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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

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US withdrawal from WHO threatens Africa's health gains

South Africa Time — Monday, February 02, 2026

Programs targeting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), malaria, polio and neglected tropical diseases are especially vulnerable. Countries such as Nigeria, ...

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Ministry approves long-acting HIV prevention drug for rollout

South Africa Time — Monday, January 12, 2026

The injection is given once every six months and prevents HIV infection even in unprotected sex. View article...

Vascularized human brain organoids as a model of the brain–peripheral axis in HIV-1 ...

South Africa Time — Monday, January 05, 2026

Overall, this vascularized brain organoid model provides a physiologically relevant human system to study the effects of HIV -1 and other neurotropic ... View article...

Czech scientist named among Time's 100 Most Influential People for HIV breakthrough

South Africa Time — Monday, January 05, 2026

access to antiviral medications can turn an HIV infection, including AIDS, from a fatal disease into a chronic condition. One key drug, Viread, ... View article...

NGO empowers girls through netball competition, HIV awareness program in Ada

South Africa Time — Monday, January 05, 2026

The Naana Kakie Foundation, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to HIV /AIDS awareness and youth empowerment, has organised a Girls' Netball ... View article...

Gender-focused training for HIV providers reduces stigma but implementation proves challenging

South Africa Time — Monday, January 05, 2026

A gender-sensitivity training programme for HIV healthcare providers in Uganda reduced stigma among clients but failed to improve treatment adherence ... View article...

Why people living with HIV/Aids must make cancer screening a routine

South Africa Time — Monday, January 12, 2026

Routine cancer screening is a powerful tool that can save the lives of people living with HIV . With early detection, prevention, vaccination, ... View article...

Immune dysfunction persists after combined TB and HIV therapy

South Africa Time — Thursday, January 15, 2026

... for treating people with latent tuberculosis (TB) and HIV , a team at Texas Biomedical Research Institute reports in Nature Communications. View article...

Rwanda: Six-Month HIV Prevention Injection Set for Rollout By Year-End

South Africa Time — Thursday, January 15, 2026

The government plans to introduce lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable drug for HIV prevention, in the last quarter of the year, according to ... View article...

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Prof Glenda Gray on HIV-negative volunteers enrolled in groundbreaking vaccine trial

South Africa Time — Monday, February 02, 2026

taken a major step in the fight against HIV , with the first group of HIV -negative volunteers enrolled in a groundbreaking vaccine trial. The ... View article...

HIV drug's Medicare costs under negotiation

South Africa Time — Monday, February 02, 2026

The government will negotiate the price of Biktarvy with drugmaker Gilead Sciences. bottle of HIV suppressing drug Biktarvy. The Centers for Medicare ... View article...

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Advancing health equity through collaborative care

South Africa Time — Monday, February 02, 2026

Poverty, housing instability and limited access to culturally responsive health care shape health outcomes long before a diagnosis is made. HIV - ... View article...

'Ending the HIV Epidemic' Health Fair set for Feb. 11

South Africa Time — Monday, February 02, 2026

As of 2024, there were 30,074 persons living with an HIV diagnosis in Miami-Dade County, making it a public health issue. In ... View article...

Mental health support essential for HIV patients facing suicide risk, UCT study finds

South Africa Time — Monday, February 02, 2026

The findings call for immediate integration of mental health support into routine HIV care to mitigate this grave issue. Published in the AIDS Care ... View article...

Who deserves to know I am HIV positive?

South Africa Time — Monday, February 02, 2026

“It is due to the stigma that my parents and siblings remain unaware of my HIV history. It's been three years since the diagnosis, one year since ... View article...

HIV is on the rise in the Blue Ridge Health District. There's a way to stop it.

South Africa Time — Monday, February 02, 2026

In the past year, HIV infections have increased 64% in the Blue Ridge Health District. The number is made all the more troubling by the existence ... View article...

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