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SA to miss target to decrease child and maternal deaths

SA to miss target to decrease child and maternal deaths  - SOUTH Africa is one of the countries that will miss next year's Millennium ... HIV /AIDS accounts for 17% of under-five deaths, while pneumonia ...

Shun Drug Abuse, Nigerian Youths Told

Shun Drug Abuse, Nigerian Youths Told  - Injecting drug use is recognised as a significant risk factor for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa , where estimated HIV prevalence among injecting drug users ...

300 Babies Born HIV-Free By Infected Mothers'

300 Babies Born HIV -Free By Infected Mothers'  - Over 300 HIV infected expectant mothers have so far delivered ... making Nigeria the third most heavily infected after India and South Africa .

Malawi concerned with increasing HIV infections in nation

Malawi concerned with increasing HIV infections in nation  - However, the Southern African country has 1million people living with the virus and are on Antiretroviral drug (ARV's)

HIV Prevention Drug Truvada Might Lower Genital Herpes Risk, Too

HIV Prevention Drug Truvada Might Lower Genital Herpes Risk, Too  - Researchers found that African heterosexuals who were at risk of getting HIV from their partners were about 30 percent less likely to get infected with ...

Africa: Women Are 'Collateral Damage' in South Sudan War

Africa : Women Are 'Collateral Damage' in South Sudan War  - After fighting for 25 years in Africa's longest civil war, South Sudan won ... Yet fewer than one-in-10 women know how HIV is transmitted. Lole Laila ...

Govt, Labour Partner to Tackle HIV, Aids Pandemic

Govt, Labour Partner to Tackle HIV , Aids Pandemic  - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in collaboration with the Canadian Labour Congress and International Confederation of Trade Union/ Africa , ...

Most deadly diseases across Africa

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Most deadly diseases across Africa  - Despite the continued distribution of antiretroviral drugs, HIV /AIDS is still the most common killer in the Southern African region, barring Madagascar.

Robust' evidence of HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North ...

Robust' evidence of HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North ...  - Little has been published about HIV prevalence and incidence in the Middle East and North Africa . However, HIV surveillance has been enhanced ...

Yay for SA's child health policies, nay for outcomes

Yay for SA's child health policies, nay for outcomes  - A free antiretroviral (ARV) programme for South Africans with HIV , including children, was also introduced in 2004. Studies have shown that ARV ...

Zimbabwean inmates challenge Botswana ARV prison policy

Zimbabwean inmates challenge Botswana ARV prison policy  - Two HIV positive Zimbabweans jailed in Botswana have lodged a legal ... The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) said Dickson and Mbuso ...

Women fear pregnancy more than HIV infection'

Women fear pregnancy more than HIV infection'  -  HIV and Aids researchers are looking into possibilities of developing ... In Africa , this study showed no significant benefit in protecting women - a result ...

3.5 Million Nigerians Still Living With HIV - Don

3.5 Million Nigerians Still Living With HIV - Don  - This ranks Nigeria as the third most heavily burdened country after India and South Africa . Although the national median prevalence of HIV is ...

Charging consumers for condoms instead of handing them out for free

Charging consumers for condoms instead of handing them out for free  - of HIV and encourage family planning in the second most populous nation on the African continent. The largest supplier of such condoms here, DKT ...

Tanzania uses film to limit HIV

Tanzania uses film to limit HIV  - Tanzania uses film to limit HIV ... avert more than three million future HIV infections in the country,” a statement availed to East African Business Week.

Middle East sees 'worrying' rise in HIV cases

Middle East sees 'worrying' rise in HIV cases  - A sharp rise in new HIV infections in the Middle East and North Africa is a worrying trend, despite some positive developments, UNAIDS chief Michel ...

HIV in the Middle East: Women at risk

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HIV in the Middle East : Women at risk  - Although the incidence of HIV in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is one of the lowest globally, with only 270,000 reported cases, that ...

Is the United States Cutting Aid to Uganda Going to Help?

Is the United States Cutting Aid to Uganda Going to Help?  - The law went on to criminalize organizations that supported the LGBT ... not yet been specifically named, many believe it will be in Southern Africa .