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Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | Every two months, 49-year-old Albert Khumalo goes to a public hospital to collect his antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) which are distributed by South African government free of charge. Since tested positive to HIV in 2010, he has been taking the HIV pills. “I follow the HIV …

Copenhagen, Denmark | Xinhua | A significant East-West divide and people over 50 years old are revealed as contributory factors as undiagnosed cases of HIV climb throughout the European Region as a whole, according to a report published on Thursday by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) study is underway to establish whether a six months-long injectable drug, Lenacapavir (LEN), and oral drug Descovy can protect HIV negative women and girls from acquiring the virus. The two-part study is being done by a team of researchers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten regional referral hospitals are set to benefit from a five-year program funded by the United States government aimed at strengthening the coordination of HIV related activities in Uganda. They are Masaka, Arua, Fort Portal, Soroti, Jinja, Mbarara, Lira and Moroto, Kayunga and Bombo military …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Aids Support Organization Gulu Regional Care Centre-TASO has enrolled back 200 people on treatment who had abandoned it due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Michael Ochwo, the centre manager for TASO Gulu says several persons living with HIV who could not afford transport at …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Global HIV activists are mourning the passing of a man, who made history as the first person to be cured of HIV infection. Timothy Ray Brown, known globally as the Berlin Patient was cured of HIV in 2008 after undergoing a complex stem cell transplant …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil society Organizations which deal with Gender-Based Violence [GBV], Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights [SRHR] and HIV have called on the Ministry of Health to integrate these services to enable people to easily access them. Addressing the media today in Kampala, the coalition of …

How cheaper pooled testing increase access in Ghana, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic tends to conceal other important health issues. One of these is the global target for reducing HIV infections and increasing access to treatment. Progress is well under way. In 2019, 67% of those living …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been listed among the first seven countries that will benefit from the roll out of the vaginal ring used in prevention against HIV, the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) has revealed. IPM’s external relations director Dr. Leonard Solai told journalists that other …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The country is getting fewer condoms than what is needed, activists complained on Tuesday calling for more local funding for the contraceptive and HIV prevention method. The activists who were speaking at the release of an assessment report of condom stock status and funding …