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A CLINICAL trial that aims to develop a new microbicide which serves as a vaginal ring for preventing women from contracting HIV is on track, according to […]

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MoH staff collecting blood for viral load test.

The latest generation of HIV medical technology is making breakthroughs in care for HIV-positive patients, and in containing the […]

Children from poor backgrounds and with no previous technological experience are able to use digital storytelling to share their secrets and fears online, shows a recent doctoral thesis completed at the University […]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, held annually on Feb. 7, began in 2001 as an effort
to encourage African American and African immigrant communities to get educated, get tested, get treated and get involved […]

VENTURES AFRICA – Sub-Saharan Africa is home to nine of the 10 poorest countries in the world, with about 48 percent of people in the region living on less than $1.25 a day. But the world’s richest man […]

PRETORIA, South Africa, 24 January 2015 / PRN Africa / — Today, the Champions for an AIDS-Free Generation (Champions) announced that four leaders are joining their distinguished ranks.
The new Champions are: […]

The dust has settled on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and results have left stakeholders with enough to both lament and celebrate. Moving forward, the 2012 Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable […]

Supervising Minister of Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan,

Paul Obi in Abuja


Following the giant strides Nigeria has recorded in the fight against polio virus in the country, the African Union (AU) is […]

Top 5 Stories Involving Black People and HIV in 2015
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This year saw a remarkable number of advances in the fight against HIV infection, both medical and policy-related. Those advances […]

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DR BILALI Camara, UNAIDS Country Director, said on Thursday that four […]

In this study, 33 people waiting for their clinical appointments at a large clinic in Manchester completed written questionnaires. Using open questions, respondents were invited to describe their understanding of […]

This article was first published by Africa Check, a non-profit fact-checking organisation (@AfricaCheck)
Progress has been made in combatting the AIDS epidemic in South Africa, particularly in the free provision […]

SWAZILAND has managed to decrease the rate of new HIV infections by over 50%.

This was observed at the recent ordinary joint meeting of SADC ministers of health and ministers responsible for HIV and AIDS held […]

*All 28 year-old Mutinta Mweembah ever wanted was a husband and children. In the documentary, “The Carrier,” you’ll see the unassuming Zambian woman has that – but as you would imagine she’s living far from a […]

Lu Yong is facing trial in China for smuggling lifesaving leukemia drugs from India for himself and hundreds of other patients. Lu’s case shot into the limelight after patients and families who he helped out […]

ACCRA, Jan.16 (Xinhua) — The destruction by fire of Ghana’s central medical warehouse posed a serious setback to the country’s HIV response, a senior official with the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS […]

The southern U.S. had the nation’s lowest five-year survival rate among those diagnosed with HIV or AIDS in 2003-2004, according to new research.

Fifteen percent of people diagnosed with HIV and 27 percent of […]

HIV positive rates are high among sex workers in South Africa, according to new statistics from the South African National Aids Council (SANAC).

Announced at the launch of a national HIV/AIDS programme for sex […]

From the Girl Declaration at the African Union (AU) Summit to Malala Yousafzai being the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize, girls dominated 2014. Here are some of the most celebratory moments of […]

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The financial perspective of AIDS contains areas connected to the impact on some countries’ national economy, depending on the prevalence rates. In many African countries, the number of people dying of AIDS […]