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AIDS Healthcare Foundation donates 3 million condoms to Jamaica
IN keeping with the slogan "Love is the BEST protection" the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) recently donated three million of its LOVE brand condoms to further assist Jamaica in its drive to...
11 august 2015
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Africa
HIV prevalence still at 3% in Rwanda
KIGALI, Rwanda - Rwanda’s HIV-prevalence level has remained constant at 3% during the last 15 years due to successful treatment and prevention programmes. This is according to the Rwanda...
11 august 2015
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Africa
Uganda makes new AIDS drug
PRIME minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda on Sunday launched a new AIDS drug, Trioday, which is a one-a-day therapy that is expected to improve adherence and retention in HIV treatment. The tablet,...
11 august 2015
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Africa
UNAIDS says 23 babies born with HIV in Zambia daily
UNAIDS country coordinator Dr Medhin Tsehaiu says 23 babies are born HIV-positive in Zambia on a daily basis.
31 july 2015
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Africa
Khayelitsha couples know little about HIV status
Less than half of men in a high-risk South African township knew whether their partners had ever been tested for HIV, and women weren't much more informed, according to a survey of heterosexual...
31 july 2015
Statistics
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AIDS: global picture (July 2015)
WHO fact sheet N°360. Updated July 2015.
31 july 2015
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HIV flushed out by cancer drug
HIV can be flushed out of its hiding places in the body using a cancer drug, researchers show.
31 july 2015
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UN closes Iraq health programmes for lack of funding
The United Nations has suspended health programmes reaching a million people across Iraq because of massive under-funding, it said on Monday.
30 july 2015
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Government policy
White House to Unveil New HIV Strategy
Administration officials are headed to Atlanta Thursday to take the wraps off the next stage of President Obama's 10-year plan to treat and prevent HIV in the United States.
30 july 2015
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Africa
Kenya Joins HIV DREAMS Project
Kenya will be getting new support to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS among adolescent girls. President Obama announced Sunday that Kenya would be included in the DREAMS project. It’s funded by the...
30 july 2015
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Brazil Offers Free Early Treatment for HIV
Researchers say early treatment can reduce its transmission by up to 93 percent. The Brazilian government has launched a program to offer free early treatment for people who have been exposed to...
27 july 2015
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Funding crisis puts India's AIDS programme, and lives, at risk
India's fight against AIDS is being jeopardized by a cut in social spending by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, with health workers being laid off and programmes to prevent the spread of...
27 july 2015