Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
The BBC reports on South African Children as young as 15 shooting up with grounded HIV anti-retrovirals sometimes mixed with painkillers and marijuana.
"I couldn't believe it. I was shocked at first, these were school boys in their school uniforms," documentary-maker Tooli Nhlapo told the BBC World Service's Outlook programme.
"They ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
The city-cum-state of Singapore is to implement an opt-out screening for HIV in its public hospitals. So far so good. Early detection means a better follow up, an early initiation of treatment, an opportunity to reduce further transmission, and an extended life expectancy.
“Cracked”
Tan Ngiap Heng
Many studies have found that VCT ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
In an editorial for Health-e Anso Thom reminds us how People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) are easy preys for AIDS-revisionists and charlatans who make money on the back of the defenceless and vulnerable.
Thom reports on how South African national health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has been prompt to ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Thailand is often hailed as a success story in the fight against HIV and AIDS when back in the 90s the Thai government implemented a 100% condom policy in brothels and amongst sex workers. But there is an area where Thailand has failed deplorably, it is in providing treatment and ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
There was PEP (Post Exposure Prophylaxis) and now there might be PrEP, Pre-exposure prophylaxis.
PEP is a course of anti-HIV medicines taken daily over the course of a month after exposure to the HIV virus usually after a condom breakage during sex.
PrEP, on the other hand is an unproven strategy in ...
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