In the Media
Aug 31, 2018 | In the Media, News
“Injection drug use is a major factor underlying the HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central and Southeast Asia,” said Wafaa El-Sadr MD, MPH, MPA, HPTN co-principal investigator and professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University in New...
Aug 30, 2018 | In the Media, News
As the date for ASLM2018, the fourth biennial conference of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine conference (ASLM) draws near, the organization has released the list of confirmed speakers who will come to Abuja to share leading opinions, experiences and insight...
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...
