Lifting The Lid On Hiv And Aids
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Stopping the spread of antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance is accelerated by the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, as well as poor infection prevention and control. However,…
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Monthly ARV injections…coming soon…maybe?
One of the toughest things about taking daily medications is actually remembering to take them! Studies have consistently shown that…
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Stopping the spread of antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance is accelerated by the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, as well as poor infection prevention and control. However,…
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Popping antibiotics ngati ma sweet!
We have a crisis that very few are taking seriously and if we don’t do something about it soon our…
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Circumcision programmes can protect gay men from HIV
They are often a neglected and underserved group but men who have sex with men need to be considered as…
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Are we closer to a cure for HIV?
Human beings are super smart…look at how far we have come in this world…how many things we have cured and…
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That sugar daddy has HIV
that….”In 1908, Adolph Spreckels, heir to the Spreckels’ sugar fortune (along with his brother), married a woman 24 years his…
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Drug interactions
Medicines help us feel better and stay healthy. But, sometimes drug interactions can cause problems. There are three types of…
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Children born with HIV
Children born with HIV accessing treatment, have no significant difference in their movement skills, social interaction, language skills or practical…
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Why do new medicines cost so much?
New medicines, protected by 20-year patents, can cost hundreds of dollars a packet and sometimes thousands. It is an…
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‘In our hands’—HIV self testing in Malawi
I watched an excellent documentary “In our hands” about HIV self-testing in Neno. It is a touching, educational, inspiring…
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On HIV+ males, negative females having a baby
There are a couple of options—some hi-tech expensive and not available in Malawi and some full proof and some a…
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On HIV+ males, negative females having a baby
There are a couple of options—some hi-tech expensive and not available in Malawi and some full proof and some a…
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Changing HIV treatment
Antiretroviral regimens are usually changed for one or more of the following reasons: an unacceptable level of drug toxicities and/or…
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Rapid tests should be used in combination
An evaluation of eight rapid diagnostic tests widely used in a variety of African countries by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)…
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Stealthing: when men remove condoms during sex without consent
‘Stealthing’ is the pop culture name to describe a “new sex trend” reported to be “on the rise”. It refers…
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Don’t believe everything on the Internet
If you believed everything that came through on the Internet, we would all be beneficiaries of millions of dollars left…
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What is the current state of the HIV cure?
As of 2016, there is one confirmed case of HIV cure, that of Timothy Ray Brown also known as The…
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Illegal testing of domestic workers
A friend sent me a Whatsapp the other day of a centre in Kenya that does health screening for domestic…
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Circumcision and risky sex not connected
It is scientifically accepted that circumcision reduces men acquiring HIV by approximately 60 percent! However, a number of proponents against…
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