Africa’s struggles compounded by Covid-19
Violence, conflicts, and a shortage of resources present challenges in Africa's response to Covid-19, with refugees and displaced people the most vulnerable.
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High Covid-19 infection rate at one of EC’s top schools
In Mthatha, St Johns College staff and students fear for their lives because of alleged mismanagement, secrecy and lies about confirmed Covid-19 cases at the school.
Vaginismus is about ‘autonomy and sexual pleasure’
Speaking to Health-e News, three women share their journeys with vaginismus, which includes muscle spasms, discomfort, burning and pain during penetrative sex, writes Dalaine Krige.
#LockdownSA: EC traditional leaders ramp up social relief
Taking inspiration from Nelson Mandela’s life, traditional leaders and a local business owner band together to help those living below the poverty line in Mbholompo village, Eastern Cape.
Queer health is worth discussion year-round
A new health calendar, created with a diverse array of queer health needs in mind, is set to open the conversation about health and wellness in LGBTQI communities.
#AIDS2020VIRTUAL: Access to Covid-19 vaccine should be a public good
As pharmaceutical companies scurry to generate a vaccine for Covid-19, medical experts say it should be made available to health workers first.
#AidsVirtual2020: Promising research for COVID19
Important advances in COVID-19 research, including promising data on new treatments, were announced at the 23rd International Aids Conference.
AIDS2020VIRTUAL: Access to HIV treatment and prevention remains a challenge
Deborah Birx, a member of President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR), told the 23rd International AIDS conference that despite the Covid-19 pandemic, they have continued to achieve most of their HIV sustainable development goals set for 2020.
#Aids2020: Why the COVID19 vaccine also needs to be tested in Africa
Experts say that testing a Covid-19 vaccine on the continent does not mean that Africans are being used as guinea pigs.
#AidsVirtual2020: Health disparities and Covid-19
Systemic racism has left people of colour exposed and unprotected against global health threats such as HIV for decades. These inequities are magnified by the disparity seen in Covid-19 health outcomes.
#Aids2020Virtual: The detriment of climate change on health
Ongoing environmental shifts is among the social factors driving the HIV/Aids pandemic and needs a robust intervention, experts agree.
UNAIDS: Children left out of HIV planning
Children remain vulnerable despite gains in HIV prevention and treatment
#AIDS2020Virtual: Covid-1919 impacts 17.7 million people on ARVs
The World Health Organization and UNAIDS has warned that if efforts are not made to mitigate health services and supply interruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic,the disruption of antiretroviral therapy could cause 500 000 more deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020–2021.
#AIDS2020Virtual: Pills, vaccines and the road towards the HIV cure
"In the face of a seemingly hopeless scientific and humanitarian challenge, scientists and activists joined together to accelerate the development of breakthrough treatment and biomedical prevention tools," reads the 23rd International Aids Conference website.
#AIDS2020VIRTUAL: Community involvement key to addressing disparities after 40-years of HIV pandemic
“Communities are important – as some of great ideas might not generally come from the top, but they can come from the bottom,” says Gregorio Millett of the American Foundation for Aids Research.