HIV

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been urged to release prisoners locked up over HIV crimes after he recently signed a law that decriminalized HIV transmission. Before that any act of HIV transmission could result in a sentence of up to 20…
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A 24-year-old Zvishavane man has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for raping and deliberately infecting his nine-year-old niece with HIV.
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Gareth Thomas looked straight down the lens of the camera, his voice wavering slightly.The former Wales rugby union captain announced he was living with HIV - and was committing himself to addressing the stigma that existed around the…
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The first person cured of HIV - Timothy Ray Brown - has died from cancer. Mr Brown, who was also known as "the Berlin patient", was given a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to HIV in 2007.
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Zimbabweans living with HIV and on the Second regimen of the antiretroviral may be forced to default or change one of their drugs following an announcement that there is a nationwide shortage of second line medication.
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If lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, health experts warn that the measures could unintentionally undermine efforts to contain another potentially deadly disease: HIV.
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The number of deaths from AIDS-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa could double if the provision of healthcare to HIV sufferers is disrupted during the coronavirus crisis, the United Nations said Monday.
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A man from London has become the second person in the world to be cured of HIV, doctors say.
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Bulawayo last Friday hosted the national commemorations of the World Condom Day amid reports that the country needs 173 million condoms a year.
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The United States (US) has supplied Zimbabwe with 2,1 million bottles of Dolutegravir (DTG), a new antiretroviral drug which is more effective in viral suppression and has fewer side effects than Efavirenz.
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