Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/02/2025. The Supreme Court (SC), February 24, 2025 has directed all states to file their affidavits addressing concerns raised about antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs …
Neema Rusibamayila, director for preventive services at the east African nation's Ministry of Health, attributed the achievement to government efforts to persuade pregnant women to test for HIV in clinics. She told the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS in the country's political capital Dodoma that the ministry was implementing various interventions …
Scientists have engineered an antibody that attacks 99% of HIV strains and can prevent infection in primates. It is built to attack three critical parts of the virus - making it harder for HIV to resist its effects. The work is a collaboration between the US National Institutes of Health …
Michael H Merson has led a number of training programmes to strengthen the capacity of scientists in Russia, China, India and South Africa to undertake research on HIVAIDS prevention. He's held multiple posts with the World Health Organization (WHO) -medical officer of the Diarrhoeal Diseases Control Program, and director of …
Youth and children with HIV/Aids in the two regions have now volunteered to form clubs aimed at sensitising their colleagues on the importance of sticking to doctors’ prescriptions and doing away with stigma. HIV/AIDS Coordinators and managers at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) and Kibosho District Designated Hospital (KDDH), said …
JAIPUR: Hopes of a visual impaired persons having corneal blindness of getting vision dashed as another potential eye donor died of dengue. When eye bank officials reached 45-year-old person to retrieve his cornea after his death in Vallabh Nagar in Kota, the team had to return empty handed."Not everyone can …
Researchers unearth HIV/Aids transmission puzzle At greatest risk are infants whose infected mothers are not on treatment, babies not on preventive drugs, and those on mixed breastfeeding The study was led by Dr Matilu Mwau of Kemri and Dr Martin Siengo, head of the National Aids and STI Control Programme …
The Union Health Ministry has released an ambitious National Health Policy to deal with problems that hinder affordable healthcare for citizens. DNA does a 'full-body check-up'. Given India's need for good affordable healthcare, the Modi government has so far not been able to achieve the lofty reforms it has promised. …
IN POOR countries people are living longer and healthier lives than ever. Since 2000 child mortality has fallen by almost half. The rate of new HIV/AIDS infections has dropped by 40%. About 7m deaths from malaria have been prevented. Yet there is much more to be done. By one measure, …
GABORONE Botswana (Xinhua) -- Botswana plans to eradicate HIV by 2020, a decade earlier than a target set by the United Nations, the African country’s health minister said Friday. Botswana continues to put strategies in place to fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country where the disease continues to wreak …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its data on global deaths with Africa experiencing a decrease in the recurrent leading causes of death including HIV/AIDS and malaria. The new death statistics researched by African fact-checking organisation, Africa Check, indicated that lifestyle diseases have taken over as the leading causes …
Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday announced the legalisation of HIV testing and treatment in all hospitals without informed consent of patients. He made the announcement during the inaugural launch of a HIV campaign in the capital Lusaka. “Just the same way we don’t consult you for consent when we …
Bill Gates has told Reuters his foundation plans to spend more than $300 million in Tanzania this year on public health and poverty reduction programmes. In an interview, the billionaire said aid was now being spent “in a smarter way” in some parts of the world. “Some countries have made …
Ongha-At least 472 people living with HIV defaulted on receiving treatment at the ART (antiretroviral therapy) clinic at Ongha Health Centre. The figure makes up 10 percent of those who tested positive at the centre to the virus that causes AIDS. In total 4,121 people are known to be living …
THE Government is rolling out the newly proven HIV prevention method of taking an antiretroviral drug before exposure to HIV risk (known as preexposure prophylaxis - PrEP). A report on New Vision TV quoted Dr Flavia Namatovu saying the new method of HIV prevention will be rolled out in seven …
The government has been asked to scale up its funding of HIV/AIDS prevention programmes to sustain the fight against the spread of the infection. Ghana has been relying heavily on donor support for the implementation of programmes to control the disease and this is raising serious questions about sustainability. The …
Mathabire, who works with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), won the HIV/TB research prize for her groundbreaking HIV/TB research on the use of a portable test for TB among severely ill HIV patients in Mozambique and Malawi clinics. The International Aids Society said the feasibility study provided strong evidence that an …
Kenya's health ministry said Wednesday it has secured 335.63 million U.S. dollars from the Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria after its technical review panel has approved the government funding request. The ministry said in a statement the funding application was found to be technically sound and strategically focused. …
Nairobi — The Global Fund Technical Review Panel has approved Kenya's Funding request for $335,631,852, which was submitted on May 23 this year. Kenya's funding application was found to be technically sound and strategically focused. The panel also recommended that Kenya proceeds with the grant making process. The revelation was …
CAPE TOWN South Africa (Xinhua) -- The estimated overall HIV prevalence rate is approximately 12.6 percent among the South African population, the highest prevalence in the world, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Monday. The total number of people living with HIV is estimated at approximately 7.06 million in …
Paris – At least 30 to 40 percent of people who are HIV positive in sub-Saharan Africa are dying due to late diagnosis and treatment failure, Medecins Sans Frontiers has said. MSF, an international medical humanitarian organisation, said one third of the estimated 30 to 40 percent deaths occurred within …
