Thoughts from Botswana (Free subscription) | yesterday
Botswana is one of the most affected countries when it comes to HIV/AIDS. With a population of about 1.6 million it is estimated 23.9% of the adult population may be HIV positive. In the early 1990s people were dying continuously. There was hardly a weekend that we didn't have a funeral to attend. But then the magic of ARVs arrived. Thanks to generous donations from overseas and the commitment...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Less Than 28 Percent of HIV+ People Get ARVs Dagi Kimani2 November 2009|| Share: Nairobi — Tanzania is lagging behind other EAC countries in rolling out treatment for HIV/Aids, according to a report released by the World Health Organisation, Unicef and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids).While Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda have over 40 per cent of all HIV-positive people on antiretrovirals,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Low Uptake of ARVs Hampering Universal Access 27 October 2009Dar Es Salaam — HIV-positive Tanzanians are not taking advantage of the availability of life-prolonging anti-retroviral medication in hospitals around the country, says a senior government official."We have an adequate supply of ARVs in our hospitals and other outlets, but there are few people who are turning out for this important...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Since the death of her husband in 1995, 46-year-old Euphrasia Chawuruka's health has been very poor. "For years since my husband died I was always in and out of hospital," Chawuruka who is from Ascot told Standardhealth in a recent interview.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Only three million out of over 33 million people infected and living with HIV in the developing countries, majority of them in Africa, have access to anti-retrovial therapy (ARVs), a meeting of health researchers was told here yesterday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... claim to heal diseases with prayer should be arrested."They have discouraged people from taking ARVs and other drugs," said Dr. Davis Beinganiza from Kyenjojo.The workshop was attended by over 130 doctors from Gulu, Mbarara, Kasese, Bushenyi, Mityana, Isingiro, Ibanda, Kasese, Kyenjojo and Masaka districts.Emily Katarikawe, the managing director of the Uganda Marketing Group, urged the Government...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... levels, MSF maintained. Four million HIV-positive people are currently on anti-retroviral therapy (ARVs) worldwide. More than 6 million more people are in need of the treatment, according to the MSF report "Punishing Success? Early signs of a Retreat from Commitment to HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment."Freezing or cutting for HIV/AIDS treatment would be "condemning them (those waiting to access...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... abandoning their antiretroviral (ARV) treatment "in droves" because of a lack of food. ARVs need to be taken with food, otherwise there could be severe side effects, such as dizziness and vomiting. In an article written on the NACWOLA blog last month, the organisation said that unless more food becomes available there would be "drug resistance and death". It called on...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The treatment was quite simple -- Nanaki, from Bloemfontein, was diagnosed HIV-positive in August this year. She had two classic symptoms — HIV-related TB and cryptococcal meningitis. She needed treatment for both, as well as antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) that would help to keep her HIV infection under control.The Free State health department claims ARVs are widely available in the province,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... for a healthy individual is between 500-1500 cells/ml2.2 In HIV-positive patients not receiving ARVs, the CD4 count decreases on average between 50 to 100 cells/year.i However, the mean and median CD4 cell counts were approximately 120 cells/ml2 of blood higher than expected in HIV-positive patients not receiving ART after 52 weeks. After stopping nutritional supplements, dramatic declines...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... of revenue has reflected a number of 4 539 new initiations -- which means new patients [on state ARVs], which was between April and now.” There was nothing out of stock. So, we do have stock.M&G: We were in the Free State last week to visit clinics there, and the TAC there says the Free State government refuses to cooperate with them in the province’s response to HIV/Aids, and to get people...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... Uganda are abandoning their antiretroviral (ARV) treatment 'in droves' because of a lack of food. ARVs need to be taken with food, otherwise there could be severe side effects, such as dizziness and vomiting," the Guardian writes.Rose Amuo, the chair of a group for HIV-positive people in Katine, Uganda, said, "Lack of food is threatening our lives because a number of us cannot afford enough,...
SexGenderBody (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... with the medical treatments." Missing Only half of the 935 children taking antiretrovirals (ARVs) show up regularly at the hospital for medical care. More than 280 of the hospital's paediatric HIV patients are listed as "missing", and more than 100 children living with HIV have died since 2002. "But this is only when we get formal notification - it is hard to know how...
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
... at the hospital every month by 12 doctors and 12 nurses. More than 10 000 patients were receiving ARVs.
(Blog) Red (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
... My CD4* count was only 2 and that means I had AIDS and I was losing the battle to HIV. I am now on ARVs* which I started in 2002 and I am on first line regiment. My CD4 count is 984 and I would like to say thanks to the ARVs. I have two children – a boy and a girl. They are both HIV negative. I have a man of my dreams who is also HIV positive and we are getting married in September....
