South Africa's "Shocking" TB Research

People living with HIV are particularly susceptible to drug-resistant TB

Shocking results from a study involving post-mortem examinations show that tuberculosis is taking a toll on the lives of young people.

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Kenya: Right to Affordable Drugs in Hands of Court

Kenya's Constitutional Court is due to set a date for a hearing on the application against the Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008.

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Kenya: Right to Affordable Drugs in Hands of Court (news)

Inter Press Service

22 July 2010

Kenya: Pharmaceutical Companies Pushed Anti-Counterfeit Law (news)

Inter Press Service

14 June 2010

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Promising Gel 'A Step Forward' for HIV Research

The first vaginal microbicide gel that significantly reduces a woman's risk of HIV infection has provided renewed hope for the HIV/AIDS community following the disappointment of earlier trials.

Kristy Siegfried/IRIN

A grandmother cares for four children after their mothers died...

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Africa: Anti-HIV Gel a 'Step Forward' for HIV Research (news)

SciDev.Net

22 July 2010

South Africa: Cabinet Hails Study On HIV Gel (news)

BuaNews

21 July 2010

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Documents and Resources Health and Medicine

‘I Am Not Dead, But I Am Not Living': Barriers to Fistula Prevention and Treatment in Kenya [2010]

This report describes the devastating condition facing women with fistula in Kenya and the wide gap between ...

STUDY OF MICROBICIDE GEL SHOWS REDUCED RISK OF HIV & HERPES INFECTIONS IN WOMEN [2010]

UKZN researchers have achieved an important scientific breakthrough in the fight against HIV and genital herpes with a ...

Study of Microbicide Gel Shows Reduced Risk of HIV & Herpes Infections in Women [2010]

FHI contributed to a clinical trial in South Africa of a vaginal gel that has been shown to be 39% effective in ...

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