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‘We will not be bullied,’ says Ramaphosa after Trump administration targets South Africa
23 Feb 2025 00:54 GMT
… At home most South Africans, even erstwhile opposition parties … -right politicians, South Africans have generally brushed off … programmes, including life-saving drugs for HIV-AIDs and tuberculosis patients … today with Southern and East African leaders.
At a time …
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Kenya's options in funding HIV treatment, other programmes after Donald Trump's...
22 Feb 2025 08:13 GMT
US president Donald Trump suspended global health foreign aid for 90 days, citing his 'America first' policy
A federal judge ordered the Republican administration to temporarily ease the funding freeze that halted US aid and HIV programmes …
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“We have to go back to the basics”: A testing time for African health systems
22 Feb 2025 08:06 GMT
… emerging health threats that affect millions of Africans and … for self-sufficiency in health and medicine. EXCERPTS:
The Reporter … The former president of Kenya [Uhuru Kenyatta] recently made a … president in Tanzania, they actually eliminated the disease twice …
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Fill the gaps left by USAID freeze to combat healthcare challenges
21 Feb 2025 21:43 GMT
People protest against US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to shutdown USAID outside the US Capitol on February 5, 2025. [AFP]
The shock announcement that the sixty-four-year-old USAID has been cancelled at the stroke of a President’s pen went …
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This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout
21 Feb 2025 20:12 GMT
After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, Linda-Gail Bekker could finally see the end of the epidemic in sight. For decades, HIV experts had dreamed of an elusive vaccine to block the ongoing chain of infections, which still sees more …
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Don’t drop the ball on HIV/Aids, says scientist
21 Feb 2025 17:31 GMT
… 1 trial undertaken in Uganda and South Africa could … to be taken before the drug reached its intended market.
… for us as South Africans, us as Africans, to be thinking … to health sciences.
While the pre-eminent infectious diseases epidemiologist …
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Trump administration stalling medical evacuation for USAID staffers, spouses in peril...
21 Feb 2025 16:52 GMT
The administration says it is taking all required care of staffers as it terminates USAID programs and aims to recall thousands of workers and their families abroad.
Multiple lawsuits from groups representing USAID workers and nonprofits and businesses are …
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Gujarat CM launches national convention of HIV medical experts, ASICON 2025
21 Feb 2025 14:00 GMT
Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel extended his greetings on Mother Language Day while inaugurating the convention, being held for the first time in Gujarat. Speaking about AIDS eradication efforts and the ASICON convention, he stated that Gujarat …
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African Union tectonics shift after summit
21 Feb 2025 13:50 GMT
… leader would come from East Africa,
"The competition … by the Sudanese Armed Forces, to recall their envoy to Kenya.
Severe headwinds … , the World Health Organization and skipping the G20 … doing much for Africans. For example, the financial …
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India News | Gujarat CM Launches National Convention of HIV Medical Experts, ASICON 2025
21 Feb 2025 11:50 GMT
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], February 21 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel extended his greetings on Mother Language Day while inaugurating the convention, being held for the first time in Gujarat. Speaking about AIDS eradication efforts and the …