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Groundbreaking Study Offers Hope for Aids Vaccine

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.

Africa: Antibodies Offer Aids Vaccine Clue

Health-e, 22 October 2012

A response to the HI-Virus in two HIV positive women, which enabled them to make potent antibodies that would kill most of the HIV types from around the world, has provided South… Read more »

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File photo: The discovery of the potent antibodies are referred to as broadly “neutralising antibodies” because they kill a wide range of HIV types from different parts of the world. It is largely recognised as being key to finding a vaccine against the virus.

South Africa: Scientists Discover HIV Neutralising Antibodies

SAPA, 22 October 2012

Medical research on two women living with HIV has found that they developed antibodies which were able to kill at least 88 percent of the virus. Read more »
South Africa: Ground-Breaking SA Discovery Could Be Useful to Produce Aids Vaccine

SAnews.gov.za, 22 October 2012

A ground-breaking discovery by South African scientists, which provides an important new approach that could prove useful in making an Aids vaccine, has been announced. Read more »
Africa: Infectious Diseases Account for 63 Percent of Deaths in THE Continent - WHO Official

ANGOP, 22 October 2012

Communicable diseases account for 63 percent of deaths in the African region, with emphasis on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, said Monday in Luanda the regional director of the World… Read more »
Southern Africa: Ourhealth - Community Stands Together Against HIV

Health-e, 20 October 2012

Community members from the Vhembe district in Limpopo this week held a gathering at the Matavhela Clinic to celebrate the success the community has achieved in the fight against… Read more »
Zimbabwe: NAC Buys U.S$15 Million Arvs

The Herald, 22 October 2012

The National Aids Council has this year procured anti-retroviral drugs worth nearly US$15 million following depletion of national stocks. Speaking at an HIV and Aids review meeting… Read more »

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Early HIV Treatment Makes Economic Sense

Early access to antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV/Aids in Africa may prove to have a myriad of economic benefits, researchers say. Read more »
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South Africa Bolsters Search for HIV Vaccine

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 »
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HIV Study in Malawi Shows Promise

Oral supervised HIV-self-testing to improve detection and early HIV/Aids treatment could prove to be a crucial and clever way to tackle the life threatening disease. Read more »
- Malawi: HIV Study Shows Promise
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Groundbreaking Study Offers Hope for Aids Vaccine

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