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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Country: Sub-Saharan Africa
Human rights

Anger and fear in Ghana as bill seeks to criminalise LGBT+ people

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Thomson Reuters Foundation
28 July 2021
Hepatitis B

This is no time to neglect hepatitis - 70 million Africans are infected

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The Conversation
28 July 2021
Improving HIV care

In-depth: South African pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe HIV treatment

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Spotlight
28 July 2021
Health problems in children & young people

More insulin resistance and worse metabolic profiles in children with HIV, South African study shows

News
28 July 2021
Cancer

Studies find combination chemotherapy beneficial and cost-effective in sub-Saharan Africa

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EurekAlert
24 July 2021
Access to healthcare

Rioters target HIV drugs factory in week of South African violence

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The Telegraph
24 July 2021
Support issues for children & young people

Uganda: Trial finds improving household finances linked to effective HIV treatment

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Avert
24 July 2021
Drug-resistant TB

Shorter, less toxic treatment for highly drug-resistant TB cures nine out of ten

News
21 July 2021
PrEP science

PrEP failures in African programmes are rare, but some are happening in people with good adherence

News
21 July 2021
Retention & linkage to care

Multiple African countries improved access to HIV treatment during COVID-19 pandemic

News
20 July 2021
Viral load

Viral suppression in Uganda improved by more viral load tests, done faster

News
20 July 2021
Access to healthcare

Kenya: Hope at Last As Distribution of HIV Drugs Begins

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AllAfrica
20 July 2021
HIV treatment for children & young people

Adolescent-centred interventions lead to a 30-percentage-point increase in viral suppression in Namibia, and a 20-percentage-point increase in Nigeria

News
19 July 2021
Retention & linkage to care

Healthcare workers in Cape Town ambivalent about patients who disengage from HIV treatment

News
18 July 2021
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Only half of women in sub-Saharan Africa fully understand how to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV

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Avert
18 July 2021
Violence

Sexual violence against women and girls in Uganda increased during the COVID-19 pandemic

News
18 July 2021
Treatment guidelines

Most countries with the greatest burden of HIV still don’t recommend dolutegravir for all

News
18 July 2021
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Community-led distribution of HIV self-testing increases uptake of HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy in Malawi

News
14 July 2021
Coronavirus

A woman with HIV took over 200 days to clear her Covid infection. Here's why researchers are worried.

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GroundUp
12 July 2021
The biology of HIV transmission

HPV infection associated with increased risk for HIV acquisition, study finds

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Healio
12 July 2021
Global health initiatives

'Our Work Is Not Done': The True Story of America's Response to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

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TheBody
9 July 2021
PEP

Easy-to-access PEP pilot shows promise in rural East Africa

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Avert
8 July 2021
Child developmental issues

Both HIV and Tenofovir Tied to Skeletal Deficits in Young People

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Medscape (requires free registration)
8 July 2021
Circumcision

Circumcisions cut as South Africa focuses on the battle against COVID-19

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Health-e
8 July 2021