How Rwanda has managed to keep HIV/AIDS in check

Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, the Director-General of Rwanda Biomedical Centre, speaks at a news conference on World AIDS Day last year. / Net photo

Five things, including the power of good leadership, are behind Rwanda’s remarkable progress toward achieving HIV epidemic control, particularly in attaining high levels of linkage to treatment and viral load suppression among people living with HIV. Read More

LAGOS: Stigmatise people with HIV, risk jail —ADELEKE

With the recent Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey, NAIS report ranking Lagos as one of the seven states that account for 50 per cent of the burden of HIV/AIDs in Nigeria, the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency, LSACA, has declared zero tolerance for HIV stigmatisation and discrimination Read More

South Africa: ARV Breakthrough – Trial in South Africa Confirms Effectiveness of New Drug

A new antiretroviral drug regimen has been given the go-ahead by the World Health Organisation. This follows the preliminary results from studies that include an ongoing trial in South Africa. Read More

Woman, 54, lost her two haemophiliac brothers who contracted HIV from infected blood transfusions and died within six months of each other aged 52 and 53

Beverley Tumelty, who will give evidence as part of a public inquiry into the blood scandal, says she feels it is her duty to stand up for her older brothers

The sister of two haemophiliac men who were infected with HIV through contaminated blood products says she is determined to get justice for them. Read More

1,200 people died of AIDS between 2008 and 2017

Nearly 1,200 people died from acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in The Bahamas between 2008 and 2017, a United Nations (UN) report revealed. Read More

Depression associated with risky sexual behavior among truck drivers in Kenya

Truck drivers in sub-Saharan Africa are particularly at risk for both mental health disorders, including depression, and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, due to the stressful, transient lifestyle associated with their occupation. Read More

Groundbreaking HIV drug safe to use in women of reproductive age

Women demand access to DTG at last year’s International Aids Society conference Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA 

A groundbreaking HIV drug is safe to use by women who want to get pregnant after a review found that the risk of birth defects is lower than first thought.  Read More

Posters Designed To Tackle HIV Stigma Have Been Defaced In Act Of ‘Homophobic Vandalism’

A poster campaign by the Terrence Higgins Trust to tackle anti-HIV stigma in the UK has been targeted in what they describe as a “homophobic vandalism”. Read More

UNAIDS Targets 2020 To End HIV/AIDS Epidemics In Nigeria

The joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is working towards ending HIV/AIDS epidemics in Nigeria and the world generally by 2020. Read More

Woman shares her experience of being ‘slut-shamed’ by a nurse during STD check-up

One of the many sympathetic but angry response to the woman’s post iStock/Reddit

A 21-year-old woman has taken to Reddit to recount her horrific experience at the doctor’s after she was “slut-shamed” by a nurse practitioner following a sexually-transmitted disease (STD) check-up. Read More