New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir

05 march 2024 - 18:41:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance [...] Full text...

thread Health

HIV/AIDS prevalence rate below 1% in Burundi

01 december 2023 - 16:28:41
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The national prevalence rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has fallen from 6% to 0.9% [...] Full text...

thread Health

Burundi says it has shown the way in fight against HIV/AIDS

01 december 2022 - 13:55:58
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's health ministry said on Thursday the country is showing the way in West and Central [...] Full text...

thread Health

Access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 - WHO

07 july 2020 - 17:46:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of running of stock of antiretroviral (ARV) [...] Full text...

thread Health

Niger has made great efforts in the fight against AIDS, says Minister

11 january 2020 - 18:51:42
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - In 2018, the number of people living with HIV in Niger was around 36,000; HIV prevalence [...] Full text...

thread Health

'Botswana First Lady embarks on HIV/AIDS outreach programme'

02 december 2019 - 13:20:58
Gaborone, Botswana  (PANA) - The Botswana First Lady, Neo Jane Masisi, has embarked on a nationwide campaign called “Dipalametse” (translated [...] Full text...

thread Health

HIV drugs for children to be produced under one dollar a day in Sub-Saharan Africa

29 november 2019 - 20:17:53
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Indian pharmaceutical company, Cipla, on Friday announced their commitment to price the ground-breaking new product [...] Full text...

thread Health

Botswana facing social media illegal drugs sales and trafficking (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)

16 september 2019 - 11:07:21
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The geographical location of Botswana has a huge influence on the country as an illegal drug [...] Full text...

thread Health

Botswana facing social media illegal drugs sales and trafficking (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:50:24
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The geographical location of Botswana has a huge influence on the country as an illegal drug [...] Full text...

thread Health

More than 4,400 people screened for AIDS in Senegal

06 august 2019 - 14:02:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Some 4,423 people aged between 15 and 49 years have been screened across Senegal, revealing 19 [...] Full text...

thread Health

War on HIV/AIDS intensifies in Botswana

29 july 2019 - 12:38:40
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana government with the aid of the US government has raised the stakes in the [...] Full text...

thread Health

Guinea plans to defeat HIV/AIDS by 2030

01 february 2019 - 21:31:19
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's Prime Minister, Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, said on Friday that Conakry's ambition is to end the [...] Full text...

thread Health

'No cure’ for HIV in Zimbabwe says UN, following claims from local preacher

01 november 2018 - 05:16:59
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United Nations in Zimbabwe is reaffirming that people living with HIV and AIDS need to [...] Full text...

thread Health

'Developing Africa’s pharmaceutical sector is crucial' - ECA

02 august 2018 - 14:29:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says there is an urgent need to develop Africa's [...] Full text...

thread Health

Libya: UN health agency fills gap in HIV treatment for patients in Libya

03 january 2017 - 21:38:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun distributing much-needed anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to patients living with [...] Full text...

thread Health

South Africa: VP Ramaphosa salutes 12-year-old AIDS victim

13 july 2016 - 14:01:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Wednesday saluted AIDS victim, Nkosi Johnson, whose [...] Full text...

thread Health

Botswana: British company clinches massive ARV deal in Botswana

03 june 2016 - 13:55:28
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana has awarded a massive anti-retroviral drugs tender to British company, ViiV Healthcare, a global specialist [...] Full text...

thread Health

Rwanda: New medical trial for HIV prevention among women shows promising results in Sub-Saharan Africa

23 february 2016 - 07:57:41
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – In one of the US-based Massachusset clinical trial, known as AVAC, medical researchers have shown that [...] Full text...

thread Health

Tanzania: Global Fund helps Kenya accelerate progress against HIV, TB and malaria

15 september 2015 - 20:37:56
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Kenya and the Global Fund on Tuesday signed seven grant agreements worth a total [...] Full text...

thread Health

Togo: HIV prevalence rate down in Togo

02 december 2014 - 20:03:38
Lome, Togo (PANA) - The prevalence rate of HIV in Togo has fallen from 5 per cent to 2.3 per [...] Full text...

thread Health

South Africa: Expert tries to find balance between traditional, modern medicine

27 august 2014 - 13:37:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African health expert, Dr. Avron Urison, says the issue of traditional medicine versus [...] Full text...

thread Health

Botswana: Foreign prisoners win ARV court case in Botswana

22 august 2014 - 10:54:16
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - A court in Botswana Friday ordered the government to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to imprisoned foreigners [...] Full text...

thread Health

Senegal: UNAIDS mounts new strategy to speed up fight against AIDS

02 june 2014 - 18:01:17
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS in West and Central Africa wants to accelerate its [...] Full text...

thread Health

Mauritania: Nouakchott to host regional meeting on AIDS

26 may 2014 - 18:14:39
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania will host a regional meeting of the Advisory Committee of Experts on the AIDS observatory [...] Full text...

thread Health

Senegal: Finalists for 2014 Innovation Prize for Africa emerge

10 april 2014 - 16:21:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) Thursday announced the finalists for the prestigious ''Innovation Prize for Africa [...] Full text...

thread Society

Nigeria: Stakeholders meet on pharmaceutical products

29 march 2014 - 20:24:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Several stakeholders are meeting in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, as part of efforts to minimise importation [...] Full text...

thread Health

Mauritania: African ministers meet in Abuja over continental pharmaceutical industry set up

21 march 2014 - 15:49:04
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - African ministers will gather in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, from 28-30 March, to discuss the creation [...] Full text...

thread Health

Congo: 2013, successful year in fight against Africa's 3 big killers (WHOAFRO FEATURES)

