Ugandan women have higher risk of HIV infection when pregnant
Keith Alcorn Further evidence that pregnancy can increase a womans risk of becoming infected with HIV was presented today in a study from the Rakai district of Uganda. The findings, published in the...
View ArticleLesotho to offer HIV tests to all in door-to-door drive
Keith Alcorn In an effort to dramatically increase access to HIV treatment and prevention, Lesotho will launch the world's first drive to have every person in the country learn their HIV status, the...
View ArticleXDR TB: now more cases than bird flu
Keith Alcorn, AIDSMAP South Africa has now detected 284 cases of Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) in the province of Kwazulu Natal alone, a spokesperson for the South African Medical...
View ArticleAnti-herpes treatment reduces HIV levels treatment or vaccine urged for HIV...
Keith Alcorn, AIDSMAP Control of herpes simplex with daily treatment or with a vaccine should be considered as a strategy to reduce HIV transmission, urge researchers who carried out a large...
View ArticleGlobal Fund risks Medicines without Doctors if it doesnt finance health...
Keith Alcorn, AIDSMAP A team of international health experts this week warned the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria: fund the salaries of health workers or else risk a situation in which...
View ArticleFirst-line treatment choices proving challenging for African ART programmes
Keith Alcorn, Aidsmap African countries are facing serious financial and practical dilemmas over implementing recent World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines urging a shift away from d4T-based...
View ArticleHIV-1 has lost fitness over the past 15 years, say Belgian researchers
Keith Alcorn HIV isolates from the late 1980s infect human cells and kill T-cells much more effectively than HIV isolates gathered in 2002-2003, Belgian researchers report in the October 15th edition...
View ArticleUgandan women have higher risk of HIV infection when pregnant
Keith Alcorn Further evidence that pregnancy can increase a womans risk of becoming infected with HIV was presented today in a study from the Rakai district of Uganda. The findings, published in the...
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