NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – New HIV/AIDS infections among adolescents and young people have increased by 17 per cent even as the country recorded a general decline of 19 per cent in new infections between the year 2013 and ...
The Ministry of Health through the National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP) has launched a campaign dubbed "Anza Sasa" to encourage all those who test HIV positive to get ARV treatment regardless of their ...
It is a labour intensive sector that has been impacted negatively by HIV and AIDS over time with a resultant reduction of production, loss of household incomes, loss of skilled and experienced labour force which has posed a threat ...
The government early this month launched a prevention drug for people at risk of contracting the HIV virus. Know as Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), the drug will be given out for free. The targeted population for the roll-out ...
Nairobi, Kenya – To accelerate access to better antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, the Government of Kenya and Unitaid today announced the introduction of a new first-line drug for people living with HIV, making Kenya the first African country to ...
bioLytical Laboratories Inc., a leader in rapid diagnostic assays, is pleased to share that its INSTI HIV Self Test was featured at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017) in Paris as an oral presentation. The late ...
New Orleans and Baton Rouge are in the top three U.S. cities for HIV diagnoses, according to a recent National HIV Surveillance report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 70119 zip code in Orleans Parish has ...
Louisiana is near the top of the list in the nation when it comes to a staggering statistic: the number of new cases of HIV/AIDS. Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV affects the immune system .CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital infectious ...
New Orleans is facing an HIV epidemic. "It's been bad for several years, we've seen statistics for syphilis, for gonorrhea, for babies born with syphilis that are number one and number two in the nation, and for HIV, New Orleans has been in the top ...
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - There's a new way to fight the HIV epidemic in New Orleans, and doctors say it's the key to saving lives and stopping the spread of the disease in our community. It's called the Rapid Start Program and New Orleans ...
