South Africa’s Pharmacist-Initiated Management of ART (PIMART) will potentially pave the way for other countries in helping the under reached and under-served groups and communities in gaining access to their HIV medicines, as PIMART seeks to improve these links to HIV treatment and prevention therapy among these communities and the way they obtain their medication. […]
Read Moremedworx update … The WHO has recommended pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, as an additional HIV prevention choice for people with a high risk of being infected. Truvada has been licensed in South Africa. For the first time university and college students will be able to access HIV prevention medication called Truvada. This was announced on […]
Read Moremedworx update … Researchers have developed a once-a-week pill to prevent HIV. The drug will take years before it is available, because it has to go through lengthy trials. This would be a welcome alternative to the pre-exposure prophylaxis pills available in most countries including Kenya, which must be swallowed daily. In May last […]
Read Moremedworx update … JOHANNESBURG, March 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Before 20-year-old Lebogang Motsumi even had sex with her first “blesser” – or sugar daddy – a successful, married, company boss more than twice her age, he handed her a wad of cash. He was soon making regular deposits into her bank account, paying […]
Read MorePrivate-sector Re-possession of Ownership in the Practice of Medicine COPPA for PreP Private Medical Practitioner Initiative in providing Fee-for-Service Access to affordable Pre-HIV Exposure Prophylaxis (PreP) COPPA PreP Initiative in South Africa Fee -for-Service Doctor-driven Initiative in Measurable Pre -Exposure Prophylaxis against HIV infection and re-infection in South Africa A Private Sector Professional Coalition in […]
Read MoreWHO statement 8 June 2016 The World Health Organization congratulates Thailand and Belarus for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis. WHO also applauds Armenia and the Republic of Moldova for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and syphilis, respectively. “To ensure children are born healthy is to give them the best possible start in […]
Read MoreThere’s no specific eating plan for people with HIV, but an overall healthy diet can help your health a lot. Having the virus weakens your immune s...
read moreSouth Africa has become one of the world’s first countries to begin rolling out pre-exposure prophylaxis as well as ‘test and treat’ to sex work...
read moreA South African software maker came up with a way of tallying the economic cost of AIDS. Now the program is being marketed worldwide. Businesses battling to stem the economic devastation being wrought by the AIDS epidemic in South Africa are turning to a computer program that helps predict the costs of hiring employees with […]
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