The more than 50 percent HIV prevalence rate among sex workers is mostly due to high exposure to unprotected sex, according to a recent report by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre. Read more »
AllAfrica follows the journey of Nomsa*,a mother living with Aids from a township in Cape Town, and the anguish of waiting to find out whether her baby girl is free from the ... Read more »
Millions of people provide and receive unpaid care, which has far-reaching consequences for food security, health and even sanitation. But by belonging everywhere, care fits ... Read more »
At its first meeting chaired by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the National Aids Comission announced that about 33, 671 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Liberia. Read more »
The government is hoping to start the circumcision of babies at birth between the year 2013 and 2014 at a national scale in an attempt to fight HIV/Aids. Read more »
Scientists discovered that the immune systems of two women living with HIV were able to produce antibodies capable of neutralising and killing 88 percent of the virus. Read more »
The rising number of new infections now estimated at 130,000 per year has pushed Uganda's HIV prevalence rate up from 6.4 percent in 2005 to 7.3 percent last year. A country that ... Read more »
More than 40 HIV-posItive women, who were allegedly coerced into sterilization procedures, are taking their case to court to demand justice and compensation. Read more »
The country will be the first nation outside of Thailand to have access to RV144 - the only vaccine in 30 years to show any success against the virus. Read more »
While circumcision has been found to reduce the risk of HIV transmission, some circumcised men are at risk of contracting and spreading the virus believing that it gives them the ... Read more »
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