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Challenges in the Provision of HIV Testing and Counselling Services in Africa

posted in #ShimClinic on 2017-07-19 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

Lack of proper facilities is affecting privacy and confidentiality of HIV testing and counselling services in Africa. This is in turn affecting the HIV fight.

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Global Alarm as WHO Warns of an Untreatable Gonorrhoea Strain

posted in #ShimClinic on 2017-07-17 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team 1 Comment

WHO has reported the existence of a new strain of gonorrhoea that is resisting treatment. Experts are worried we might not be able to cure gonorrhoea any more.

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UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Wants Age of Consent for HIV Testing Lowered

posted in #ShimClinic on 2017-07-14 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific wants the consent age for HIV testing raised from 18 to 16 to encourage more teenagers to get tested.

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CDC Recommendations on How to Deliver News of a Positive Test Result

posted in #ShimClinic on 2017-07-12 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

CDC recommendations on how to deliver news about a positive HIV test in order to ensure that the patient understands the diagnosis and handles it well.

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HIV and Hepatitis: Know the Facts

posted in #ShimClinic on 2017-07-10 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

HIV and hepatitis are similar and common diseases caused by viruses. The two are also different. Here’s everything you need to know for appropriate treatment.

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High Cases of PTSD Reported in Women Living with HIV

posted in #ShimClinic on 2017-07-07 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

Cases of PTSD are higher in women living with HIV compared to HIV- women. Researchers ask health care givers to screen for PTSD in order to offer proper care.

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Physician Studying why some HIV Cases Don’t Develop to AIDS

posted in #ShimClinic on 2017-07-05 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team 1 Comment

A researcher has received a generous grant to allow him to study the real reason why HIV doesn’t progress to AIDS in some people even without taking any drugs.

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Why Wait? You can Start Taking HIV Medicine Immediately after Diagnosis

posted in #ShimClinic on 2017-07-03 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

Test and Treat, a new method of giving HIV medication to patients immediately after diagnosis will improve quality and prolong lives of HIV positive people.

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Doctors Embrace and Encourage Routine HIV Testing

posted in #ShimClinic on 2017-06-30 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

Medical practitioners, health centers, clinics and hospitals have been urged to encourage HIV testing alongside other blood test in order to get people tested

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Three Ways HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment has Advanced

posted in #ShimClinic on 2017-06-23 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

While a HIV vaccine is still something we hope for, there are several ways that HIV treatment and prevention has advanced saving people from this deadly disease

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