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Improved accessibility to methadone treatment reduces HIV spread
A recent study conducted by the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS shows that there has been improved access to methadone treatments from primary care, which has caused a decline in...
13 august 2015
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Africa
Zimbabwe: 28 percent of Zimbabwe’s prisoners HIV positive
Health minister David Parirenyatwa has called for action as it emerged that HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe’s crowded prisons has increased to 28 percent, with homosexual sex blamed for the...
13 august 2015
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Kenya: Misuse of antiretrovirals poses threat to HIV success story
In Kenya, misuse of life-saving antiretroviral drugs may be undermining the world’s greatest achievement to date in response to HIV.
12 august 2015
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Responses to updated U. S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy
President Barack Obama recently released a modified version of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and several leaders and communities have issued their responses.
11 august 2015
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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
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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