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Africa: Adolescents Lead in HIV Infection Rate - Report
Citizen, 3 September 2017
Adolescents is the only age group where HIV rates are increasing faster in Africa, according to medical experts. Read more »
The World Health Organization estimates that by next year at least 1.8 million children will be on treatment from the sexually transmitted disease. The pandemic is the biggest killer of adolescents in the continent, the report says.
A volunteer tests for HIV (file photo).
The Uganda Population HIV Impact assessment survey - released by the ministry of health - indicates that the country's HIV prevalence has dropped from 7.3% to 6.0%. The study also ... Read more »
Zambian President Edgar Lungu has announced the legalisation of HIV testing and treatment in all public health institutions without the informed consent of patients. Lungu says the ... Read more »
The government plans to launch a programme where expectant mothers in northern regions of the country can get tested in other to prevent mother to child transmission. Read more »
A nine-year-old South African girl not treated for Aids since she was a baby is still suppressing the infection. And there is a prospect ofRead more »
Professor Peter Mugyenyi, executive director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre, says the clinical trials will see a person living with HIV receive a shot of antiretroviral ... Read more »
The government has said Dolutegravir, the new drug for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, is already being used in Nigeria, although only by those who can afford it because of its high ... Read more »
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