Global health experts said on Thursday that the world’s most powerful drugs are losing the battle against drug-resistant strains of malaria, HIV, gonorrhea and tuberculosis According to Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, antimicrobial resistance is robbing us of the certainty that antibiotics will always be there to fight… Continue reading Health Experts Warn Against Drug Resistance Super-Bugs
Tag: HIV/AIDS
My HIV Problem and How I Got Cured
For many years, I lived with the destructive and erosive ulcer of my thoughts acquired through many hours of listening to anti-HIV lectures and sermons.
South Africa: Opportunity for HIV Prevention That Works
Joanne Brink South Africa’s HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan for health has two objectives – reducing the incidence of new HIV infections by half and placing 80% of those in need onto anti-retroviral treatment. As a country, we are making some progress in scaling up our national HIV treatment programmes, but concurrently we need to maintain… Continue reading South Africa: Opportunity for HIV Prevention That Works
Cuts That Kill: The Senate Must Restore Global Health Funding
The US House-proposed bill for the balance of 2011 proposes deep cuts to some of the most effective investments the US makes globally.
Empower African Women to Realize the African Dream
It is hard not to be inspired by the widely-recognized economic growth story of Africa: more than a decade of robust growth for a region that has become a credible destination for investment and has
African Countries Warned of Drug-Resistant HIV
African countries need to take steps to monitor and prevent the spread of drug-resistant HIV. This was the warning from researchers at the annual conference on retroviruses in Boston last week. Evidence presented to the conference showed that people who had never taken antiretroviral (ARV) medicine were increasingly being infected with HIV that was resistant… Continue reading African Countries Warned of Drug-Resistant HIV
Africa: Rape and Other Sexual Abuse are Robbing Millions of Children of a Future, UNESCO Report
Widespread rape and other sexual violence are depriving millions of children of an education in conflict-affected countries, UNESCO’s 2011 Global Monitoring Report warns. The report, “The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education,” calls for an end to the culture of impunity surrounding sexual violence, with strengthened monitoring of human rights violations affecting education, a more… Continue reading Africa: Rape and Other Sexual Abuse are Robbing Millions of Children of a Future, UNESCO Report
Ghana: Eastern Region takes steps to reduce HIV/AIDS prevalence rate
Koforidua, Feb. 27, GNA – The Eastern Regional AIDs Committee is to organize HIV Counseling and Testing on May Day at the Jacksons Park to enable workers to know their statuses. This is to help to reduce the HIV prevalence rate in the region of about 4.2 per cent, the highest in the country. This… Continue reading Ghana: Eastern Region takes steps to reduce HIV/AIDS prevalence rate