The South Sudanese government and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDs) on Tuesday agreed to work together to combat HIV among young people.

Nairobi — Young people are increasingly those most affected by HIV with 51pc of all adult new infections occurring among those aged 15-24, and 29pc among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW).

A major vaccination campaign is under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo where more cases of infection from the Ebola virus have been discovered.

Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry says there are now 35 confirmed cases of Ebola in the country's northwest, including 10 deaths confirmed from the often lethal virus.

KINSHASA - Another person has died in Congo of a confirmed case of Ebola, bringing the number of fatalities to 12, said the country's Health Ministry.

Ebola vaccinations will begin on Monday in the two rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo where the latest deadly outbreak was declared this month, the health ministry said on Saturday, as

Uganda's ministry of health said on Sunday there is no Ebola outbreak in the country.

Medical researchers are exploring a new innovation that involves giving people induced antibodies passively to protect them against HIV infection.

Professor Aggrey Omu Anzala founding member of Kenya Aids Vaccine Initiative during a past interview.

Two dying Ebola patients were spirited out of a Congo hospital by their relatives on motor-bikes, then taken to a prayer meeting with 50 other people, potentially exposing them all to the deadly vi