HIV prevention: new injection could boost the fight, but some hurdles remain
WHILE the world has focused on the COVID pandemic for nearly three years, less and less attention is being paid
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HEALTH
Born with HIV, these two young Africans are championing the cause to end HIV stigma
BOTH born with HIV, Cleopatra Wanjiku and Brian Omondi have started initiatives that tackle HIV stigma while amplifying the voices of young people living with the disease.
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Clitoris reconstruction offers hope to Kenyan women after childhood mutilation
MUKELWA HLATSHWAYO IMAGINE having no sensation in a body part for most of your life and then being able to
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Road to Zero: Africa’s HIV scorecard takes shape as Botswana, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe lead race
WITH only three years left to meet the UNAIDS HIV prevention 95-95-95 targets, African countries are making significant progress in ending the AIDS epidemic.
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Ugandan doctors face fear and shortages in Ebola outbreak
TOMMY WILKES and ELIAS BIRYABAREMA WHEN Ebola broke out in Uganda in September, 10 doctors immediately stepped forward to work
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Ebola in Uganda: why women must be central to the response
“NO time for that” was the constant refrain heard by gender and women’s health experts working in the 2014/16 Ebola
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Ebola in Uganda: lessons from COVID show that heavy-handed lockdowns may be a bad idea
SINCE the first case of the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda was confirmed in mid-September, the number of cases has
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COVID disrupted measles vaccinations in Africa and now cases are surging
EDWARD MCALLISTER and JENNIFER RIGBY CLUTCHING an umbrella, medical records and her two-year-old daughter, Kani Fall negotiated the brown puddles
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Anxiety detection and treatment in early childhood can lower risk for long-term mental health issues – an expert panel now recommends screening starting at age 8
THE U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention, issued a final recommendation
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EBOLA: Uganda introduces lockdown measures to halt spread
UGANDA President Yoweri Museveni said the government was implementing an overnight curfew, closing places of worship and entertainment, and restricting
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