About 38 million people around the world are living with HIV. About 70% of them live in Africa. In 2021, there were 1.5 million new cases of HIV - just over 4,000 cases per day ... Read more »
Cabotegravir is a promising HIV prevention medication that's approved in countries like the United States. But in sub-Saharan Africa, access encounters a number of hurdles. Read more »
South Africa is expected to begin piloting the HIV prevention injection early next year as one of several projects that experts hope will reveal the answers to some of the biggest ... Read more »
A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality, is projected in the African region, Read more »
The world is not on track to end the Aids pandemic. Inequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed on global targets on Aids, but a "feminist route map" can get countries ... Read more »
Ugandan Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of the Uganda Coalition for Access to Essential Medicines, have petitioned the health ministry over the shortage of ... Read more »
Curdlan is a popular carbohydrate in the food industry. Its name is derived from the word "curdle", and as it suggests, it's widely used as a thickener and stabiliser in everything ... Read more »
As the International AIDS Conference - AIDS2022 - in Montreal comes to a close, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has commended the dedication of thousands Read more »
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has approved new child-friendly formulations of several important antiretroviral medicines, Thabo Molelekw Read more »
As the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for HIV prevention, and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and UK pharmaceutical ... Read more »
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