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South Africa criticises UK decision to end direct aid

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, May 01, 2013

South Africa criticises UK decision to end direct aid:

The South African government has criticised the UK after it announced it would stop direct aid in 2015. UK ministers said their relationship with South Africa should now be based on trade and not development. But South Africa said it had not been ...

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Study highlights importance of early interventions to combat HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, May 02, 2024

A study has compared the development of HIV reservoirs—locations in the body where the virus persists in a latent state—between patients who ... View article...

Indigenous organization asking feds for $20 million to help control HIV crisis

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Data from the Public Health Agency of Canada found that Saskatchewan and Manitoba had the highest rate of newly diagnosed HIV cases in 2022 — 19 ... View article...

Colombia issues a compulsory license for an HIV medicine and 'plants a flag for global health equity'

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, April 26, 2024

Dolutegravir is recommended by the World Health Organization as part of the preferred first-line treatment regimen for people living with HIV . View article...

Prioritising post-testing healthcare needs of the secretive, reclusive

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Take HIV /AIDS, SARS/COVID, sickle cell anaemia, TB, cancer, and Alzheimer's. Hence, people don't want to be associated with them even when ... View article...

Cognitive impairment in children and adolescents living with perinatal HIV disease in the ART era

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, April 25, 2024

Compared to HEU and HUU controls, perinatally HIV -infected children and adolescents presented with significant impairments in processing speed (Hedges ... View article...

Congo Republic declares mpox epidemic

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, April 25, 2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) has named the virus mpox, citing concerns of stigma and racism associated with ... View article...

Egypt records first case of mpox

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, April 12, 2024

The first case of mpox has been recorded in Egypt, the country's Health Ministry said. The man, 42, is in quarantine, ... View article...

Cognitive Impairment Still Seen in Children, Teens With HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, May 02, 2024

Cognitive impairment persists in children and adolescents living with HIV even in the era of antiretroviral therapy. View article...

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Top stories of the last 7 days

Study highlights importance of early interventions to combat HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, May 02, 2024

A study has compared the development of HIV reservoirs—locations in the body where the virus persists in a latent state—between patients who ... View article...

Cognitive Impairment Still Seen in Children, Teens With HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, May 02, 2024

Cognitive impairment persists in children and adolescents living with HIV even in the era of antiretroviral therapy. View article...

Sudan detects first case of mpox in Darfur

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, April 30, 2024

The World Health Organization last month declared mpox a global emergency, to ensure that the world takes the current outbreaks seriously. View article...

Lakers legend Magic Johnson details how he has been able to defy his HIV diagnosis for ...

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, April 30, 2024

However, Magic shocked the world when he announced he was HIV positive in 1991, ending his NBA career immediately and sparking rumors about his health ... View article...

Parts of Miami and Fort Lauderdale have high HIV rates. How a clinic on wheels can help

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, May 03, 2024

For several years, University of Miami doctors have used mobile clinics to bring HIV testing, treatment and PrEP — a medication used to reduce the ... View article...

3 decades and 6 ministers: How is South Africa's health-care system coping?

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, May 01, 2024

But the country also had big wins: rolling out antiretrovirals to millions of people with HIV, stricter rules about smoking, decriminalising sex work ... View article...

New law puts pharmacists on front lines of controlling the spread of HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, April 30, 2024

As the name implies, PrEP — taken before HIV exposure — significantly reduces the risk of HIV infection. PEP is a medication that is taken after ... View article...

Perinatal HIV transmission tied to cognitive deficits

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, May 03, 2024

The finding helps pinpoint the geographic regions and factors that may be important for brain development outcomes related to perinatal HIV infection: ... View article...

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