From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health
Debates over tuberculosis reporting began in the late 19th century, when the bacterial infection was reframed not as a disease of the elite but of the urban poor. New York City was the first in the ...
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The foreign aid freeze is affecting lifesaving HIV/AIDS treatment
That includes the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, the 2003 HIV and AIDS prevention program from President George W. Bush, which the State Department said has saved an ...
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HIV and AIDS News
2024 — A new study reveals significant progress in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, alongside a stark warning that current trends indicate the world is not on track to meet the ambitious ...
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PhilHealth commended for expanding HIV, AIDS treatments
In 2024, PhilHealth disbursed P1.66 billion for 176,819 HIV/AIDS outpatient claims, in line with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to strengthen healthcare benefits and financial ...
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Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strands drugs in warehouse
Kenya has the seventh-largest number of people living with HIV in the world, at around 1.4 million, according to World Health Organization data. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ...
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My Boyfriend Tested Positive for HIV. I’m Afraid I’m Staying Out of Pure Obligation.
what the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS calls a clear inability to transmit the virus sexually) only remains that way if they’re taking their medication properly, which means ...
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South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country. Trump's aid freeze has hit hard
whose funding is now in question after Trump suspended the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. It contributes more than $400 million a year to South Africa's HIV programs and ...
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How Trump’s policies could reverse decades of progress in Latin America’s HIV response
he said. PEPFAR has been a lifeline for those living with HIV and AIDS, saving tens of millions of people across the world since its inception, say advocates. But Trump’s freeze on foreign aid ...
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Clinic offers free care amid Latino HIV rate surge
NBC News' Jay Valle reports from a nonprofit clinic in Florida that provides free HIV care to Latinos most vulnerable to the disease. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our ...
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NHS to expand opt-out HIV and hepatitis testing
If untreated, it can lead to late-stage HIV or Aids, the name for a collection of illnesses caused by the virus. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C cause inflammation of the liver and come from viral ...
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USAID cuts threaten America’s most successful global health campaign
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...