Brazzaville, December 10, 2018 – Leading philanthropists as well as African and European governments have announced more than US$150 million to tackle neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which still affect 1.5 billion pe…
Read moreTanzania is the first confirmed country in Africa to achieve a well-functioning, regulatory system for medical products. This is based on a rigorous assessment by WHO.
Read more10 African countries participate in a global simulation exercise to test their capacity to respond to a deadly flu pandemic.
Read moreAilton Lima is a young Cabo-verdian living with HIV. At the time that he was diagnosed, in 2003, there was not much information available about the disease. Ailton explains, “We knew it existed, and we heard some foreigners talking about it.”
Read moreVictor Omoshehin has witnessed dramatic improvements in Nigeria’s HIV response. “Patients used to wait over four hours to see a doctor, leaving endless queues at treatment sites across the country,” said Mr Omoshehin. “Some people living with HIV were crossing over two local government areas, and in some cases, traveling to other states to pick up their drugs because of stigma.”
Read moreSousa Chilaule, 46, widower and father of a 23-year-old girl, has been living with HIV/AIDS for almost 20 years. Even without confirmation of the diagnosis, he says that his wife, who died in 1998, “was a victim of HIV/AIDS as well”.
Read moreA pilot programme on HIV self-testing across six African countries shows that it significantly increases testing among adolescents, men, and people who have never tested before.
Read moreFor sixteen years, Martin narrowly escaped death time and again. Today he describes himself as the phoenix reborn, alive and thriving, despite – or perhaps because of – living with HIV. At 24, this young man has already survived more hardships than most people face in a lifetime.
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