COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries, fund says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Hundreds of thousands of people will die of tuberculosis left untreated because of disruption to healthcare systems in poor countries caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a global aid fund said. In a few of the world’s poorest countries, excess deaths from AIDS and tuberculosis could even exceed those from the coronavirus itself, said […]
Books: Of epidemics, loss and discovery in ‘African Pearl’
CHRIS GILBERT finds Dr Pamela Brown-Peterside’s memoir, ‘African Pearl’, a timely read…
Time is running out, says UN, as HIV/AIDS targets missed
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The world has missed ambitious goals to stem the spread of HIV and widen access to treatment, jeopardising a target to end the AIDS pandemic by 2030 unless global efforts are stepped up, the United Nations said on Thursday. Last year, 84 per cent of HIV-positive people knew they had the […]
Postcards: ‘Corona carriers’ – Stigma halts medication and meet-ups for HIV+ Malawians
CHARLES PENSULO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the increased challenges facing HIV-positive people in Malawi…
Quickfacts – HIV/AIDS in numbers as remission case raises hopes of a cure
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The announcement that a Brazilian man has become the first person to go into long-term remission from HIV after taking an intensified multi-drug cocktail of AIDS medicines has raised hopes of a future cure. His is thought to be the first case of long-term HIV remission that did not result from […]
In Togo, a Catholic nun fights COVID-19 for the sake of her AIDS patients
RNS “Here, people won’t die from COVID-19 but mostly from its consequences,” said Sr Marie Stella Kouak, a Catholic nun whose non-profit in Togo, on Africa’s west coast, is on the front line against the pandemic and also facing unforeseen hardship. “We just visited an AIDS patient,” she continued. “She was fine before and now […]
UN wants more urgency in AIDS fight as gains and funding fade
LondonReuters The global fight against AIDS is stalling due to lower investment, marginalised communities missing vital health services, and new HIV infections rising in some parts, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. More than half of all new HIV infections in 2018 were among sex workers, drug users, men who have sex with men, transgender […]
RWANDAN GENOCIDE: HOW MASS RAPE TRANSFORMED NATION’S RESPONSE TO AIDS
As the world marks the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, NITA BHALLA, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how it changed the country’s response to AIDS…
Christian NGO takes faith-based, holistic approach to HIV and AIDS care in Egypt
In Egypt, a country now counting 100 million inhabitants, and where 2.5 per cent are added annually, it is increasingly hard for the government to keep pace with the needs of its people. A growing influx of refugees, now adding up to around four million people, puts further strain on health care, schools and other […]
Climate shocks threaten gains against HIV in Africa, researchers say
Thomson Reuters Foundation Teenage girls growing up in areas hit by harsh drought and other climate shocks in Lesotho are more likely to drop out of school, start having sex earlier and contract HIV, researchers said. In a study looking at the link between climate change and HIV infection since antiretroviral treatment drugs became widely […]