HIV & AIDS
Condoms 'too small' for Uganda men
Ugandan MPs have been inundated with complaints that many condoms on sale in the east African nation are too small, warning the problem is a blow to the fight against AIDS.
Sep 19, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Early warning system for epidemics
The environment has an impact on our health. Preventing epidemics relies on activating the right counter-measures, and scientists are now trying to find out how better use of forecasting can help. The EU's EO2HEAVEN project ...
Feb 21, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Sustainable science to promote health in Africa
When someone is diagnosed with HIV in western Kenya, chances are he will get help from FACES, a network of clinics that takes a family-focused approach to prevention, care and treatment of the virus.
Dec 4, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New malaria test kit gives a boost to elimination efforts worldwide
A new, highly sensitive blood test that quickly detects even the lowest levels of malaria parasites in the body could make a dramatic difference in efforts to tackle the disease in the UK and across the world, according to ...
May 17, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Deaths from West Nile virus hit record last year
U.S. health officials say last year was the worst ever for West Nile virus deaths.
May 13, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
6 more Ugandans admitted with possible Ebola (Update)
(AP) — Six more patients suspected to have Ebola have been admitted to the hospital days after investigators confirmed an outbreak of the highly infectious disease in a remote corner of western Uganda, a health official ...
Jul 30, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mysterious nodding disease afflicts young Ugandans
(AP) — Augustine Languna's eyes welled up and then his voice failed as he recalled the drowning death of his 16-year-old daughter. The women near him looked away, respectfully avoiding the kind of raw emotion that the ...
Jul 29, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Officials: Ebola breaks out in Uganda
(AP) — The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said on Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disease that had many people fleeing ...
Jul 28, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Early HIV treatment may improve socioeconomic conditions in rural sub-saharan Africa
Adults with HIV in rural sub-Saharan Africa who receive antiretroviral drugs early in their infection may reap benefits in their ability to work and their children's ability to stay in school, according to a first-of-its-kind ...
Jul 26, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Clinical study in rural Uganda shows high demand for antiretroviral drugs
An ongoing clinical study in rural Uganda, begun in 2011, suggests that many people infected with HIV/AIDS would take antiretroviral drugs if they were available to them—even before they developed symptoms from the disease.
Jul 22, 2012
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