Sex may spread Zika virus more often than researchers suspected
An outbreak of the Zika virus in the continental United States could begin any day…
Browsing: HIV treatment Africa
Studies investigate best practices to ease major HIV disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa
An emerging field, known as implementation science, may help reduce the nearly 150,000 instances of…
Major strides made in Rwanda’s healthcare system
Rwanda’s health system has made major strides over the last decade, In 2013 the East…
Global Fund wrestling with continuing problems in its Nigerian disbursements
HIV and malaria disbursements by the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) have…
African life expectancy rising: governments must be doing something right
Efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS infection and prolong lives with antiretroviral drugs have played a part…
Parasitic worms may hold key to cutting spread of HIV
A parasitic worm which affects millions of the world’s poorest people may hold an important…
Study says a cocktail of UV and Vitamin B zaps malaria in donor blood
Blood donated by unknowing malaria carriers can be made safer with UV radiation and Vitamin…
An HIV risk score designed for women
Globally, 16 million women live with HIV, accounting for 50% of the HIV-infected adult population,…
Global health funding becoming scarce
People wasting away from AIDS or succumbing to malaria may become an increasingly common sight…
HIV vaccine trials for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has partnered with the US-based HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) for a HIV vaccine…