Lifting The Lid On Hiv And Aids
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Benefit of support groups
“I know how you feel…â€â€” “No you don’t!â€, you can’t honestly empathise …unless you have had the same experience. People…
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So why do we cheat?(Part 3 of 3)
One researcher in South Africa commented that multiple sexual partners may have arisen because of cultural and economic values that…
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Are promiscuous women fuelling the spread of HIV? (Part 2 of 3)
Men having concurrent long-term (over one year) relationships is not the only thing that differentiates African countries from other places,…
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HIV and non-communicable diseases
Cancers, heart disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease—non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now the biggest cause of death…
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Research on HIV oral self tests in Malawi
Below is some information that I have gathered from reading scientific papers and Internet sources about the research being conducted…
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Breast-feeding and HIV
Last month’s results published from the Breast-feeding, Antiretrovirals and Nutrition (BAN) study conducted here in Malawi revealed that “longer breast-feeding…
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Views from Masters in Public Health class on denialists
A Master’s in Public Health (MPH) class on going at ShareWorld Open University evaluated the article titled ‘Denialists’ in March…
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I don’t need your pity
Pity can make someone with HIV feel pathetic, hopeless, and label them as a victim in need of help. Pity…
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Tuberculosis Part two
Taking several drugs does a better job of killing all of the bacteria and is more likely to prevent them…
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, sometimes referred to as TB, is a disease caused by an organism called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The TB germ sometimes…
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A letter to partners
Michael Sidibe is the executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and Aids (UNAIDS), the main advocating…
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Your rights at work
Disclosure is often talked about in the context of friends, family and lovers but what about disclosure at work? Workplace…
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Denialists
Can you believe that in today’s world with the medical advances we have to treat the human immunodeficiency virus that…
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Condom errors common
Most guys confidently think they know everything there is to know about the ‘proper’ application of a condom, but sadly…
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1.35 million condoms recalled in SA
Condoms distributed during the African National Congress (ANC) centenary celebrations in South Africa last month are being recalled as there…
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The most popular question
I have dug into the e-mail archives to find out which is the most popular question people ask me….If you…
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Cotrimoxazole, the magic little pill
Cotrimoxazole (also known as septrin, bactrim and  TMP-SMX, CTX) is an antibiotic that consists of two drugs, trimethoprim and…
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