Tag Archives: HIV

February 2020 BusinessDaily; About 1.3 million adults in Kenya are living with HIV/Aids, an estimated 4.9 percent of those aged between 15 to 64 years old, according to a new survey. The HIV prevalence was found to be highest among women, at 6.6 percent, compared to men at 3.1 percent. …

July 2019 theStar;How will you react if notified that your sexual partner has tested HIV positive, and you also need to be tested? Apparently, reaching out to partners of people diagnosed with HIV, informing them that they may have been exposed to the virus and they also need to be …

June 2018 Dailynation; A pill meant to shield people from contracting  HIV could be indirectly fuelling promiscuity by encouraging unprotected sex, a new study shows. The study also showed that the introduction of the pill, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), has coincided with increase in other sexually transmitted infections like chlamydia and …

October 2017 Standardmedia; The Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service (KNBTS) is incensed by reports that part of blood its bank is contaminated with HIV and syphilis. The report published three weeks ago in a foreign journal shows 6.2 per cent of donated blood had high levels of HIV, with as high …

August 2017 npr; America is losing the battle against sexually transmitted infections. Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis all hit record-high numbers in 2015. Tens of thousands contract HIV every year in the U.S., and oral cancers caused by human papillomavirus are increasing. So startups are popping up online to …

July 2017 BusinessDaily;A revolution in HIV/Aids treatment could see the daily oral pills replaced with injectable drug given six times a year, scientists have revealed. The first two long acting injectable formulation of HIV medicines could offer a highly effective therapy if approved. The injection, which is supposed to slowly …

July 2017 Dailynation; The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the alarm over an increasing trend of resistance to HIV drugs. The agency warns that this growing threat could undermine global progress in treating and preventing HIV infection if early and effective action is not taken. TREATMENT Observing an increasing trend …

July 2017 Dailynation;The Kisumu County government has rolled out a new drug meant to protect HIV-negative people from contracting the virus. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) will be given free of charge to anyone at risk of contracting HIV but distribution will be based on Ministry of Health guidelines. HIV prevalence in …

April 2016 med.news; The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged for action to wipe out hepatitis as the ongoing epidemic worsens. In its first global report on the infection, it said the number of people dying from treatable forms of the disease, often caused by alcohol and drug abuse, is …

April 2017 Standardnewspaper; Most of the dominant HIV testing kits used in Kenya and several other African countries have failed crucial thresholds set by the World Health Organisation. Of the eight most widely used HIV Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs), seven of which are pre-qualified by the WHO, only one met …