STIGMABASE | HIV-Africa

Annual epidemiological spotlight on HIV in London: 2023 data

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

HIV remains an important public health issue in London. After a long period when diagnoses were declining, we have seen increases in recent years.

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Healthcare Access: Challenges and Solutions for Uninsured LGBTQ+

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Lack of access to HIV and other STI testing, trouble finding a primary care physician, and homelessness are just some of the roadblocks that LGBTQ+ ...

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Motsoaledi says Lenacapavir is safe, debunks claims it causes HIV or cancer

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has rejected misinformation that lenacapavir causes HIV or cancer, telling Parliament the HIV prevention ...

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HIV Diagnostics Market Size to Value USD 2.10 Billion by

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

U.S. HIV Diagnostics Market Expected to Reach USD 0.30 Billion While Europe Market Advances to USD 0.56 Billion by 2035 as Early HIV Detection and ...

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FG unveils HIV strategy to cut donor dependence

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

The Federal Government has unveiled a new National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP) 2026–2030 aimed at shifting Nigeria's HIV response from heavy ...

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AI for equitable health systems: better data, access and health outcomes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Like many young people, she has questions about HIV and sexual and reproductive health. To find answers, she asks Beshte — a chatbot powered by ...

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Indiana University unveils memorial sculpture of Ryan White

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Indiana University has unveiled a permanent memorial sculpture honoring HIV and AIDS activist Ryan White at the Indiana Memorial Union in ...

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HIV-1 protease cleavage sites detection with a quantum convolutional neural network algorithm

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease plays a crucial role in viral maturation by cleaving both viral and host precursor proteins.

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Ravunawa says 80% of HIV-positive patients not taking medication or returning to replenish supply

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Assistant Minister for Health Penioni Ravunawa says almost 80 percent of people who have tested positive for HIV are either not taking their ...

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GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy may help slow biological aging

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

In a trial of adults living with HIV, participants receiving semaglutide showed slower progression of several epigenetic markers associated with ...

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CMV viraemia is associated with mortality among children with HIV starting antiretroviral ...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Among 498 children with HIV in Uganda and Zimbabwe (median age 6.3 years), CMV viraemia at initiation of antiretroviral therapy was independently ...

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Flu Drugs Show Promise Against Cognitive Decline, Aging-Related Diseases

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Study in people with HIV and mice identifies new mechanism—and drug target—for memory decline.

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Study explains why HIV sometimes persists in blood post-treatment

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

... antiretroviral drug therapy. These samples, which were assessed from 32 ... Modern antiretroviral therapies, which date back to 1996, prevent ...

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Will HIV Win and Lung Cancer Loss in Trials Recast Merck's (MRK) Risk Reward Narrative?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

In early June 2026, Gilead Sciences and Merck reported that their investigational once-weekly oral HIV regimen of islatravir/lenacapavir met the ...

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HIV integration must not come at the cost of access, experts warn

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Hundreds of thousands of Ugandans were living with HIV and not on antiretroviral medication then, and concerns were that a US executive order ...

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Highly effective prevention drug arrives in South Africa, which has world's highest HIV burden

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Growing up witnessing the devastating effects of HIV in her family and community in South Africa pushed Olwam ...

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Most cases of HIV persistence in blood following treatment explained by defective copies of the virus