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  1. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro HIV Prevention: AHF to distribute 250,000 free condoms nationwideNigeria – The Guardian Nigeria News

    AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has revealed plans to distribute over 250,000 free condoms to Nigerians. AHF advocacy and marketing manager, Steve Aborisade, who disclosed this in... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2w0QOoG Get More Nigeria Metro News
  2. Nigeria World News

    World Patient who got HIV at 56 thought it was a ‘young person’s illness’ – Daily Mail

    A 56-year-old patient whose appendicitis turned out to be a result of HIV said they thought is was a 'young person's illness'. Ashley, whose second name has not been revealed, told the BBC that over... Read more via Daily Mail – https://ift.tt/3br99vs Get more World News
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    General Health HIV Could Increase Risk of Death From Heart Failure – US News & World Report

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2019 (American Heart Association News) — After a heart failure diagnosis, people who are HIV-positive are more likely to be hospitalized or die of any cause than those not infected with HIV, new research shows. The study is the largest to date to … Read more via US News...
  4. Nigeria World News

    World How HIV has changed since the scare campaigns of the 1980’s – Mornings – ABC News

    Bowling alleys, the Grim Reaper, intense scary voice - the HIV educational ads from the 1980's are still well known in the Australian community. But a lot has changed since then..... Read more via “sexual health” – Google News – https://ift.tt/2olDEis Get more World News
  5. Nigeria World News

    World Drinking Bleach Won’t Cure Cancer or Anything Else, F.D.A. Says – NYT

    The Food and Drug Administration was dragged into the online world of medical misinformation this week, telling consumers not to drink bleach solutions that are being marketed as cures for autism, cancer, H.I.V./AIDS and other medical conditions. It was the latest example of how health...
  6. Nigeria World News

    World How health workers contact partners of HIV positive people – The Star

    How will you react if notified that your sexual partner has tested HIV positive, and you also need to be tested? Apparently, reaching out to partners of people diagnosed with HIV, informing them that they may have been exposed to the virus and they also need to be tested, works well in...
  7. Nigeria World News

    World BHEKISISA: What’s in a pill? Love, life, uncertainty and promise — why HIV in South Africa is about to change – Daily Maverick

    In September, the country will switch to a new way of treating HIV that is expected to save the country billions and result in more than 600,000 fewer infections. South African researchers are changing the way we treat the virus here and abroad. But what does it mean … Read more via Daily...
  8. Nigeria World News

    World Number of cases of syphilis in Europe hits all-time high – Telegraph News

    Increasingly risky sexual health behaviour has been linked to the number of cases of syphilis in Europe hitting an all-time high, with the UK seeing one of the steepest rises.... Read more via Telegraph News – https://ift.tt/2Y7Asaw Get more World News
  9. Nigeria World News

    World Fifty years of HIV: how close are we to a cure? – The Guardian

    It’s half a century since the first known HIV-related death and two patients appear to have been cured of the virus. What does this mean for the 37 million still living with... Read more via The Guardian – https://ift.tt/2YqHzHJ Get more World News
  10. Nigeria World News

    World ‘My mother died without telling me I had HIV’ – BBC News

    Some parents in Kenya take the secret of their HIV status to their graves, leaving their children ignorant and unwell. Brian Omondi, who was born with HIV, started taking anti-retroviral (ARV) pills when he was... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2Lxgor3 Get more World News
  11. Nigeria World News

    World No HIV infections over two years among MSM and transgender individuals taking event-driven PrEP – aidsmap

    No HIV infections occurred over two years of follow-up among individuals taking event-driven pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a demonstration study conducted in Amsterdam, investigators report in Lancet HIV. The study recruited MSM and transgender individuals who were given the option of ...
  12. Nigeria World News

    World PrEP reduces HIV infections by over 95% in US ‘real world’ study – aidsmap

    A study of people prescribed PrEP over a four-year period at a large centre in Los Angeles has found that HIV incidence in people taking PrEP was more than 95% lower than among service users who discontinued PrEP, and at least 92% lower than among the clinic population in general.... Read...
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