Shortage of HIV Test Kits Raises Concerns in Kenya

Voluntary counseling and testing centers around Kenya are turning people away due to a shortage of HIV testing kits after the recall in December of more than one million faulty HIV tests. How People Arrived Here: federal ministry of health nigeria hiv...

No Money, No CD4 Tests

Swaziland is still short of lab reagents needed for CD4 count testing, which is used to initiate and monitor patients on antiretroviral treatment, and HIV-positive people are growing increasingly frustrated as the country enters its fourth month without...

Government of Tanzania Recalls Faulty HIV Test Kits

Tanzanian health authorities have announced the withdrawal of a South Korean HIV test kit from circulation following warnings about its poor quality. How People Arrived Here: bioline recall

Zimbabwe to Offer Free Healthcare to Pregnant Women And People with HIV And AIDS

Zimbabwe is to offer free healthcare to pregnant women and people with HIV and AIDS starting in January 2012, Health Minister Henry Madzorera said on Saturday.

Stigma Hinders Participation in Kenya’s Clinical HIV Trials

Would-be participants in HIV research often refuse to volunteer out of fear of being labelled as HIV-positive and subsequently stigmatized by their communities, according to a recent study conducted in Kenya.

HIV Traps Indonesian Women And Girls in Poverty

The number of reported HIV cases has tripled in Indonesia in recent years, curtailing productivity and trapping affected girls and women, especially, in poverty, according to a recent UN Development Programme (UNDP) report.

Study Suggests Early ART in Recently HIV-infected Patients Preferable to Delayed Treatment

Among people recently infected with HIV, immediate antiretroviral therapy (ART) appears preferable to deferring treatment, according to a new study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases and now available online. Although the benefits of ART...

Gauteng Provincial Government’s Intensified Tuberculosis Management Program Sees Major Improvement in the TB Cure Rate

The Gauteng provincial Government’s intensified Tuberculosis (TB) management program has seen a major improvement in the TB cure rate.

‘Pep Talk’ Can Revive Immune Cells Exhausted By Chronic Viral Infection

Chronic infections by viruses such as HIV or hepatitis C eventually take hold because they wear the immune system out, a phenomenon immunologists describe as exhaustion. Yet exhausted immune cells can be revived after the introduction of fresh cells that...