Lifting The Lid On Hiv And Aids
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Sexual risk taking in older adults
Who says old people don’t have sex? A study by American researchers has found that older men and women in…
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Ugandan study: How to tell children they have HIV
There are an estimated 150 000 HIV-infected children in Uganda, and studies indicate less than a third of children under…
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An HIV prevention pump!
People at high risk of contracting HIV can significantly lower their chances of getting the virus with a daily…
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Listerine mouth wash could help control gonorrhea
Daily rinsing and gargling with Listerine mouthwash could help control the spread of gonorrhoea, a study in Australia has…
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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…
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Feedback on What is syphilis?
I like it when readers correct me. It means people do read the column and that they value the importance…
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Shaving down there
Hands up! How many of you shave your pubic hair? Do you just trim the hedges or do you get…
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Transactional sex
A number of studies have found that African women engage in transactional sex which can be defined as “non-commercial, non-marital…
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What is syphilis?
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacteria treponema pallidium. It is passed on via unprotected sex…
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Paradise or persecution?
Paradise or persecution’ is a campaign by the International HIV/Aids Alliance. Actually, it is an online quiz (paradiseorpersecution.com) which aims…
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Trump win: What does it mean for global HIV efforts?
The United States (US) remains one of the leading funders of global health but will this change on president-elect Donald…
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Community ART Groups: Overcoming barriers
I want to thank Moses Luhanga for sharing information about Community anti-retroviral therapy (ART) Groups (CAGs). A lot of information…
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Smoking more hazardous for HIV patients
Cigarette smokers who are HIV positive may have a higher chance of dying from smoking-related complications than from HIV, according…
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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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Oral health
It is often easy to overlook dental issues and oral health especially when focused on overall health and wellbeing. But…
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Sex education at church and school
Last year, I published a column that said prevention campaigns that focus on abstinence and be faithful (the AB of…
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British HIV cure ‘breakthrough’ is premature
A British newspaper reported that British scientists are on “the brink of an HIV cure” after HIV had become…
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Vaginal ring: The next frontier in HIV prevention
A report from the Aspire study of 2 629 women in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe presented at the…
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Forced sterilisation of women
The International Community of Women Living with HIV and Aids (ICW) held a workshop in January 2008 for 30 young…
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Less clinic visits improve retention in HIV care
At the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) which took place in Durban, South Africa. Yours truly was not there…but…
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