Uganda's HIV-AIDS 2025 targets at risk due to rising infections ...
15 hours ago · Uganda will not meet the 2025 HIV/AIDS 95-95-95 global targets due to the soaring number of new infections! Over three decades of efforts towards ending the infection as a public health threat are under threat, being stifled by several factors, including funding. WALTER MWESIGYE has more in this report.
New HIV drug can only offer hope of ending AIDS if all have …
Jul 10, 2024 · The recent trial of the medicine among cis-gender women in Uganda and South Africa was so successful that it was halted early. Twice-yearly injections of Lenacapavir showed overwhelming efficacy for preventing HIV infections compared to standard oral preventative HIV medicines, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
Researchers: Finding HIV cure still high on agenda - The Independent Uganda
21 hours ago · Candlelight event to remember those who died of AIDS. PHOTO URN. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As they held a candlelight event in remembrance of those who died of AIDS, researchers at the Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) said despite Uganda getting involved in many botched trials to find an effective vaccine, the country still needs a cure suitable for the Uganda setting.
HIV breakthrough: New drug 100% effective against infection
Jul 4, 2024 · A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection.
PrEPVacc: HIV vaccine trial that could be ‘the last roll of the dice ...
Aug 28, 2023 · Called PrEPVacc, the trial is testing two vaccines alongside two forms of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to test vaccine efficacy while offering protection to prevent the spread of HIV....
Uganda - UNAIDS
According to the latest UNAIDS estimates (2023 data, published in the 2024 Global AIDS Report), in Uganda, 38 000 people were newly infected with HIV (an incidence of 0.86 per 1000 uninfected population). 1.5 m people were living with HIV (prevalence of 5.1% among adults aged 15-49, 2.2% among young women aged 15-24, 0.9% among young men aged ...
In Uganda, injectable HIV treatment offers hope to patients
Dec 21, 2022 · The treatment, developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, is the first non-pill option against HIV, and studies have shown it even outperforms the efficacy of oral pills.
Uganda to introduce long-acting HIV prevention injections
Jul 16, 2024 · Uganda is poised to make a significant advancement in its battle against HIV/AIDS with the arrival of its first shipment of long-acting HIV prevention injections this October.
HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'
KAMPALA, June 8 (Reuters) - The HIV/AIDS treatment centre in Kampala is almost empty, days after Uganda enacted one of the most draconian anti-gay laws on Earth. The usual daily influx of...
Increasing HIV deaths worry Uganda AIDS Commission bosses
Aug 28, 2024 · The Uganda AIDS Commission bosses are dismayed by the increasing number of people, especially men, who die of HIV/AIDS in the country due to negligence.
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