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Cape Town, South Africa | AFP | A deadly virus was ravaging South Africa when Belgian doctor Eric Goemaere first set foot in Cape Town’s sprawling Khayelitsha township on a chilly southern hemisphere winter of 1999. By then HIV had infected more than 5.6 million South Africans, causing thousands of deaths …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HIV care service providers are struggling to maintain total adherence to drugs by their clients amidst the Covid-19 lockdown. Essentially, all HIV positive persons are promptly enrolled on the lifetime antiretroviral medication to support their immune system from being compromised by the virus. However, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Infidelity, domestic violence and HIV could be fueling suicide incidents in the police force. The Director of Police Medical Services, Dr Moses Byaruhanga says investigations among some of the police officers revealed that they were due to domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, relationships gone bad. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Injectable HIV drug cabotegravir has been found effective in offering protection against the disease if taken by HIV negative person as a form of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). In a large scale study code-named HPTN 083 that has been halted because of the coronavirus pandemic, a …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has started operating weekly mobile clinics for people living with HIV, diabetes and hypertension. The clinics will operate daily and weekly depending on the demand and in designated areas in and near Entebbe Municipality. The decision to regularize the operation …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara police are holding a 40-year-old man accused of defiling a four year old girl. The suspect is Alex Tumusiime, a resident of Bugashe cell, Nyakayojo division in Mbarara municipality. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi region police spokesperson says Tumusiime was arrested over the weekend from …

Washington, United States | AFP |  If lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, health experts warn that the measures could unintentionally undermine efforts to contain another potentially deadly disease: HIV. At the start of April, Travis Sanchez, an epidemiologist at Emory University, carried out …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HIV care givers in Mbarara district have resorted to tracing their clients on phone because of a huge decline in attendance since the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown was announced. The lockdown came with the suspension of both private and public transport. Those with emergency are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries have been urged to remain steadfast in their HIV prevention efforts and ensure that people can continue to access the services they need even in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The call was made by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Dr Stephen Kazimba Mugalu has suggested that persons living with HIV should have refills of up to three months to avoid disruptions in the event that they are unable to move to health facilities. He made the …