In the Media
Aug 29, 2018 | In the Media, News
With an ever-increasing number of people living with HIV who will be over fifty in the next 5-10 years, it may come as a shock to learn that there is comparatively little research on aging and HIV. There are clear reasons why this has been true in the past: older...
Aug 20, 2018 | In the Media, News
Noncommunicable diseases, chiefly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, and diabetes, are now responsible for 80 percent of “premature” deaths — occurring between the ages of 30-69 — in low- and middle-income countries. Due to the inflammatory...
Aug 12, 2018 | In the Media, News
Government will soon roll out the Pre-Exposure-Prophylaxis (PrEP) pill to HIV negative Emaswati following the success of a recent study. This follows the resounding success of the trial of PrEP among thousands of Emaswati who were engaged in the programme since August...
Aug 10, 2018 | In the Media, News
Compared to UNAIDS 2012 estimates, Namibia has reduced its adult HIV incidence rate by 50% in the past five years, according to ICAPat Columbia University. ICAP observed that Namibia has made this tremendous progress by either reaching or exceeding the UNAIDS...
Jul 28, 2018 | In the Media, News
Nurses should not be afraid to raise their voices and be heard against the background of an ever-increasing dominance of medicalisation and reliance on data gathering in the HIV response. For Susan Strasser, Senior Implementation Director of ICAP’s global portfolio of...
Jul 27, 2018 | In the Media, News
According to Uganda Population-Based HIV impact assessment UPHIA report of 2016, the national prevalence of HIV/AIDS was at 6% as compared to 30% in the early 1980’s when many Ugandans were getting to know about the disease. The report also indicated that the country...