Tag Archives: hiv/aids
While economic pressure increases on Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo to cede power to his rival Alassane Ouattara, AIDS and cholera patients in the country are concerned about the consequences of the breach of drug supply and absence of alternative solutions … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Cote d'Ivoire, Health, News, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Alassane Ouattara, antiretrovirals, ARV, breaking news, Cholera, diseases, Drugs, embargo Ivory Coast, Embassies and Consulates, EU, hiv/aids, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Ivorian crisis, Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, medicines, News local news, World news
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December 20, 2010 by benim
This was revealed by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi in a written response to a parliamentary question on Friday. “At least 4366 children under the age of a year died at national level. When the newborns are added, a total 8001 … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Children & Youth, Health, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Aaron Motsoaledi, Africa news, African news, AIDS, babies died, biology, breaking news, Cape Town, EThekwini, health-news, HIV, hiv/aids, Human Interest, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, infectious diseases, Jacob Zuma, Medicine, microbiology, News local news, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Pneumonia, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, South Africa, South Africa news, western cape, World news, Year of birth missing
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December 14, 2010 by benim
On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure. Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the “Berlin … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health, News
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Tagged AIDS, aids cure, aids epidemic, Berlin Patient, biology, breaking news, Canada, Cure For Aids, Cure For Hiv, Gero Hütter, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, HIV, HIV Cure, Hiv Cure 2010, Hiv Cured, HIV Man Cured, Hiv Positive Man Cured, Hiv Stem Cell, hiv/aids, Human Interest, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, local news, Man Cured Of Aids, Man Curred HIV, Medicine, microbiology, positive man, Ray Brown, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues, Timothy Ray Brown, toronto, Transplantation medicine, virology
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December 5, 2010 by benim
Pope Benedict XVI’s comments last month that condom use can be justified in some cases to help curb the spread of AIDS were surprising to me only because they came from the very top of the Catholic Church. But in … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, Religion
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Tagged Catholic Church, Condoms, hiv/aids, IndepthAfrica, Pope, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI, pope condoms, The Pope, Vatican Condoms, World news
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December 1, 2010 by benim
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The United States launched a program in Zimbabwe Wednesday to encourage HIV testing, with the U.S. ambassador, local musicians, broadcast personalities and soccer stars taking tests to mark the occasion. Alexio Kawara, one of the nation’s most … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African news, AIDS, health-news, HIV, hiv/aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, IndepthAfrica, Living With HIV/AIDs, World AIDS Day, World Aids Day 2010
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December 1, 2010 by benim
Both HIV prevalence rates and the numbers of people dying from AIDS vary greatly between African countries. In Somalia and Senegal the HIV prevalence is under 1% of the adult population, whereas in Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe around 10-15% of … read more »
Posted in AIDS / Humanitarian, AIDS/HIV, Analysis, Article, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, News
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Tagged Africa news, African, AIDS, AIDS pandemic, biology, Circumcision and HIV, Health, Health Medical Pharma, HIV, hiv prevalence, hiv/aids, HIV/AIDS in Africa, HIV/AIDS in Botswana, Human Interest, Immunodeficiency, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Namibia, pandemics, Prevalence, prevalence rate, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, West Africa, Windhoek
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November 23, 2010 by benim
Women as well as men can use condoms to protect themselves against diseases such as Aids, the Vatican has confirmed at the launch of a new book about the Pope. Pope Benedict XVI had said in a new book that … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Europe, Global Issues, Health, Women
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Tagged and negotiation, Boston, Catholic Church, causes-news, Condom, Condoms, hiv/aids, IndepthAfrica, kick starts, medical technology, Medicine, Needles, Penis, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, pope condoms, Religion, Religion Belief, Roman Catholic Church and AIDS, sexual health
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November 21, 2010 by benim
MANILA, Philippines — Some church members in Southeast Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation praised Pope Benedict XVI for saying condom use might be justified in some cases, though Filipino bishops stressed Sunday the church leader still opposes contraceptives. Speaking to … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Global Issues, Health, Religion
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Tagged Austern Ivereigh, Benedict, biology, Condom, denpasar, German Catholic, hiv/aids, IndepthAfrica, Indonesia, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, lifestyle-news, medical technology, Michael Sidibe, microbiology, Peter Seewald, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion Belief, Religious views on birth control, sexual health, Social Issues
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November 5, 2010 by benim
CHICAGO — Slight differences in five amino acids in a protein called HLA-B may explain why certain people resist the human immunodeficiency virus, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a study that lends new clues about how to make a … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health
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Tagged AIDS, biology, Chicago, DNA, Feline immunodeficiency virus, Harvard University, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, HIV, hiv vaccine, hiv/aids, HLA-B, Human Interest, immune system, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medicine, microbiology, Retroviruses, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Social Issues, Vaccine
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October 29, 2010 by benim
Carol Apiyo* is struggling to cope with bitterness and anger towards her husband, whom she blames for infecting her with HIV; a few months ago, she tried to kill him by poisoning his food. Fortunately her husband recovered after treatment … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health
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Tagged Africa news, AIDS, biology, Carol Apiyo, geography, Gulu Hospital, Health care provider, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, HIV, HIV test, hiv/aids, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, Initialisms, Kampala, microbiology, Retroviruses, Sexually transmitted disease, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues, Soroti, Uganda
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October 28, 2010 by benim
South Korean police have detained the woman, from the southern port of Busan. She tested HIV-positive in February and has since had sex with 20 men she met online, Yonhap news agency said. It quoted investigators as saying her father … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Asia, Global Issues, Health
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Tagged AIDS, Aki Hakkarainen, arrest warrant, biology, Busan, health-news, HIV, hiv/aids, HIV/AIDS in the Peoples Republic of China, Human Interest, Indepth Africa, Law Crime, Medicine, Men who have sex with men, microbiology, Police, Seoul, Sexually transmitted disease, Social Issues, South Korea
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October 27, 2010 by benim
October 27, 2010 — Ethiopia and America on Wednesday agreed to a five-year partnership framework to through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR) to jointly expand and sustain an effective response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia, … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, East Africa, Ethiopia, Health, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, Aid, AIDS, biology, Business Finance, Donald E. Booth, Ethiopia, Ethiopia Read More, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, HIV, hiv/aids, HIV/AIDS in Africa, HIV/AIDS in Egypt, Human Interest, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Medicine, microbiology, pandemics, Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Social Issues, United States
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