Tag Archives: ARVs

New trial in pediatric HIV treatment gives hope for better results Whenever his mother holds a spoon, little Imran becomes suspicious. He asks his mother whether it’s time for ‘panadol’ yet again. He contracted HIV at birth and has to take Lopinavir and Lamivudine – two antiretroviral (ARV) drugs- twice …

By Flavia Nassaka Should Health ministry approve PrEPs for people at high risk of infection? Irene Nakyeyune is negative for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. So she did not feel any apprehension when she got pregnant. But that changed in April last year during one of her antenatal visits …

By Sarah Namulondo Four HIV/AIDS patients have died in Amuru district after taking expired ARV’s for eight months. The drugs which were clarified as expired by medical doctors were Nevarapine, Devodine and Namovadine tablets. The relatives of the deceased said that over the period of eight months the deceased started …