Aids at 44: will HIV-negative people take anti-HIV jabs?
Twenty-five years ago, South Africans battled for ARVs to keep people alive. Now the focus has shifted to medicines that can prevent HIV altogether. Health Beat looks how...
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Malawi launches twice-yearly HIV jab
Malawi yesterday launched Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention medicine amid reflections on whether the country can sustainably finance emerging technolo...
Islam Makhachev Returns Home to Russia to Celebrate UFC 322 Victory With Family
After grueling fight camps spanning three continents, two-division champion Islam Makhachev has finally returned home. Earlier this month at UFC 322, in front of 20,664 f...
Macron, who called Nato brain dead, warns of end to G20
‘We must also recognise that the G20 may be reaching the end of a cycle.’Macron speaks during the opening plenary session at the G20 summit in South Africa...
The HIV-prevention jab is here: What you need to know…
You can now be vaccinated against HIV – but that does not mean you can be reckless, warns the Department of Healthscientist-hiv-vaccinationA scientist holds a batc...
Zimbabwe approves breakthrough HIV prevention injection
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has approved a new long-acting medicine, Lenacapavir, to help prevent HIV infection.Lenacapavir, is used for pre-exposu...
Under Which Law? Tensions Flare In Parliament Over Legality Of Blocking NUP From IPOD.
Under Which Law? Tensions Flare In Parliament Over Legality Of Blocking NUP From IPODMembers of Parliament have directed sharp scrutiny toward the Inter-Party Organizatio...
Busega-Mpigi Expressway project loan approved.
The Busega-Mpigi Expressway project works are expected to resume, following approval of a loan of Euros188.18 million (Shs781.04 billion) from the African Development Ban...
Bobi Wine lonely in opposition
Bobi Wine at a rally on nomination day NUP faces its biggest test yet as other parties fizzle outCOVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Shortly after 11am on a day filled with a
New HIV prevention drug price slashed to Shs130,000 from Shs102 million
Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has welcomed a landmark global deal that will dramatically slash the cost of the HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, making it affor...