Young women and teenagers are part of a Kenyan initiative to prevent HIV transmission among high risk population via the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
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Why Wait? You can Start Taking HIV Medicine Immediately after Diagnosis
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.
Continue readingLate HIV Diagnosis Increase Transmission Rates
Researchers from the University of California have found that various factors promote late HIV testing which then increases cases of transmission of the virus.
Continue readingStudy Find African Children to Have Strong HIV Resistance
A recent study conducted in South Africa found that 1 in 10 kids with HIV had immune systems that were fighting the virus protecting the kids from getting AIDS.
Continue readingNeurologic Symptoms more Prevalent in Early HIV Infection Than Thought
People who discover that they have HIV normally undergo neurological issues. Luckily, these issues can be resolved quickly once the patients start taking ARTs.
Continue readingA Good Number of Gay Men Not Aware of Available HIV Prevention Treatment
PrEP is a mild drug that can greatly reduce the risk of contracting HIV. However, very few risk patients especially among gay and bisexual men, know about it.
Continue readingHIV Morning-After Pill: How it Works and When to Take it
HIV PEP, better known as HIV morning – after pill is proving to be an efficient preventive therapy that could save lives if taken correctly at the right time.
Continue readingIs Delivering a Healthy Child a Possibility for the HIV-positive?
HIV positive mothers have a 60% chance of giving birth to a HIV negative baby if proper precautions are taken before, during and after birth.
Continue readingNews: Groom Discovered To Be HIV-Positive, Wedding in India Called Off
Drama unfolded at a village in India after a bride and her family called off a wedding hours before the occasion when they found out that the groom hid the fact that he was HIV positive. Friends and relatives of the groom had announced the wedding to the villagers by erecting banners. An individual on… Continue reading
News: Drug Successfully Prevents Mother-To-Child HIV Prevention
Three-drug regimen giving a new ray of hope for HIV+ mothers by reducing mother-to-child transmissions to 5%. Now HIV+ women can have HIV- children.
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