HIV Rate Among Prisoners Double That of General Population - UN Study

Premium Times

People in Nigerian prisons are two times more likely to be living with HIV than people in the general community, a new study has revealed. Read more »

Getting Back on Track to Knock Out HIV – Dr. Sani Aliyu [interview]

allAfrica

The pace of progress against HIV is slowing, says a report released 16 July by UNAIDS, the United Nations agency charged with" reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to… Read more »

Greater Accra Region Leads HIV Infection

Ghanaian Times

The Greater Accra Region recorded the highest number of new HIV infections last year with about 4,593 people contracting the disease. Read more »

HIV/Aids Deaths Fall By 13000 As Malawi Observes Candle Light Memorial

Nyasa Times

The number of deaths attributed to the AIDS virus has declined in the country, according to Chief of Health Services in the Ministry of Health, Charles Mwansambo. Read more »

African Synergy - Chantal Biya's Humanitarian Initiative Lauded

Cameroon Tribune

The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland on December 20, 2017 visited the African Synergy Against AIDS and Suffering the Chantal Biya International Reference… Read more »

HIV - High Risk Groups Aren't Getting the Attention They Need [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

Efforts to manage the HIV epidemic in much of sub-Saharan Africa need to specifically target sections of the population that are most vulnerable to HIV infection. Two such key… Read more »

Hope for Mankind as New HIV Drug 'Successful in Mice'

Nation

A Kenyan scientist is among a team of researchers who have discovered a new drug that can potentially cure HIV. Read more »

Introduce Electronic Registry On HIV Drugs Dispensation, Govt Told

New Zimbabwe

Government has been urged to introduce an electronic registry system in the dispensation of anti retroviral drugs from local health institutions to curb double dipping and abuse. Read more »

UK-Based Firm to Revive HIV Awareness Basketball Tourney

New Zimbabwe

UK based Zimbabwe firm, Diaspora Insurance has partnered AMUK Services, another Zimbabwean brand, to resuscitate an HIV awareness Basketball Tournament founded by Huggins Trust. Read more »

Minimal Decline in AIDS-Related Deaths Worries MSF

MSF

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is concerned about the minimal decline in mortality due to AIDS-related diseases since 2014 despite welcoming the progress made in the HIV fight… Read more »

Children See HIV a Better Risk Than Hunger, Says Child MP

New Zimbabwe

A JUNIOR member of parliament has admitted Zimbabwean minors were prepared to contract HIV/Aids by offering themselves to older sex partners for as long as they were guaranteed of… Read more »

HIV/Aids - Sani Aliyu Bags PEPFAR Heroes' Award

Vanguard

Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Dr. Sani Aliyu, has recieved the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,PEPFAR, Heroes' Award for… Read more »

Hope for HIV Cure As New Drug is Successful in Mice

East African

Could a cure for HIV be on the horizon? This is the question many are asking following new research that shows how a sequence of two treatments could completely remove the virus in… Read more »

UNAIDS Calls for Greater Urgency as Global Gains Slow

UNAIDS

The pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to treatment and ending AIDS-related deaths is slowing down according to a new report released today by… Read more »

CPUT to Roll Out ARV Treatment Programme to Students

News24Wire

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) will be rolling out an antiretroviral (ARV) treatment programme for students at its Bellville campus, it has said. Read more »