International bodies did little when the president forced patients to take his fake remedy. They can start to make amends by supporting Gambians now. In January 2007, The Gambia‘s then-president Yahya Jammeh declared to the world that he could cure HIV/AIDS with a herbal concoction. Soon after, he established a nightmarish “treatment programme” to administer […]
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HIV and its effects are being fought successfully in Zimbabwe by reducing the infection rates and so the number of people living with HIV while ensuring that those who are infected can access the treatment they need. These collective efforts from Government and private sector have seen death rates being sharply reduced with fewer people […]
The Director, HIV and TB (HAT) office, US Agency for International Development (USAID), US Embassy, Abuja, Rachel Goldstein, has said that about two million Nigerians were still leaving with HIV/AIDS. Speaking at a USAID-funded meeting targets and maintaining Epidemic Control/Key Population Investment Fund (EPIC/KPIF) end of project dissemination meeting, Goldstein said about 1.8 million were […]
Nairobi — Dr Joe Muriuki, the first Kenyan to go public about his HIV status after being positive for thirty-five years has died. According to the National Empowerment Network of People living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya (NEPHAK), Dr Muriuki died at 8.00pm Monday night. The organization stated that that he had stage four colorectal cancer […]
Two years ago, as the world was still coming to grips with the spread of a new coronavirus, WHO did what only WHO can do – we convened hundreds of scientists from around the world to identify the most urgent priorities in research and development. Among them was the development of vaccines. Tomorrow marks the […]
Identification of fast-spreading HIV variant provides evidence of urgency to halt the pandemic and reach all with testing and treatment GENEVA, 7 February 2022—Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and damaging variant of HIV. People living with the newly revealed HIV subtype experience double the rate of […]
Outspoken Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has said businessman, Philip Chiyangwa is in the habit of deliberately spreading the Human Immune Virus (HIV) to young girls. This comes after a vile audio of Mliswa blasting Chiyangwa made waves on social media with the former threatening to legally and physically discipline the businessman. Taking to social media, […]
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (AIDS) has said that the private sector led N62.1 Billion (US$150 Million) HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria (HTFN) is set for launch. HTFN is a sustainable financing mechanism for the mobilisation and deployment of domestic private sector resources to address the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission […]
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Zimbabwe: Nac Discourages HIV Supplements
The National Aids Council has discouraged people who are on anti-retroviral treatment from taking herbs or other drugs as cure for HIV and AIDS. Reports also suggest that there are patients who are suffering from damaged liver and kidney due to the use of such herbs. In a statement, NAC said ARVs on their own […]
Experts say the national HIV self-testing (HIVST) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) communication strategy have several benefits for the country’s HIV response. They said the communication action plan would promote the uptake of HIV self-testing and PrEP interventions for the prevention of new infections and reduction of the burden of HIV among individuals and groups particularly […]
The Ministry of Health of Health on Wednesday January 19 acquired 349,393 bottles of Tenofovir/Lamivudine/Dolutegravir (TLD – B/90) tablets, to be distributed to all Rwandans living with HIV/AIDS. The tablets which were donated by USAID-Rwanda are worth $8 million and expected to last a year. The shipment of the drugs was officially received by Rwanda […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday launched a national HIV self-testing (HIVST) and Pre-Exposure (PrEP) communication strategy. They are approved tools in the national HIV combination prevention package targeted at people with a substantial risk of HIV infection. Speaking during the launch in Abuja, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), […]
The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has expressed worry about the decline in the intake of anti-retroviral drugs, and urged people suffering from HIV to take their medication seriously. The GAC said this could help people living with HIV live their normal life span,and the disease would cease to be a public health issue. The Director […]
Despite the advances that have been made against HIV, the world has 37 million people living with HIV. And 680,000 people died from AIDS-related causes in 2020. While the prevention of mother to child transmission, and provision of treatment as prevention, are great successes, there are still gaps. Over 1.5 million new HIV infections were […]
Hwediem — The United State President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Ghana on Tuesday took its Anti -Stigma and Discrimination Campaign on HIV to Hwediem in the Ahafo Region. Held on the theme, “Reaching epidemic control by 2030”, the programme was aimed at educating the public on ending stigmatisation against Persons Living With HIV […]
Abuja — The federal government has said the country was on the verge of achieving the target of HIV epidemic control. The Minister of State, Senator Olorunmibe Mamora made the declaration at the formal launch of the National HIV Clinical Mentorship Programme in Abuja yesterday. The initiative which was part of the activities to commemorate […]
AN estimated 4 020 children have died of Aids since 1985 and most of them had not reached the age of five, the Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Timothy Stamps has said. In an interview in Harare at the weekend, Dr Stamps said the children were born to HIV-infected mothers and got the […]
Friday 10 December 2021, marks 25 years of our country’s constitution and Maverick Citizen will be publishing articles throughout the week commemorating the occasion with various reflections from ordinary South Africans and civil society. The articles will culminate in a special newsletter that will go out on Friday 10 December. The HIV/Aids Conference in Africa […]