PEPFAR is the US government’s largest global health initiative aimed at combating HIV/AIDS. With over $110 billion invested, it is the biggest single-disease effort by any country. As of 2023, it has saved over 25 million lives, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, according to USAID.
Syphilis is one of four curable STIs which together account for over one million infections daily. The others are gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis.
Trials of a new HIV vaccine have begun at Oxford University, building on the success of the Covid vaccine developed by the institution. It is the first in a series of evaluations in HIV-negative individuals, for prevention, and in people living with HIV, for a cure.In phase one of the trial, which is run by […]
Yes, HIV can be cured. A team of scientists have discovered a new drug can can cure the almost immortal virus. Big win for the country it has been revealed that a Kenyan scientist, Dr. Benson Edagwa, was amongst the team of researchers who have discovered the new HIV drug. The collaborative effort of the […]
While majority of women in Kenya’s urban areas are struggling with obesity and weight loss, a breed of women have emerged that are doing everything to gain weight. City women are now using antiretroviral (ARVs) to enhance their body mass and weight in well-organized groups of 10 from a popular social media app. These women […]
Early March 2016, South Africa announced leading-edge interventions to address the high HIV infection rates among sex workers. The planned actions included; the provision of immediate antiretroviral treatment to all sex workers with HIV, and also to offer daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to HIV-negative sex workers so as to prevent them from acquiring the […]
