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Headlines Africa May 6, 2025

Africa: In Historic First, the Global Fund Procures African-Made First-Line HIV Treatment: [Global Fund] Geneva -- The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has reached a historic milestone by procuring - for the first time - a first-line HIV treatment manufactured in Africa. The treatment - lifesaving, quality-assured antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) called TLD (tenofovir, lamivudine and… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKbGsR #HIVTreatment #GlobalFund #AfricaHealth #ARVs #Kenya

ehwoza Oct 16, 2023

“Antiretroviral drugs (#ARVs) have not just saved millions of people in #SouthAfrica from dying of #HIV; they have also protected their brains and #mentalhealth against the damage the virus can cause.” https://bhekisisa.org/article/2023-10-16-what-hiv-does-to-your-brain-and-how-arvs-halt-that/

What HIV does to your brain — and how ARVs halt that - Bhekisisa

Left untreated, an HIV infection can cause inflammation in someone’s brain and lead to mental health problems. But antiretrovirals can stop it from happening. Mia Malan finds out how it works in this Health Beat interview.

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Spotlight May 31, 2023

MUST READ: What you should know about the state of #HIV in #SouthAfrica Spotlight editor Marcus Low looked at the numbers and explain them with graphs. #hivprevention #PrEP #HIVprevalence #arvs #HIVtransmission
https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2023/05/31/hiv-in-graphs-latest-figures-confirm-declining-rates-but-areas-of-concern-remain/

HIV in graphs: Latest figures confirm declining rates, but areas of concern remain

According to recently published estimates from Thembisa, the leading mathematical model of HIV in South Africa, around 7.8 million people, or 13.2% of the population, were living with HIV in South Africa in 2022. Marcus Low looked at the numbers and what they tell us about the state of HIV in South Africa.

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