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SOUTH AFRICA: Life expectancy drops
Cape Town :: South Africa | about 10 hours ago
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Average life expectancy declined from 62 years in 1990 to 50 years in 2007; it is projected to fall even further by 2011, to 48 years for men and 51 for women, according to the Institute's annual South Africa Survey . The authors note that among 37 developed...
Tags: South Africa Survey, life expectancy, Institute, South Africa, Cape Town, AIDS denialism, HIV, Initialisms, AIDS, HIV/AIDS in South Africa, HIV/AIDS, Immunodeficiency, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues
Hindus discuss taboo subject
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 1 day ago
Credibility Shree Sanatan Dharam Pratinidhi Sabha national secretary Vijendra Prakash said preachers have been told to discuss the subject as it had become a national problem. He said it was sad children were infected with sexually transmitted diseases. "This was...
Tags: Fiji Islands, Suva, AIDS, Immunodeficiency, Virology, Sexually transmitted disease, Taboo, HIV/AIDS, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Human sexuality, Social Issues
THE FIGHT AGAINST TB
TB is an infectious disease that spreads through a germ known as mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually affects the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body like, kidneys, lymph nodes, brain, joints, bones, spine, etc. SN: What is an infection?...
Tags: TB, Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, resistant tb, Pulmonology, Lungs TB, Bacterial diseases, infected person, Tuberculosis, Meningitis TB, Health Medical Pharma, drug resistant, tb patient, health, Microbiology, San Francisco, Infectious diseases, The National, Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, tb germ, AIDS
Youth laid back on AIDS
Kastoriá :: Greece | 1 day ago
Credibility Greece, were carried out with the participation of students at the Athens College in Psychico and pupils at a secondary school in Kastoria, northern Greece. The results of the studies, conducted by specialists at the Korgialenio-Benakio General Hospital...
Tags: American College of Greece, Greece, Kastoriá, HIV, Condom, HIV/AIDS, AIDS, Safe sex, Social Issues, Education
Many pregnant African women avoid HIV screening
Kampala :: Uganda | 1 day ago
Credibility However, this is effective only if the mother is willing to be screened for HIV. Anne Buve, a member of Faculty of 1000 Medicine, has discussed the recent and "worrying" findings of this study, which she describes as "quite sobering". There is currently...
Tags: avoid hiv, Uganda, hiv tested, Kampala, Pandemics, HIV, Initialisms, AIDS, HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China, HIV/AIDS, Immunodeficiency, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
UN alarmed by surge in HIV cases among RP youth
Manila :: Philippines | 1 day ago
Credibility HIV cases has become a cause for alarm," the UN office also said. HIV cases among the 15-24 age group nearly tripled from 41 in 2007 to 110 in 2008." "Aside from the youth, other vulnerable populations include persons in prostitution and their clients,...
Tags: hiv cases, Philippines, Manila, Poverty, AIDS, HIV/AIDS in Asia, HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China, HIV/AIDS in El Salvador, Development, Maternal health, Millennium Development Goals, Social Issues, Teacher, Teaching, Education
‘Clinic’ Healing Claims Probed - Patients Told Bed ‘Cures All Diseases’
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility 20 November 2009 Tebogo Monama The department of health is to investigate Morokane Choma, a businessman who runs a Ceragem clinic in the Johannesburg city centre. Ceragem is a South Korean thermal bed that Morokane touts as being able to heal high blood...
Tags: Ceragem, Morokane Choma, New York City, The Sowetan, AIDS, HIV/AIDS, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Clinic, Health Medical Pharma
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Life insurance for HIV-positive people, at a price
Laç :: Albania | 2 days ago
Credibility HIV-positive status can still be an obstacle to getting a loan or buying insurance. Most life insurance companies in southern Africa still require applicants to take an HIV test and deny cover to those who test positive. Unit at the Legal Assistance Centre...
Tags: life insurers, Botswana Network, Linny Keorapetse, life cover, insurers companies, Ross Beerman, Amon Ngavetene, southern africa, Albania, Laç, HIV test, HIV, AIDS, HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China, HIV/AIDS in Africa, HIV/AIDS, Immunodeficiency, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma
UGANDA: HIV-positive women need family planning services, study shows
Kampala :: Uganda | 2 days ago
Credibility HIV-positive women in western Uganda want fewer children than women not living with the virus, but often do not have access to family planning services, a new study reveals. The study of 421 women in the district of Kabarole found that the probability...
Tags: family planning, positive women, Uganda, Kampala, HIV, Birth control, Circumcision and HIV, HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China, HIV/AIDS, AIDS, Condom, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma, Obstetrics, Maternal health, Millennium Development Goals, Reproductive health, United Nations Population Fund, Population, Demography, Public health
Community Resource Guide
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Chicago Ave. (773) 395-9901 www.communityhealth.org Screenings for diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and colon, prostate and cervical cancer, referrals for mammograms. *Same-day appointments are not available. Planned Parenthood 18 S. Michigan...
Tags: dental care, W. Chicago, Maternal/Child Health South Chicago, Steamworks Chicago, general dental, Chicago, Health policy, Howard Brown Health Center, AIDS, Free clinic, Syphilis, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, HIV/AIDS, Health care system, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
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