Two pioneers of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) HIV programmes in Khayelitsha, a township in Cape Town, Dr Eric Goemaere and nurse Nompumelelo Mantangana, look back at the defining ... Read more »
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has raised the alarm over the shortage of Tuberculosis drugs essential for HIV/TB treatment. This comes barely a month after thousands of ... Read more »
A new study has revealed that three-quarters of people over-40 in Sierra Leone have at least one health factor that could contribute to cardiovascular disease - creating a 'ticking ... Read more »
As Africa is focused on tackling the novel coronavirus, there are growing warnings not to lose sight of other health threats like malaria, which has killed at least 365 people in Read more »
A group of researchers at Rwanda Biomedical Centre have reportedly discovered that a standard algorithm that was used to diagnose TB provides faulty results. Many patients were ... Read more »
Although the National AIDS Council is on record as saying Zimbabwe has bought enough antiretroviral drug stocks to cover supplies, people living with HIV and AIDS are having ... Read more »
Drug refills which were conducted on a monthly basis have been upgraded to two months and three months for some. Community outreach programmes for people living with HIV has also ... Read more »
With almost one-third of adults living with HIV, eSwatini has the highest percentage of people living with HIV in the world. The country is also severely affected by a tuberculosis ... Read more »
Between October 2018 and June 2019, 93% of all people living with HIV in Uganda were on antiretroviral therapy as were those in Malawi, while Tanzania was at 86% and Kenya at 82%, ... Read more »
While 93.2% of HIV-positive children between the ages of 0 and 14 years are on antiretroviral drugs, only 67.1% have achieved viral load suppression, that is when a person's viral ... Read more »
AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.
Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.