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The National AIDS/STIs Control Programme (NACP) has called for exceptional tax waivers on all health commodities and medicines provided by development partners for public health intervention.

The National AIDS/STIs Control Programme (NACP) has called for exceptional tax waivers on all health commodities and medicines provided by development partners for public health intervention

The National AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STIs Control Programme (NASCP) said its efforts at combating HIV/AIDS and STIs leveraging on global support have yielded positive results. The National Coordinator of NASCP, Dr Adebobola Bashorun, who disclosed this, said it was in addition to putting in place several response mechanisms aimed…

As part of Ghana’s renewed drive to eliminate malaria by 2028, a mass drug ad­ministration (MDA) of anti-malaria drugs is expected to be...

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Nigeria has urged Nigerians to use condoms for protection from the consequences of casual sex.

FG Rolls Out $933m Grant To Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria

The pandemic delayed by five to eight years the provision of essential TB services and reducing the global TB burden, said Đinh Văn Lượng, director of the National Lung Hospital and head of the Executive Board of the Việt Nam Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Project.

Author summary Why was this study done? Radical cure with primaquine or recently approved tafenoquine is required to clear the dormant liver parasites of vivax malaria. While single-dose tafenoquine overcomes the barrier of patient adherence to the current 7-day primaquine treatment, it costs more and requires screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. While the impact of changing policies to tafenoquine after G6PD screening on transmission has been evaluated, the assoc...

Đinh Văn Lượng, director of the National Lung Hospital and head of the Executive Board of the Việt Nam Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Project talked with local media about Việt Nam’s current tuberculosis prevention situation and international cooperation while the country is maintaining tuberculosis control to achieve the goal of ending the disease by 2035.

The 22nd International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) is underway in Harare, Zimbabwe. The conference which began yesterday, is...