A Dangerous Route To Manhood
Naked, covered in white clay mud, and with his penis wrapped in leaves, Abongile Maqegu, 20, sits in a hut ...
Tag: HIV
Headway On AIDS Threatened By Funding Slowdown
Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump's ...
Aids Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs
Aids deaths halve as more get drugs Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The ...
AIDS Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs
Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used ...
Amid Turning Tide, AIDS Claimed 1 Million Lives In 2016
AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, ...
Aid and Conditionality: Enhancing Good Governance In Sub-Saharan Africa
The persistent low state of development in sub-Saharan Africa has become a global challenge. Academics and think-tanks continue to search ...
MOH Receives Digital Radiology X-Ray Equipment For TB Diagnoses
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday, received the first batch of ultra-modern digital radiology X-Ray equipment from the Delft Imaging ...
Contaminated Blood Scandal Inquiry Announced
A UK-wide inquiry will be held into the contaminated blood scandal that left at least 2,400 people dead, the prime ...
132 Women Tested HIV Positive In 2016
One-hundred and thirty-two pregnant women in the Tema metropolis tested positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) between January and ...
MCE Worried Over HIV Prevalence Rate In Sunyani
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Sunyani, Dr. Evelyn Kumi Richardson, has expressed worry about the 2016 sentinel HIV survey ...
Africa Gets Generic Version of Most Effective HIV Drug
The generic version of the most advanced drug against HIV has been introduced in Kenya, a first in Africa where ...
Kenyans Are ‘first In Africa To Get Generic of Latest Aids Drug’
Kenya is the first African country to start using a new generic Aids drug that can improve and prolong the ...
Kenyans Are ‘first In Africa To Get Generic of Latest Aids Drug’
Kenya is the first African country to start using a new generic Aids drug that can improve and prolong the ...
WHO Adds New Drugs To 2017 Essential Medicines List
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released this year's Essential Medicines List (EML), adding new treatments for HIV, hepatitis C ...
160,000 Women and Girls Live With HIV In Ghana
A UNAIDS report on HIV prevalence in women shows that Ghana is among countries with the highest prevalence rate in ...
ERCC Orders COA To Stop Advertising Cure For HIV/AIDS
The Eastern Regional Coordinating Council (ERCC) and the Regional AIDS Committee have ordered the Centre for Awareness (COA), a food ...
UN Under-Secretary General Passes Away At 68
The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, has died. Dr Osotimehin, who also served ...
Over 5000 HIV Cases Recorded In Upper West Region
A total of 5051 persons is confirmed to be infected with HIV virus in the Upper West region. 2453 of ...
Over 5000 HIV Cases Recorded In Upper West Region
2453 of the number are on treatment in various health facilities in the region whilst 63 of them died of ...
Some Vaginal Bacteria May Weaken Anti-HIV Gel
Some kinds of vaginal bacteria may interfere with a gel meant to curb the risk of contracting HIV, which infects ...