Global AIDS fight ‘in danger’ after setbacks due to COVID-19

Number of new infections dropped by only 3.6 % between 2020 and 2021, the smallest annual decline since 2016

Current monkeypox symptoms are different from previous outbreaks, finds study

Rectal pain, penile swelling new complaints; Only a quarter of patients had known contact with a confirmed case  

HIV+ patients protest months-long drug shortage outside NACO office

The patients have demanded fixing irregular supply of everyday antiretroviral therapy medication   

Six ways to improve HIV prevention pill uptake among young women in Zimbabwe

15-19-year-old girls in sub-Saharan Africa highly vulnerable to new infections

African children are neglected when it comes to HIV treatment: Lancet study

Only 55% of African children living with HIV (including those who were previously undiagnosed) are on antiretroviral therapy and 32.6% have a …

New, more virulent HIV strain reported in the Netherlands 40 years after pandemic began

The new HIV variant is a cause for concern since these are figures for a country with high awareness about and monitoring of the disease

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Father of South Africa’s ‘rainbow nation’

Archbishop Tutu didn’t stop his fight for human rights once apartheid came to a formal end in 1994. He continued to speak critically …

HIV-related stigma, discrimination persists in work world, reveals global survey

Less than half of people surveyed in India said people living with HIV should be allowed to work directly with people who do not have HIV

Preventing HIV-AIDS in women: How drug-releasing vaginal ring can help

Girls and women make up more than half of 38 million people living with HIV-AIDS as of 2019

Head of UNAIDS unpacks the knock-on effects of COVID-19. And what needs to be done

AIDS remains a crisis and COVID-19 is making it worse, says Winnie Byanyima

Ensuring home for those abandoned with HIV: Meet Noori Amma

A transgender woman diagnosed with HIV in 1987 has run a home for children living with the disease for nearly two decades now

HIV positive children’s treatment in Africa not on par with adults: UN Report

Only six African countries provided antiretroviral therapy to children living with HIV in 2020, a report by UNAIDS has said

How COVID-19 restrictions prevent Nairobi’s sex workers from accessing vital healthcare

Unfortunately, COVID-19 has made it harder than usual for sex workers all over Africa to access healthcare

Fewer men aware of HIV/AIDS in most states: NFHS-5

Significant decline in proportion of women aware of HIV / AIDS in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Tripura

Large Africa study makes important breakthrough in HIV prevention

Most notable prevention for HIV is pre-exposure prophylaxis pill Truvada. The Conversation spoke to an expert about the efficacy of the pill

Air pollution can cut 8 yrs off lives of 250 mln north Indians: Report

Air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 5.2 years in India, according to the report

How Tanzania’s spousal escort policy frustrates antenatal healthcare

Only 51% Tanzanian women make four or more visits during their entire pregnancy, according to a report 

Ethics before profits: What it will take to have global access to COVID-19 vaccine

Experts worry that any COVID-19 vaccine is likely to have a high price tag and, as a result, be unequally distributed 

Here come the gene hackers

Interventions to make heritable changes to the human genome are fraught with uncertainties. There are legitimate concerns about using a still …

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to COVID-19 could have lethal consequences

We are putting in place measures that will lead to malnutrition and starvation for millions of people, and for these horrors, children and …

New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected

While many children who are HIV-exposed and also HIV-uninfected are growing and developing well, some face greater risks

Cipla shows the way, again

The pioneer of inexpensive AIDS drugs made a paediatric medicine that will save thousands of children

Look back at the decade: Generic drugs

Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector saw a bull run of sorts

Communities can make – or break – strategies to curb HIV

They need greater recognition as equal partners in the fight against HIV as well as resources to continue doing the critically important work …

Telemedicine useful for HIV treatment: Study

Anti-retroviral therapy through telemedicine is better than conventional method in terms of average cost, treatment compliance, follow up visit …