Former UL Student Leader Identifies With Former Community

FrontPageAfrica

A former secretary general of the University of Liberia's Student Unification Party has identified with several less-fortunate and vulnerable residents of his former community amid… Read more »

Responding To COVID-19 In A Country Already Fighting A Dual HIV/TB Epidemic

MSF

eSwatini has the highest percentage of people living with HIV in the world. Almost one-thirds of adults are HIV-positive. The country is also severely affected by a tuberculosis… Read more »

Women Fear Food Shortages Will Make Coronavirus and HIV a Deadly Mix

Thomson Reuters Foundation

HIV-positive women in Uganda fear for their health as food shortages leave them unable to take medication Read more »

New National Aids Council Board Appointed

The Herald

Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo yesterday appointed an eight-member board for the National Aids Council (NAC) chaired by community health specialist Ms Margaret… Read more »

Over 400 People Test Positive for HIV/Aids in Bié

ANGOP

At least 434 people out of a total of 13,201 people have tested positive for HIV/AIDS from January to May this year in central Bie, said Thursday the provincial supervisor of the… Read more »

Eswatini - Tackling COVID-19 Amid HIV and TB Epidemics [press release]

MSF

As the number of people with COVID-19 grows daily, Eswatini is now battling yet another health crisis on top of existing epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) Read more »

HIV/Aids Initiatives for Youth in Motion

Daily News

THE Government has started offering special care and treatment programmes to help the youth, especially girls living with HIV/Aids, to create awareness among the group, the… Read more »

Govt 'Considers' Using HIV Labs for COVID-19 Testing

New Times

The Government is working on a plan that will see laboratories that normally test for HIV used to test COVID-19 patients, the Director-General of Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), Dr… Read more »

TB, HIV Patients Defaulting On Medication During Lockdown, Says Gauteng Health Dept

News24Wire

The Gauteng Department of Health has observed an increase in the number of TB and HIV patients defaulting on medication since the lockdown was implemented in March. Read more »

Health Minister Ordered to Steer Clear of New National Aids Council Board Operations

New Zimbabwe

Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has urged Health Minister Obadiah Moyo to desist from unnecessarily interfering with the operations of the just appointed National Aids… Read more »

COVID-19 Likely to Undo HIV/Aids Gains

Nation

Widowed and with four children, Ms Florence Atieno has been living positively with HIV for 10 years now. Read more »

NAC Ups ART Distribution to Avoid HIV-Related Deaths During COVID-19

New Zimbabwe

The National Aids Council (NAC) has intensified distribution of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) to clients to avoid unnecessary deaths during the Covid-19 period. Read more »

HIV/Aids Claims Eleven Lives in Cuanza Norte

ANGOP

At least 270 new HIV/AID positive cases from an overall 11,540 tests have been registered by the health authorities of the northern Cuanza Norte province, from January to March… Read more »

Japan Donates U.S.$450,000 Towards Wash Programs

263Chat

The Japanese government has availed over USD$450 000 towards life-saving nutrition, HIV/AIDS and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) interventions to communities affected by… Read more »

Coronavirus - Oyo Rejects 1,800 Bags of Rice Donated By Govt

Premium Times

Four days after it received 1,800 bags of rice from the federal government, the Oyo State government has rejected the rice saying they are not good for human consumption. Read more »