limited (GGML) and other stakeholders for supporting the government's efforts in the fight against HIV/Aids.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:56:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplmqt-DhIMZT4N6jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplm0P-FTpwwtNS3FFO_xyF25 [VOA] Johannesburg, South Africa -- There is potential good news this World AIDS Day (Dec. 1), with a new injection that prevents development of HIV showing excellent results in trials. There are still some obstacles to its further rollout in South Africa however.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:30:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplm0P-FTpwwtNS3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplnymrmR8OexbMqq6eZJzUh9 [RFI] Nairobi, Kenya -- Recent studies show that food insecurity is a barrier to the optimal treatment of HIV because some people forego crucial medication for fear of the side effects they experience when taking the drugs on an empty stomach. The problem is especially acute among people living in poverty - like the residents of Kibera, Kenya's biggest slum.]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:10:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplnymrmR8OexbMqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplnymrmR8OexbCxhxzpi7FpJ [New Times] Local government officials in Kigali, on Saturday, December 2, launched a two-day campaign to sensitize people about the dangers of gender-based violence (GVB).]]> Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:10:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplnymrmR8OexbCxhxzpi7FpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpllhkrz5vEmRcxhSCv31NykC [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi county is leading in the 22,154 new HIV infection reported in the HIV estimates released today with 15 counties bearing the burden of 66 percent of the infections.]]> Sun, 03 Dec 2023 10:25:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpllhkrz5vEmRcxhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpllhkrz5vEmRcyuZukmJ4mr4 [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha says 1.4 million people in Kenya are living with HIV, with 96 percent of that number being on treatment.]]> Sun, 03 Dec 2023 10:23:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpllhkrz5vEmRcyuZukmJ4mr4 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllzyZQd8Dzk3daXKMm36c-X [SAnews.gov.za] Deputy President Paul Mashatile officially launched the South African Chapter of the Global Alliance to End AIDS in Children by 2030, led by his wife, Humile Mashatile.]]> Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:56:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllzyZQd8Dzk3daXKMm36c-X https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllzyZQd8Dzk3VyOSYGFl6uu [spotlight] In November this year, National Treasury proposed a R1 billion cut to HIV funding. This has come about because - rather than seeing the reduced price of antiretroviral treatment as an opportunity to scale up treatment coverage and strengthen other interventions to address the HIV epidemic - the Department of Health has seen it as an opportunity for cost-containment.]]> Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:53:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllzyZQd8Dzk3VyOSYGFl6uu https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllzyZQd8Dzk3Vw3HFUzDTIP [DA] The speech below was delivered by the DA Shadow Minister of Health, Michele Clarke MP, during the World Aids Day debate in Parliament this morning.]]> Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:49:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllzyZQd8Dzk3Vw3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllzyZQd8Dzk3QSngkwrdsok [Daily Maverick] To end Aids as a public health threat by 2030, governments and international partners need to support the communities on the frontlines of the Aids pandemic.]]> Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:41:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllzyZQd8Dzk3QSngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllNO0kOTDxt_6gHTd9OkkKt [Ethiopian Herald] - Commemorates 2023 World AIDS Day]]> Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:07:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllNO0kOTDxt_6gHTd9OkkKt