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, 25 Sep 2021 21:07:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplle2XI-BDkNFd5ZnUTwRGH7 [Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) has kicked off a Sh7.5 billion to accelerate the country's response to HIV.]]> Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:29:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplle2XI-BDkNFd5ZnUTwRGH7 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplnMWaKYVeXvtle5jCclomp- [Unicef] Geneva/New York/Oslo -- A joint statement from COVAX partners -- CEPI  Gavi  Unicef  WHO]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:03:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplnMWaKYVeXvtle5jCclomp- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpll1J5aVd4P8ni3FFO_xyF25 [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has received a consignment of antiretroviral medication from UNITAID, a global initiative partnering on treatment major diseases in low- and middle-income countries, to support ongoing efforts to suppress HIV/AIDS.]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:25:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpll1J5aVd4P8ni3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpll1J5aVd4P8nuGrEXdXG_66 [The Herald] Herald Reporter]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:12:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpll1J5aVd4P8nuGrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmDzCsBpN_CzkZPHFZJLI3I [spotlight] One of the most important developments in HIV in the last decade is the discovery that taking a pill combining two antiretroviral medicines every day can prevent HIV infection. This pill is finally becoming widely available in South Africa's public healthcare system, but uptake is still relatively low.]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:29:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmDzCsBpN_CzkZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmDzCsBpN_CzqJCIqJppjfU [Vanguard] A report has revealed that about 41 percent of persons from Lagos, Kaduna, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Oyo and Kano states in Nigeria are now living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV.]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:22:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmDzCsBpN_CzqJCIqJppjfU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmDzCsBpN_Czt5ZnUTwRGH7 [Nation] HIV patients with a high viral load who take a drug known as dolutegravir have greater viral suppression than those that take other medicines, a new study has shown.]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:19:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmDzCsBpN_Czt5ZnUTwRGH7 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmDzCsBpN_Czum6srrLMsqK [The Conversation Africa] In healthcare systems where resources are limited, it's common for some conditions to be overlooked or misdiagnosed. This is especially true if the patient doesn't have obvious symptoms, and if tests are unaffordable. Sometimes, healthcare providers look at a group of symptoms to reach a likely diagnosis. This so-called syndromic management is less accurate than laboratory-based diagnostics.]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:57:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmDzCsBpN_Czum6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplk1Q3yvk5EXIEFW8UNEQjUn [AIM] Maputo -- About 80 per cent of patients undergoing Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) in Maputo city have undetectable viral loads, according to a report in Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:14:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplk1Q3yvk5EXIEFW8UNEQjUn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllmuZlYe5m8DVT72x6uxjiK [Daily Maverick] Most Covid-19 vaccine misinformation in the US is driven by 12 individuals, most of whom work in 'alternative medicine'. Joseph Mercola, the leading member of the 'dirty dozen', is worth more than $100-million. At the height of South Africa's Aids epidemic, purveyors of alternative medicine, many supported by then Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, benefitted directly from Thabo Mbeki's distrust of ARVs.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:04:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XpllmuZlYe5m8DVT72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmvXgp5TIZyLJONpYks2fGs [New Era] Namibia has made great strides in its HIV response, prominent imbalances remain in coverage and outcomes for key populations, particularly sex workers, men who have sex with men and transgender women.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:08:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmvXgp5TIZyLJONpYks2fGs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmvXgp5TIZyLIMOI2eu70Rg [Premium Times] "It is our responsibility to identify and enroll all of them for care and I believe we are doing well."]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:33:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmvXgp5TIZyLIMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpln2IBLrIyi8b0Gb1Jh49AJn [Daily Maverick] Both women were profound activists, leaders and mothers to many comrades in the struggle for the right to health.]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:27:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xpln2IBLrIyi8b0Gb1Jh49AJn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplldeWYFrXYgxvdczOo_8W9B [The Herald] The National AIDS Council (NAC) has unveiled 130 bicycles worth $3,7 million for use by community volunteers in Mashonaland Central to capacitate them in the response to HIV/AIDS and reaching all hard to reach areas.]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:55:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplldeWYFrXYgxvdczOo_8W9B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplkH1hqHNcHWNQBC78OgjhDM [263Chat] A local health expert has defended the recently discontinued Imbokodo HIV vaccine study saying it was not a complete failure as the processes involved were crucial in ensuring the world develop a better vaccine in future.]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:36:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplkH1hqHNcHWNQBC78OgjhDM https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplkw1eZYBkSdqbDXWBZfdr71 [Nation] Kisumu County has recorded a higher number of discordant couples over the past five years due to increased access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a new report shows.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:01:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16Xplkw1eZYBkSdqbDXWBZfdr71 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmFabf4G2lhsLDXWBZfdr71 [Global Fund] 08 September 2021 by Peter Sands, Executive Director]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:06:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmFabf4G2lhsLDXWBZfdr71 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmFabf4G2lhsN3hDS9njgCr [New Times] Rwanda is piloting the possibilities of making HIV-prevention pills-which are currently only accessible to key populations in the country-available to all.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:18:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmFabf4G2lhsN3hDS9njgCr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmFabf4G2lhsPdczOo_8W9B [Daily Trust] The United States Government delivered a lifesaving treatment to over 1.5m individuals, more than 83 percent of the total estimated 1.8 million Nigerians living with the HIV.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 07:37:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplmFabf4G2lhsPdczOo_8W9B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplkruZlbr04FxlRpWVnEcNkS [Vanguard] About 400,000 Nigerian drug users who exchange needles and syringes as a group while ingesting drugs are responsible for the spread of HIV in the country.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 06:33:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yyVvl16XplkruZlbr04FxlRpWVnEcNkS