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Targeting HIV’s Sugar Coating
University of Utah researchers have discovered a new class of compounds that stick to the sugary coating of the AIDS virus and inhibit it from infecting cells – an early step toward a new treatment to prevent sexual transmission of the virus. Development...
Treating HIV Patients Early with Antiretrovirals Reduces Risk of Transmitting the Virus to Sexual Partners By 96%
Administering antiretroviral medicines to HIV-positive men and women when their immune systems are relatively healthy reduces their risk of transmitting the virus to sexual partners by 96 percent, according to findings from a large-scale clinical study...
HIV Diagnostic Capacity Strengthened in Malawi
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and Centre for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday handed over 10 out 23 BD Fascount CD4 machines and the reagents worth over US$10million to Malawi government towards strengthening HIV diagnostic capacity. How...
HIV Could Lose “special Status” in Kenya’s Health System
HIV could lose its “special status” in Kenya’s health system if a new pilot program integrating HIV care and public healthcare proves successful. Traditionally, public hospitals in Kenya have a “comprehensive care clinic”...
Nurses in South Africa Step Into ART Breach
At Malvern Clinic, a primary healthcare facility serving an impoverished suburb east of Johannesburg’s city centre, every seat was taken on a recent Monday morning.
No Change in HIV Rate Among South Africa’s Pregnant Women
About 29% of South African pregnant women were living with HIV in 2009 – a figure that has barely shifted over the past four years, despite increased levels of commitment from the country’s health department and numerous prevention campaigns.
BOTSWANA: HIV Treatment for Refugees, But for How Long?
Until just over a year ago, people living in Dukwi, a remote refugee camp about 200km from Francistown, Botswana’s second city, were burying other residents who had died from AIDS-related illnesses at the rate of about five a month.
