Embarrassingly, Washington’s infection rate tops that of some African countries, writes Sarah Boseley.
Although you can never stop taking antiretrovirals, rumours that these little pills will drive you mad are a bald-faced lie, writes Mia Malan.
Drug supplies are running low and a lack of funding could reverse important progress made in Swaziland’s HIV/Aids crisis.
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/ 21 November 2011
The United Nations says access to HIV treatment has improved greatly in sub-Saharan African, leading to a steady drop in Aids-related deaths.
A state-owned pharmaceutical company providing ARVs is not a clear remedy for cheaper and more efficient manufacturing of the life-saving medication.
If people knew their status, new infections would decrease. The question is how to achieve this.
National transmission rates of perinatal HIV infection are falling but the past is still with us, writes <b>Martinique Stilwell</b>.
Universal access to antiretroviral therapy could have saved more than 4,37-million children in Africa from becoming orphans.
An active approach to identifying TB at the community level is needed in a country with one of the highest rates of the disease in the world.
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/ 17 December 2010
The <i>M&G</i> weighs in on its victory at the SCA and the government’s extraordinary success in cutting in half the cost of antiretroviral drugs.
The new procurement procedures have
succeeded in halving the cost of ARV drugs.
There has been a "massive reduction" in the prices of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
Much has been done to combat HIV and Aids in Africa, but those gains are now in jeopardy.
Strategies include harder bargaining over prices paid for ARVs and earlier onset of treatment.
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/ 10 November 2010
Using SMSs to remind HIV patients to take their dose of medication can give a major boost to drug adherence, a study in Kenya showed.
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/ 22 February 2010
Health officials are considering blanket tests followed by a lifetime course of drugs for everyone with the syndrome to eradicate HIV within 40 years.