New evidence shows that health officials knew of the problem five years before they stopped giving out the blood and the prime minister had been under pressure to hold an inquiry. Read More
Monthly Archives: July 2017
ADVICE | I had sex a couple of years ago and now I keep on getting ill. Do I have HIV?
Dear Doctor
I had sex with 2 guys about 3.5 years ago. Different times just once each both times with latex condom. I have looked up HIV symptoms and I am freaking out. At some point (I can’t remember how close to these events) I had a bad case of tonsillitis with tiredness and fever and I also suffer from seborrheic dermatitis, which is at least 3 years old (although a shampoo called Nizoral controls it). Read More
Prince Harry Continues Mission to Raise HIV Awareness Like Mom Princess Diana
The 32-year-old royal headed to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to learn about some of the world’s most pressing health issues on Monday (July 10) in London, England.
While there, Harry heard more about the worldwide efforts to combat HIV, AIDS and other diseases. Read More
Prince Harry: ‘Absurd’ young people don’t know about HIV before it’s too late
Prince Harry listened intently this afternoon as young people from Lesotho and Botswana spoke about the stigma of living with HIV.
The Prince told them it was “absurd” that young people don’t hear about the disease until it’s too late. Read More
Uganda seeks to start injectable HIV drugs
Officiating. Dr Patrick Ogwang of Mbarara University of Science (left), Director General Health Services Prof Anthony Mbonye (centre) and the director of Epicentre, Dr Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire (left), at the Scientific Day in Kampala last week. PHOTO BY CHRISTINE KASEMIIRE
The Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) has applied to start trials on injectable HIV/Aids drugs.
The trials seek to administer antiretroviral treatment (ART) on Aids patients using injections instead of the tablets and capsules as is the case currently. Read More
130 more HIV cases in the country Seven with full blown AIDS
Seven AIDS patients and 130 HIV infected persons have been detected over the last seven months in the country, Director of the STD/AIDS Control Programme, Dr. Sisira Liyanage said. Read More
Miss South Africa sparks fury over wearing gloves to meet orphans with HIV; meet 7 other controversial beauty queens
Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has been accused of racism after she was spotted giving foods to orphans with HIV while wearing gloves. Read More
HIV treatment has come a long way – but there’s still work to do
Gonorrhoea. Syphilis. Words my patients hear and tend to shudder at. But sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, have been around for centuries, unfussy about whose genitalia they infect and ready to wreak whole-body havoc on those who don’t access testing and treatment. Read More
Life of gay Sheffield priest who died from AIDS chronicled as moving book is re-published
The Rev. Simon Bailey, who was rector of Dinnington and who died from the illness more than 20 years ago, is the focus of a book by the priest’s sister and journalist Rosemary Bailey whose book, Scarlet Ribbons: A Priest With AIDS, is set to hit book shelves again.
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English teachers in South Korea welcome end of HIV test
English teachers in Korea have welcomed a government decision to scrap HIV tests for E-2 visa applicants. Read More
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