African children are neglected when it comes to HIV treatment. Without any intervention, many will die before their second birthday, according to a UNAIDS report published in July ... Read more »
Uganda is currently in a partial country-wide lockdown. This after the second wave of novel coronavirus infections, spurred by the delta variant which was confirmed by the Uganda ... Read more »
South Africa is on the brink of allowing pharmacists holding the required permits to prescribe and initiate HIV medicines without people first having to get scripts from doctors or ... Read more »
The Kenyan government has abandoned its demand that it should be the sole distributor of a U.S.$19 million consignment of HIV drugs donated by the U.S., ending a six-month standoff ... Read more »
A short report about five cases of pneumocystis pneumonia in young homosexual men in Los Angeles on June, 5 1981 marked the discovery of AIDS, the first pandemic of the 20th ... Read more »
According to Fatima Hassan and Mitchell Warren, the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that vaccine development and testing timelines can be shrunk from decades to months. Hassan, the ... Read more »
The Council of Governors and the Global Fund has admitted that Lopinavir/Ritonavir syrup is out of stock and that the country is awaiting emergency supplies. Children with HIV will ... Read more »
The United Kingdom's major funding cuts to UNAids will hit home hard in Africa and South Africa where the fight to beat HIV/Aids is far from over, writes Ufrieda Ho for Daily ... Read more »
Unsafe abortion is one of the most easily preventable causes of maternal mortality, yet many women resort to the practice, which accounts for more than 10% of all maternal deaths ... Read more »
Scientists at the National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Databank in Entebbe, have said they will be making tablets from goats' milk, to help boost immune systems, ... Read more »
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