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Africa: UN Urges 'Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility' Against Pandemics, Marking World AIDS Day
UN News, 1 December 2020
The United Nations is commemorating World AIDS Day, on Tuesday, with a call for “global solidarity and shared responsibility” to overcome not only COVID-19, but also… Read more »
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Africa: Nurses Are Playing a Bigger Role Than Ever in the Fight Against HIV - They Deserve More Support
The Conversation Africa, 29 November 2020
The first cases of HIV were reported in 1981. Since then, nurses all over the world have been at the forefront of the fight against the epidemic. They have stepped up to provide… Read more »
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South Africa: 'Welcome Back Service' Aims to Help People Get Back On HIV Treatment
spotlight, 1 December 2020
South Africa is doing well on some of the UNAIDS HIV targets for 2020, but one target we are set to miss is ensuring that 90% of people diagnosed with HIV are on antiretroviral… Read more »
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South Africa: In-Depth - Women Living With HIV, Still Waiting On Redress After 'Forced Sterilisations'
spotlight, 26 November 2020
Nine months after the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE - a Chapter 9 institution) released a damning report with dozens of women living with HIV's testimonies about forced… Read more »
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Africa: Where Are We in the Race for a HIV Vaccine?
spotlight, 30 November 2020
While progress in the race for effective COVID-19 vaccines has been rapid and impressive - with three vaccines so far appearing to be effective based on preliminary data, an… Read more »
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South Africa: New Medicines Should Make Life Easier for Children Living With HIV
spotlight, 30 November 2020
In 2019, only 53% of the estimated 1.8 million children living with HIV world-wide were diagnosed and on treatment. That means that over 800 000 children living with HIV are not… Read more »
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South Africa: Why Fixing South Africa's Patent Laws Is Necessary in the Fight Against HIV
spotlight, 27 November 2020
COVID-19 is a global health crisis and one that affects working-class and poor people disproportionately. People's lives are at stake. The world needs governments, multi-lateral… Read more »
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South Africa: When Civil Society Can't Do Its Work, Adherence to HIV Treatment Dips
spotlight, 30 November 2020
On World AIDS Day, it is important to take stock of where South Africa is in its efforts to ensure the health and dignity of people living with HIV, prevent the spread of the virus… Read more »
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South Africa: World Aids Day - How Stigma Is Impacting the 90-90-90 Goals
spotlight, 1 December 2020
Compared to the COVID-19 epidemic, the HIV epidemic has had a long trajectory playing out over 4 decades. During this time we have experienced a number of eras. The first was… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa's Progress Against AIDS Encouraging
CAJ News, 30 November 2020
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa is encouraged by progress made by the government over the last decade in efforts to reduce the number of new human immune-deficiency (HIV) infections. Read more »
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South Africa: World Aids Day in the Time of Covid-19
Daily Maverick, 30 November 2020
This week we observe World Aids Day as civil society turns its attention to human rights, gender-based violence and privacy in digital contact tracing. Saturday also marks the 7th… Read more »
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South Africa: From The Desk of the President - Monday, 30 November 2020
Govt of SA, 30 November 2020
Dear Fellow South African, Read more »
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South Africa: SA Urged to Intensify Fight Against HIV
SAnews.gov.za, 30 November 2020
While South Africa has made significant inroads in reducing HIV related deaths and new infections, the country is far from reaching the 2016 goal of a 75% reduction in infections… Read more »
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South Africa: Probe Into Forced Sterilisation of HIV Positive Women Welcomed
SAnews.gov.za, 30 November 2020
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has welcomed the probe launched by the Department of Health into the forced sterilisation of HIV positive women at state hospitals. Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S. Invests U.S.$6 Billion On HIV/Aids in Nigeria Since 2003
This Day, 1 December 2020
The United States Government has invested more than $6 billion on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria since 2003, the US Embassy in Nigeria revealed yesterday. Read more »
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Nigeria: HIV Funding Gap May Widen Due to Covid-19 Pandemic - Group
Premium Times, 1 December 2020
AHF says global AIDS response has consistently fallen short each year by up to $6 billion of needed fund and this may be worsen due to Covid-19. Read more »
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Nigeria: World Aids Day - We Can Control HIV in 1 Year If Every Nigerian Knows Their Status - DG, NACA
Vanguard, 1 December 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the Nigerian health system. One of the areas that felt the effects of the global malaise was the National HIV/AIDS response.… Read more »
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Nigeria: World Aids Day - Why Nigeria Missed 2020 HIV/Aids Target
Premium Times, 1 December 2020
The 90-90-90 target was to achieve three major HIV/AIDS target by 2020. Read more »
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Nigeria: 1.6 Million Nigerians Die of Aids - UNAIDS
Vanguard, 30 November 2020
Dr Erasmus Morah, the Country Representative, Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), says no fewer than 1.6 million Nigerians died of HIV/AIDS since the outbreak of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: 105 Tested Postive for HIV During Covid-19 Lockdown in Ogun, Says Govt
This Day, 30 November 2020
No fewer than 105 persons have tested positive for HIV in Ogun State during the COVID-19 lockdown. Read more »
UN Urges 'Shared Responsibility' on HIV/Aids, Covid-19 Pandemics
The theme for World Aids Day for 2020 is 'Global solidarity, shared responsibility'. In a message, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged the world to not lose sight of HIV/Aids in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis. "Despite significant successes, the Aids emergency is not over. HIV still infects 1.7 million people each year and kills some 690,000," he said. Further, the World Health Organisation marked 2020 as the year of the nurse and the midwife. As this challenging year comes to a close, it is imperative to reflect on the resilience and impact of nurses in the fight against the HIV epidemic, writes Jerry John Nutor for The Conversation. Despite the Covid-19 outbreaks' serious impact on the most vulnerable communities worldwide and threat to the progress of HIV care, nurses remain at the frontline of service.
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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 »
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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 »
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HIV/Aids awareness ribbon (file photo).
