HIV/Aids

SA Health Dept to Discuss US Funding Cuts Impact on HIV & TB

S.A's Department of Health will this week engage with non-governmental organisations to discuss the impact of US funding cuts on HIV/Aids and tuberculosis programmes. The consultations will assess the impact of the USAID funding cuts and inform the government’s response. The department’s Foster Mohale urges patients receiving HIV treatment from affected US-funded centres to continue care at public health facilities:

4 March, 2025

South Africa

USAID Grant Freeze in South Africa Threatens HIV/AIDS Fight, Warns Tutu Foundation

The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation in S.A warns the permanent freeze of USAID grants in South Africa will have severe consequences in the battle against HIV and AIDS. The foundation's CEO Linda-Gail Bekker says the cancelled funding, including for PEPFAR, which supports 5.5-million people with antiretroviral treatment, threatens critical services. She express concern over the loss of specialised care and prevention tools:

1 March, 2025

Oshiwambo

Aagundjuka naya igamene ko HIV nomapango ngoka gelipo -Dr Bernard Haufiku

Haufiku tiindiile unene aagundjuka yiitakamithe paku longitha omapango ngoka taagadhika miipangelo yepangelo opo yiikelele kombuto yo HIV

3 December, 2024

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. […]

17 October, 2024

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.

20 August, 2024

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 […]

25 July, 2024

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 […]

22 July, 2024

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 […]

15 July, 2024

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 […]

30 May, 2024