African kids medically disadvantaged due to COVID
African kids among those to miss medical appointments due to COVID: Patients seeking treatment for HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, maternal and child…
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Reducing HIV risk for women
The first long-acting option to protect women from HIV, proven to reduce women's HIV risk, has been recommended for use…
End Inequalities, End AIDS, End Pandemics
This World AIDS Day: End Inequalities, End AIDS, End Pandemics: “As if HIV itself were not enough, COVID-19 has brought more…
Ensuring herb and spice authenticity
IGFS statement on the challenges ensuring herb and spice authenticity: The global herb and spice industry, valued at approximately US$4…
WHO releases HIV drug resistance report 2021
WHO’s latest HIV Drug Resistance Report gives an in-depth picture of the extent to which drug resistance is growing, and the steps…
No More Time to Lose warns AF Association
People living with a potentially fatal heart rhythm disorder known as Atrial Fibrillation (AF) are missing out or are struggling…
Penicillin targets rheumatic heart disease in kids
Penicillin significantly reduces rheumatic heart disease progression in children: A regular, affordable antibiotic treatment significantly reduced the risk of underlying rheumatic…
Flipping the gut microbiome–autism link on its head
Flipping the gut microbiome–autism link on its head: A new Australian collaborative Autism CRC study, led by Mater Research and…
WHO: Barriers to insulin 100 years on
New WHO report maps barriers to insulin availability and suggests actions to promote universal access: 100 years after its discovery, insulin…
Insulin 100
Insulin at 100: a life-saving discovery but more remains to be done. 2021 marks the centenary of the discovery of…