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This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout
While a temporary 90-day waiver has been issued for PEPFAR funding, this has only reinstated funding for life-saving antiretroviral treatments for HIV-positive individuals. Existing forms of PrEP are ...
US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle
Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and ...
Transforming HIV diagnosis: A low-cost, point-of-care detection solution
A team of researchers from the University of Florida has developed an innovative handheld device for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) detection that combines paper-based sample preparation with real ...
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How the shift in US funding is threatening both the lives of people affected by HIV and the community groups supporting them
In a joint survey by Aidsfonds, GNP+ and the Robert Carr Fund 22% of organizations reported increased experiences of discrimination, including reports of discrimination within healthcare settings, ...
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B.C. women being treated for HIV have shorter life expectancy than men, study shows
VICTORIA — Antiretroviral treatment has increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV in British Columbia but a new study shows it is significantly lower for women than men.
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B.C. women being treated for HIV have shorter life expectancy than men, study shows
An antiretroviral treatment has increased the life expectancy of people who live with HIV in British Columbia, but a new study shows men are living longer than women. Just 18 per cent of the ...
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B.C. women being treated for HIV have shorter life expectancy than men, study shows
An antiretroviral treatment has increased the life expectancy of people who live with HIV in British Columbia, but a new study shows men are living longer than women. Just 18 per cent of the people ...
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‘Worrying’: HIV life expectancy climbs in B.C., but women lagging behind men
Antiretroviral treatment has increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV in British Columbia but a new study shows it is significantly lower for women than men. The BC Centre for ...