Better diagnostic testing for cryptococcal meningitis might assist avert 135,000 deaths a 12 months in Africa, writes Edith Magak. [LILONGWE, Malawi] A persistent headache practically killed Elube. It took Patricia’s sight. Each ladies had cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal an infection that largely impacts individuals with HIV and kills round 135,000 individuals every year in Sub-Saharan…
United Nations — Remarks by Winnie Byanyima, Government Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), at a Excessive-level Assembly within the Normal Meeting Corridor, 22 June 2026 I’m honoured to deal with this Excessive-Degree Assembly. I thank very a lot the President of the Normal Meeting for her management, our Co-Facilitators, and all…
Public well being oversight in Australia’s healthcare sector has come below renewed scrutiny after authorities in New South Wales issued a broad advisory to former dental sufferers who might have been uncovered to bloodborne viruses at a clinic in western Sydney. The event has reopened nationwide discussions round infection-control enforcement, affected person notification methods, and…
U.S. Embassy Pretoria Press Launch FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE United States Welcomes Arrival of Groundbreaking HIV Prevention Drugs in South Africa PRETORIA, South Africa – The U.S. Mission to South Africa welcomes the arrival of the primary cargo of Lenacapavir to South Africa on April 7, marking a major milestone within the international struggle in opposition…
Pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences has come below mounting stress after refusing to promote its breakthrough HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, on to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), regardless of repeated requests. In an open letter, the group renewed its repeated requests to California-based Gilead to promote the drug, saying the corporate is obstructing lenacapavir’s rollout. MSF stated it had sought to…
Nairobi — New HIV analysis introduced this week on the Convention on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) has revealed essential proof gaps that specialists say should be urgently addressed to strengthen HIV therapy methods throughout Africa. Researchers from the Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Evaluation (CEMA) on the College of Nairobi introduced findings from…