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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Country: Sub-Saharan Africa
The search for a cure

New global clinical trial aims to replicate the mysterious “Mississippi baby” success

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Scientific American
18 June 2014
Circumcision

HIV battle: Uganda tests out rubber band circumcision

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New Vision
17 June 2014
Drug-resistant TB

South Africa: Litigation threat may prompt access to cheaper DR-TB drug

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Health-e
16 June 2014
Drug-resistant TB

South Africa: Government to introduce new drug-resistant TB drugs

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Health-e
16 June 2014
Drug-resistant TB

South African activists: DR-TB a ‘public health emergency’

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Health-e
16 June 2014
Women

Responding to sexual violence in armed conflict

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The Lancet
13 June 2014
People who inject drugs

Kenya: Is integrated methadone and HIV care possible?

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International HIV/AIDS Alliance
13 June 2014
Activism & civil society

Uganda’s LGBTI Activist and Doctor, Paul Semugoma Awarded 2014 Elizabeth Taylor Human Rights Award

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Denis Nzioka (blog)
13 June 2014
TB transmission & prevention

South Africa: Antiretrovirals Credited for TB Decline

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Health-e
13 June 2014
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Current WHO guidelines for use of ART as prevention will benefit only a "fraction" of people with higher CD4 counts and their partners

News
11 June 2014
Diagnosing infants & children

Children battle to access HIV testing in Zimbabwe

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IRIN Plus News
10 June 2014
Changing treatment

People starting therapy on a boosted protease inhibitor don't need to switch after one virological failure episode, study indicates

News
9 June 2014
HIV & criminal law

Uganda takes “another step backward” with HIV bill

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The Lancet
6 June 2014
Circumcision

Three-quarters of women interviewed in Kenya's highest prevalence province say they prefer circumcised partners

News
6 June 2014
Treatment for women

Marriage a Barrier to ARV treatment for Swazi Women (part two of a series on Option B+)

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IPS
5 June 2014
Human rights

Museveni’s hotel besieged by Ugandan LGBT activists

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Peter Tatchell Foundation
5 June 2014
Sexual transmission

HIV transmission risks: Review updates CDC estimates, adds impact of treatment, condom use

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Science Speaks
5 June 2014
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology

High burden of STIs among people living with HIV in Cape Town in period before they start ART

News
3 June 2014
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Study shows prognostic value of viral load monitoring among people living with subtype C HIV in South Africa

News
2 June 2014
Improving HIV care

Divided Opinions on Feasibility of Kenya’s Option B+ Roll Out

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Inter Press Service
29 May 2014
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Paul Semugoma: I have not been silenced

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International AIDS Society
28 May 2014
Diagnosing infants & children

Barriers to HIV testing in older children

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Science Daily
28 May 2014
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Uganda: Raided clinic reopens with scaled-back services

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76 Crimes (blog)
22 May 2014
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Viral Load Testing Dismally Absent in Africa

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Inter Press Service
20 May 2014