Commentary: After 40 years of AIDS, why do we still not have an HIV vaccine? In April 1984, after it was announced that researchers had discovered HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, then US Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler made a bold prediction – that a...

Women with HIV need tailored advice on statins and heart disease risk Advice also needs to make women aware of how the symptoms of heart disease differ in women and men. https://www.aidsmap.com/news/mar-2024/women-hiv-need-tailored-advice-statins-and-heart-disease-risk Global child...

Reducing teenage pregnancies Uganda faces a significant public health challenge with its high rates of teenage pregnancy. According to the Ministry of Health, approximately 24% of adolescent girls aged 15-19 become pregnant or have already given birth....

New drug to reduce malaria rates among pregnant women with HIV One million women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are also infected with malaria during pregnancy every year. https://nation.africa/kenya/health/new-drug-to-reduce-malaria-rates-among-pregnant-women-with-hiv-4508176...

Here is how Uganda can end AIDS by 2030 Uganda is on a steady path to achieving the UNAIDS targets: 95%of people living with HIV know their status, 95% enrolled in lifesaving Antiretroviral Therapies (ART), and 95% of those on ART will achieve viral suppression by 2025, according to...