20 march 2014 - 13:43:03
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Evidence from Africa’s health sector suggests that 2013 was a fairly successful year in the fight [...] Full text...

thread Health

UK: Ghana's President Mahama calls for local production of AIDS drugs

13 february 2014 - 22:10:22
London, UK (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday made a strong case for African nations, and the [...] Full text...

thread Health

Zambia gets US$156m grant from Global Fund for ARV

17 october 2013 - 11:11:00
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have signed a US$156 million [...] Full text...

thread Health

Human rights group denounces short supply of ARV in Congo

28 august 2013 - 18:24:13
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Thomas Sankara pan-African human rights association (APST), on Wednesday denounced the short supply of [...] Full text...

thread Health

UNAIDS, UNICEF welcome new HIV baby cure

05 march 2013 - 11:19:05
New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and UNICEF have welcomed a new case study [...] Full text...

thread Health

Congo sets up national fund for HIV/AIDS

27 december 2012 - 22:04:47
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Participants at the third ordinary session of the national committee for HIV/AIDS in Congo has decided [...] Full text...

thread Health

Global healthcare firm, MSD, opens office in Lagos to service West Africa

03 december 2012 - 11:39:37
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - MSD, a global healthcare leader and a subsidiary of US-based Merck & Co., Inc., has announced [...] Full text...

thread Health

'Only 4 African countries have met commitment to fight AIDS'

28 november 2012 - 15:36:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Only four African countries - Togo, Zambia, Botswana and Rwanda - have met their Abuja commitment [...] Full text...

thread Health

HIV/AIDS management experts brainstorm in Tanzania

22 august 2012 - 13:50:45
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – An HIV-infected person who begins antiretroviral treatment early can reduce the risk of transmission [...] Full text...

thread Health

Tanzania adopts science-driven methods to fight AIDS

02 august 2012 - 09:06:07
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Health authorities in Tanzania intend to shift to a more targeted, science-driven approach that [...] Full text...

thread Health

High-level meeting on AIDS underlines strategic innovations to halt infections

20 april 2012 - 14:36:38
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – HIV experts, business leaders, aid agencies and ambassadors of 22 priority countries -- home [...] Full text...

thread Health

World Bank withdraws from funding fight against HIV/AIDS in Burundi

05 august 2011 - 11:44:21
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Funds earmarked for the fight against HIV/AIDS have dramatically decreased following the withdrawal of the World [...] Full text...

thread Health

France welcomes availability of ARVs in developing countries

13 july 2011 - 17:19:36
Paris, France (PANA) - France has welcomed the agreement between the pharmaceutical company, Gilead and the Community patent for drugs, [...] Full text...

thread Health

Malian company to spend 5 billion CFA francs to fight AIDS in 2011

16 march 2011 - 14:46:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The People's Pharmacy of Mali (PPM), a state-owned company under the Malian Ministry of Health, will [...] Full text...

thread Health

1.2 million people live with HIV in DRC

02 december 2010 - 14:05:40
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - About 1.2 million people live with the HIV virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...

thread

UK charity urges donor govts to honour HIV commitments

01 december 2010 - 09:37:18
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With 10 million people worldwide in desperate need to access vital treatment for HIV, [...] Full text...

thread

Malawi VP wants religious leaders to change stand on homosexuality

29 september 2010 - 13:45:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi Vice-President, Joyce Banda, has urged religiou s leaders in the largely conservative southern African country [...] Full text...

thread Health

Nigeria moves to stem fresh HIV cases

28 july 2010 - 13:10:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria will administer Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARV) on ' high-risk groups' as a way of stemming fresh [...] Full text...

thread Health

'Malawi president is open to dialogue on gay rights stand-off'

25 may 2010 - 19:21:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe on Tuesday des cribed Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharikaâ?s response to [...] Full text...

thread Society

Global Fund grants Burundi US$ 135m to fight HIV/AIDS

24 march 2010 - 18:49:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundi will receive a grant of US$ 135 million over the next five years, under the [...] Full text...

thread Health

50,000 Malawian children saved from stunted growth

24 march 2010 - 18:43:00
Lilongwe- Malawi (PANA) -- About 50,000 Malawian children have been saved from ma lnutrition, stunted growth and loss of weight [...] Full text...

thread Health

16,000 people receiving ARV treatment in Rwanda

19 march 2010 - 16:22:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- About 16,080 people, including 7,210 women and 8,870 men are receiving anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in Rwanda, [...] Full text...

thread Health

Yaounde hosts seminar on AIDS control in Central Africa

17 march 2010 - 08:05:00
Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- About 30 participants from Central Africa on Tuesday began a four-day seminar in Yaounde on HIV/AIDS [...] Full text...

thread Health

Malawi to put 500,000 on ARVs in 2010

15 february 2010 - 18:48:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi plans to increase the number of HIV positive pe ople on the national life-prolonging anti-retroviral [...] Full text...

thread Health

Persons living with HIV demonstrate in Kinshasa

19 january 2010 - 23:47:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- About 500 persons living with HIV/AIDS on Tuesday demonstrated in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, to [...] Full text...

thread Health

UNFPA plans battle against HIV-linked maternal deaths

31 december 2009 - 11:35:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- A joint UN programme is to be launched to tackle the increasing number of deaths [...] Full text...

thread Health

Tanzania withdraws toxic ARV drug

30 december 2009 - 08:30:00
Dar es salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzania has started withdrawing an anti-retovi ral drug, Stavudine, used in treatment of HIV [...] Full text...

thread Health

Senegal calls for joint efforts in fighting AIDS

31 july 2009 - 21:28:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye Thursd ay called on its development partners, including the civil [...] Full text...

thread Health