Health

Uganda sees fall in new HIV infections

The number of Ugandans who got infected with HIV dropped sharply to 52,000 in 2016 from 99,000 in 2014, presenting hope that the fight against the scourge.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
New Vision (Uganda)
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Health, AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Uganda, Epidemics, Africa
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HIV Infections in Morocco Fell by 44 percent from 2004 to 2016

Rabat – The number of new HIV infections in Morocco decreased by 44 percent between 2004 and 2016 due to the “remarkable progress made by Morocco in terms of coverage and access to preventive and c

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
Morocco World News (Morocco)
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Health, Infectious Diseases, AIDS, Epidemics, Morocco, Africa
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South African Child Gauge 2017

The thematic focus of the South African Child Gauge 2017 – survive, thrive, transform – is at the heart of South Africa’s obligations under international law.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2017
Lucy Jamieson, Lizette Berry, Lori Lake
Children’s Institute
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South Africa, Children, UN, AIDS, Infant mortality, Legislation, Malnutrition, Sanitation, Health
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The expanding epidemic of HIV-1 in the Russian Federation

In 2017, the Russian Federation (RF) is estimated to have the largest number of HIV-1 infected citizens of any country in Europe. Cumulative reported diagnoses reached over 1.16 million infections by mid-2017, and actual infections, including those that remain undiagnosed and/or unreported, are doubtless substantially higher. In contrast to the global epidemic pattern, the HIV epidemic in the RF and in most countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia continues to expand significantly.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2017
Chris Beyrer, Andrea L. Wirtz, George O’Hara & et al
PLoS Medicine
1-6
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AIDS, Russia, Epidemics, Diagnostic Methods, Health Care
Health

22,000 Moroccans Live with HIV: UNAIDS

Rabat – Morocco counted more than 1,000 new HIV infections in 2016, bringing up the number of Moroccans living with HIV to 22,000 people, down from the previous year by 600 cases, according to a re

Publication Date: 
24/11/2017
Morocco World News (Morocco)
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Health, AIDS, Morocco, Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, Africa
Health

Improved diagnostics fail to halt the rise of tuberculosis

TB remains a big killer despite the development of a better test for detecting the disease.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
23/11/2017
Ewen Callaway
Nature
551
424-425
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Tuberculosis, Diagnostic Methods, Health Care, Statistics, AIDS, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines
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The value of confirmatory testing in early infant HIV diagnosis programmes in South Africa: A cost-effectiveness analysis

The specificity of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) used for early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV infection is <100%, leading some HIV-uninfected infants to be incorrectly identified as HIV-infected. The World Health Organization recommends that infants undergo a second NAAT to confirm any positive test result, but implementation is limited. Our objective was to determine the impact and cost-effectiveness of confirmatory HIV testing for EID programmes in South Africa.

Publication Date: 
21/11/2017
Lorna Dunning, Jordan A. Francke, Divya Mallampati & et al
PLoS Medicine
1-21
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AIDS, Diagnostic Methods, South Africa, Child Health
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80 per cent of babies born from HIV positive mothers are free

The country has registered strides in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) with more than 80 percent HIV free babies born from HIV positive mothers.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2017
Maravi Post (Malawi)
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Health, AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, Malawi, Child Health, Africa
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SA’s two leading AIDS researchers receive lifetime achievement award

SA’s leading AIDS researchers‚ professors Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim‚ have scooped the esteemed Institute for Human Virology (IHV) Lifetime Achievement Award for exceptional public service f

Publication Date: 
25/10/2017
Business Day (South Africa)
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Health, AIDS, Infectious Diseases, South Africa, Awards, Epidemics, Africa
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Tanzania: Over 40m Infected With HIV in Two Decades - Govt

Dodoma — The number of Tanzanians who are turning out for voluntary counseling and testing for HIV/Aids has increased from 1,898 in 1997 to 42, 021,146 by June, this year.

Publication Date: 
24/10/2017
All Africa
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Health, AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, Tanzania, Africa

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