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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...
Clinical Trial Uncovers Potential ‘functional Cure’ for HIV/AIDS
Data from a clinical trial involving UCLA researchers suggest that a new therapy may potentially serve as a “functional cure” for HIV/AIDS. The therapy, called SB-728-T, involves the modification of both copies of a patient’s CCR5 gene,...
Why HIV Infection Rates are on the Rise
Since HIV infection rates began to rise again around 2000, researchers have been grasping for answers on what could be causing this change, especially in the homosexual community. The rising numbers are a stark contrast to the 1990′s, when infection...
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...
Better Pediatric HIV Services in Malawi Reduce Infections
More mothers and pregnant women in Malawi are attending antenatal clinics since the increased training of health workers in pediatric HIV care improved services to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, and pediatric HIV testing and treatment.
