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8 Million People Living With HIV in South Africa, According to Latest Estimates
The number of people living with HIV in South Africa has for the first time reached the eight million mark. Of these, around 6.2 million are on treatment, according to new estimates.The number of ...
The Lancet1dOpinion
Gender-affirming hormone therapy is a crucial component of HIV care
The study by Sari Reisner and colleagues1 in The Lancet HIV on gender-affirming hormone therapy and its effect on HIV ...
Southern California healthcare agencies fear cuts to HIV prevention will cost lives
The CDC's potential 'streamlining' of programs to prevent HIV has two Southern California health agencies worried the ...
The Lancet3d
Sudan's war and the burden of HIV: a call for urgent intervention
Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war that has crippled its health system and displaced millions. The conflict that erupted in April, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the ...
REPORT AFRIQUE International3d
South Africa’s HIV Cure Trial for Women Shows Initial Success
A recent Phase IIa clinical trial in South Africa has made significant strides toward potential HIV cures, particularly among ...
AllAfrica6d
South Africa: Excitement Builds for Long-Acting TB Treatments, but Research Still At Early Stage
Both TB treatment and TB preventive therapy involve taking lots of pills, usually for several months. Researchers are working ...
IT-Online12d
Pepfar funding freeze could lead to 601 000 HIV-related deaths in SA
Recent research co-authored by Professor Linda-Gail Bekker from the University of Cape Town (UCT) showed that withdrawing the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) support in South ...
University of Cape Town News17d
Turn PEPFAR funding freeze crisis into opportunity
But turning this crisis into an opportunity is possible. To mitigate the effects of the funding freeze, Bekker said swift ...
Wall Street Journal20d
University of South Florida Gets $40 Million to Start Cyber and AI College
The University of South Florida will establish a college dedicated to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, following the largest gift in its history. Investors Arnie and Lauren Bellini have ...
CBS News20d
What's the truth behind Trump offering White South African farmers U.S. citizenship?
That came after, on Feb. 7, Mr. Trump signed an executive order accusing the South African government of adopting racist laws that discriminate against Afrikaners, an ethnic group made up ...
The American Journal of Managed Care21d
Global Status of HIV/AIDS Pandemic Takes Center Stage in Opening Session
In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, only 38,000 people started using PrEP since 2012, at the same time that 1.6 million people acquired HIV. Although people in Eastern and Southern Africa had a ...