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No Time to Relax in Aids Fight
While global leaders congratulate themselves for achievements made in HIV prevention and treatment, a prominent advocate notes that there is not enough emphasis on future challenges.
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Positive Steps in HIV Treatment
A patient receives antiretroviral medication: South Africa's Health Department says that a single antiretroviral drug could be made available by next year to patients who are already on ARV treatment.
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Blueprint for an Aids-Free Generation
A demonstration on the sidelines of the 2012 International Aids Conference: The U.S. government has announced a new presidential initiative aimed at creating an Aids-free generation.
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Zimbabwe: Health Workers Form Frontline in Fight Against HIV/Aids
Mozambique Pushes Polio Vaccine
Slow Progress on Africa's Sanitation Goals
Women and children wash clothes next to toilets at an informal settlement in South Africa. An estimated 15 percent of the world's population still defecates in the open. More
Sudan's Vaccination Drive Targets Millions
More than two million people are expected to benefit from a vaccination campaign against yellow fever, which has killed and infected scores in Darfur. More
Africa: Aiming to Eliminate Preventable Child Deaths
The world is winning the fight to keep children alive, says Carolyn Miles, president and CEO of Save the Children.
Nigeria Aims for Aids-Free Generation
Nigeria's National Agency for the Control of Aids says it aims to eradicate Aids-related deaths by slashing mother-to-child transmission rates. More
South Africa: HIV Contraception Search Gets Boost
A University of Cape Town professor has been awarded U.S.$100,000 to research the most effective contraception method for women at risk of HIV infection. More
South African Cancer Patient Welcomes Miracle Baby
Against the odds, a rare surgery has resulted in a successful pregnancy for a South African cancer patient. More
Swaziland: Nurses Demand TB Protection
Nurses in Swaziland say hospitals are not doing enough to protect workers from tuberculosis infection (file photo). More
Africa: Malaria Vaccine Less Effective Than Hoped
Researchers are expressing disappointment that the efficacy levels of a new anti-malarial drug have proved lower than they had anticipated. More
A South African Mother and Child are Put to the Test
AllAfrica follows the journey of Nomsa*, a mother living with Aids, and the anguish of waiting to find out if her baby is free from the disease. More
Scores Die from Unknown Fever in Sudan
Getting a check-up (file photo): : An as-yet unidentified disease has killed dozens of people and infected more than 100 others in central Darfur. More
InFocus: Health and Medicine
A single antiretroviral drug could be made available from April next year to patients who are already on ARV treatment. This after the country's government announced that a tender ... Read more »
Under the theme 'Zero New HIV infection, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS related deaths' this years World Aids Day in the country will focus on urging youth and men to get tested ... Read more »
Top Headlines
- Tanzania: Kikwete Targets Zero HIV Infections By 2015 (Daily News)
- Sudan: Unamid Lends Resources to Fighting Yellow Fever in Darfur (Unamid)
- South Africa: Simplifying Aids Treatment (Health-e)
- Mozambique: Guebuza Calls for Elimination of Taboos (AIM)
- Sudan: Unicef - Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Is Essential for a HIV Free Generation (Sudan Tribune)
- Zimbabwe: Education Is Where HIV Care Begins (IPS)
- Tanzania: Technology to Diagnose HIV in Newborn Babies (Daily News)
- Angola: Solidarity March With People Living With HIV Leads to Voluntary Test (ANGOP)
- Rwanda: Nation Steps Up Efforts to Fight HIV/Aids (New Times)
- Rwanda: The World Aids Day - What It Means for Rwanda (New Times)
- Rwanda: Public Warned Against Concealing Asbestos Roofing (New Times)
- Tanzania: Iodized Salt Can Prevent Diseases (Daily News)
- Nigeria: Combating Gay Stigma Critical in Fight Against Aids (IPS)
- Kenya: Test for HIV At Nairobi Women's All Saturdays This Month (The Star)
- Nigeria: Study Reveals 20 Percent Failure in Malaria Medicine (Daily Trust)
- Nigeria: 'FG Yet to Pay U.S.$250 Million for HIV/Aids Campaign' (Daily Trust)
- Nigeria: Kano Govt to Immunise Eight Million Against Meningitis (Daily Trust)
- Nigeria: Kano Private Hospitals in Survival Battle (Daily Trust)
- Nigeria: NDLEA Seeks Pharmacists Support On Drug Education (Leadership)
- Nigeria: The Need for Pharmaceutical Intervention Fund (Daily Trust)
- Rwanda: Working Together for an Aids-Free Generation (New Times)
- Rwanda: Know When You Need to Start Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B Infection (New Times)
- Nigeria: Why Men Quit Smoking Easier Than Women (Leadership)
- Nigeria: Woman, 45, Needs N15 Million for Liver Transplant (Leadership)
- Nigeria: HIV Is No Death Sentence - Aregbesola's Wife (Vanguard)
- Nigeria: Nigerians Demand Accountability in Routine Immunization (Vanguard)
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