Scientists say vaginal gel cuts HIV-infections by half

A vaginal gel has significantly cut the rate of women contracting HIV from infected partners in an experiment in South Africa, researchers said.

A vaginal gel has significantly cut the rate of women contracting HIV from infected partners in an experiment in South Africa, researchers said.

Thandiwe has full blown Aids. However, she said she regrets that were it not for the patriarchal society she could not be in the situation that she is in now….

ome 5 million children in Zimbabwe will receive urgently needed protection from a growing spread of measles thanks to $5.6 million
from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)….

A pinch of salt. A fistful of sugar. A half litre of water. It’s a recipe 8-year-old Mee Akter recites easily while squeezing and scooping her tiny fingers through the air with precision, pretending to measure just the right amount of each ingredient.

President Zuma, launching a government programme of counselling and testing, he said he had decided to reveal his status so as to promote openness about Aids and revealed he is HIV Negative………….

United Nations agencies and the Zimbabwe government on Monday appealed for more than US$8 million to combat a measles outbreak they said has “reached crisis proportion” and was spinning out of control.

The number of cases of typhoid fever in Harare is increasing, raising fears of another serious health crisis in the country….

A VACCINE that masquerades as chikungunya virus might finally defeat the mosquito-borne disease.

AIDS activists in Zimbabwe have launched a major drive to ensure that the rights of people living with HIV are enshrined in the new constitution.

An ambitious state plan that will almost double the number of people on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment by the end of 2010 has drawn mixed reactions from AIDS activists, but increased donor funding has made the government quietly confident.