Angolas’ Health Minister worried about new cases of Tuberculosis
Angola: Cunene – On a a two-day working visit to Cunene, Sílvia Lutucuta described the…
Browsing: HIV/AIDS Africa
UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO urge Countries in Western and Central Africa to step up the pace in the response to HIV for Children and Adolescents
At a high-level meeting in Dakar, Senegal, UNAIDS, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and…
Breakthrough with single-dose HIV treatment
A breakthrough pricing agreement for HIV drugs means the first affordable, single-pill antiretroviral treatment is…
Closing the breast cancer divide in sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre and the Uganda Cancer Institute are launching a clinical…
Seventy seven percent of children 12–23 months in Nigeria did not receive all routine immunisation – survey findings
A major survey finding from 2016 Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey/National Immunisation Survey Coverage (MICS/NICS) reveals…
Curbing the HIV epidemic in Uganda
Uganda has made great progress in controlling the HIV epidemic and increasing access to critical…
Child living with HIV maintains remission without drugs since 2008
A nine-year-old South African child who was diagnosed with HIV infection at one month of…
The World Health Organization urges action against HIV drug resistance threat
The World Health Organization (WHO) alerts countries to the increasing trend of resistance to HIV…
Thousands of Ghanaian women and girls currently live with HIV
A UNAIDS report on HIV prevalence in women shows that Ghana is among countries with…
Trouble as dominant HIV testing kits fail crucial World Health Organization test
Most of the dominant HIV testing kits used in Kenya and several other African countries…