insert_link Health / Medical New HIV-AIDS Preventative Injection Shows Promising Results in African Trials The Health ministry is optimistic about a new HIV-AIDS preventative injection, lenacapavir, currently undergoing trials in several African countries. In its second phase, the injection has shown promising results for both individuals living with HIV-AIDS and those uninfected. According to Linda-Gail Bekker, a professor at the University of Cape Town, trials in South Africa and Uganda indicate that a twice-yearly lenacapavir injection provides complete protection against HIV for young women. […] todayOctober 17, 2024 35
insert_link Oshiwambo Namibia oteshi enditha nawa oku kondjitha o HIV-AIDS no Hepatitis E Namibia ota tsikile okukondjitha oku hulithapo etaandelo lyomukithi go HIV/AIDS. Omundohotola Kalumbi Shangula ngoka eli ominista yuundjolowele okwati , uuministeli owa pewa epapa nuumvo okuza kehangano lyuundjolowele muuyuni lyo WHO moku kondjitha etaandelo lyombuto yoHIV okuza kumeme okuya mokanona, oshowo ombuto yo Hepatitis B. Shangula okwa kunkilile oshigwana opo shi landule omilandu dhoka dha tulwapo mokukondjitha ombuto yoHIV. todayAugust 20, 2024 7
insert_link 3 5 Oshiwambo Iipotha iipe yo HIV otayiindjipala miitopolwa itatu yuuyuni-UNAIDS Iipotha iipe yo HIV otayiindjpala miitopolwa itatu:Middle east ,no North America,Eastern Europe no Central Asia no Latin America,noomwaka,nokwaahathikepamwe onkee taku tsikile,shiikwatelela ko Joint United nations Programme on Hiv-Aids. Omukuluntu wiliki go UNAIDS Winnie Byanyima momushangwa gwiikundaneki metiyali okwati nonando pwaadhika omapondolo ogendji oku keelela iipotha iipe yo HIV,mbyoka ya gwa pevi noo % 39 okuza mo 2010 muuyuni auhe,nonoo % 59 mo eastern and Southern Africa,olopota ompe yo UNAIDS oyuulike […] todayJuly 25, 2024 13 5 3
insert_link Oshiwambo Epondolo oku hulithapo o HIV onkee inaali adhika-UNAIDS Omatokolo gopapolitika taga kuthwa nuumvo otaga ka tala ngele oshishonekwa shoku hulithapo o HIV onga oshikele shuuhaku woshigwana okuthika komumvo 2030 otashaadhika,shiikwatelela kiigwana ya hangana nena. Omiyalu okuza momumvo 2023 odhuulike kutya iipotha iipe nomaso oga shonopala ,oshowo enawapalo okwaadha epango lyaavu yo HIV. Ashike nonando omiyalu dhoka otadhi monika nawa,ehangano lyo UNAIDS olya londodha kutya epondolo onkee lya nkundipala. Olopota tayiti omatokolo aaleli taa kutha nuumvo otaga ka tala […] todayJuly 22, 2024 8
insert_link Local Namibia former 3rd first lady attends second Global first ladies Academy in New York Mrs Monica Geingos, the 3rd First Lady of Namibia and past President of the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), was invited to attend the second convening of the Global First Ladies Academy, an executive leadership program curated by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the Global First Ladies Alliance. Global First Ladies Alliance recognised the instrumental role Mrs Geingos played in co-curating the […] todayJuly 15, 2024 35
insert_link Health / Medical Pharma firm urged to share new ‘game-changer’ HIV drug By Daniel Lawler Paris, May 30, 2024 (AFP) - More than 300 politicians, health experts and celebrities on Thursday called for US pharmaceutical giant Gilead to allow cheap, generic versions of a promising new HIV drug to be produced so it can reach people in developing countries most affected by the deadly disease. The drug lenacapavir could be a "real game-changer" in the fight against […] todayMay 30, 2024 54
insert_link Health / Medical On International Women’s Day, UNAIDS calls for protecting women’s rights to protect their health Ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March, UNAIDS is calling for the protection of women’s rights to protect their health. The world is way off track to meet the gender, equality and HIV targets that are part of the Sustainable Development Goals. At the current rate of progress, it will take an estimated 300 years to end child marriage, 140 years for women to be represented equally in […] todayMarch 6, 2024 19
insert_link Health / Medical On the 10th anniversary of Zero Discrimination Day UNAIDS calls for the protection of human rights as a path to protecting health for all Zero Discrimination Day was established by UNAIDS ten years ago to advance equality and fairness for everyone regardless of gender, age, sexuality, ethnicity or HIV status. However, progress is in peril. Attacks on the rights of women and girls, of LGBTQ+ people, and of other marginalized communities are on the rise. And when laws, policies, practices or norms enshrine punishment, discrimination or stigma for people because they are women, or are LGBTQ+, or […] todayFebruary 27, 2024 34
insert_link Health / Medical Thirty years of rural health research: South Africa’s Agincourt studies offer unique insights By Stephen Tollman, University of the Witwatersrand and Kathleen Kahn, University of the Witwatersrand In 1992 a group of academics from the University of the Witwatersrand introduced a health and socio-demographic surveillance system in remote, rural South Africa to track and understand health and wellbeing in these environments. This initiative built on pioneering work by a Wits team to establish a health systems development unit in a […] todayFebruary 6, 2024 28