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Self-testing for HIV is getting high marks in Zimbabwe 

Self-testing for HIV is getting high marks in Zimbabwe 

December 1st marks the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, and on…
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Cabo-Verde - Ailton Lima

Ailton Lima is a young Cabo-verdian living with HIV. At the time that…
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Martin Pascal Etoundi

Cameroon - Martin Pascal Etoundi

For sixteen years, Martin narrowly escaped death time and again.…
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Foot dipping in Chlorine solution at the Uganda-DRC border as part of the measures taken

JOINT RELEASE: Clarification on alleged Ebola death in Kabarole District.

Kampala, 28 November 2018 - Following media stories on the…
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Asunta Wagura

Kenya - Asunta Wagura

It was 1988 when Asunta Wagura was diagnosed with HIV – a time when…
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Moses Nsubuga

Uganda - Moses Nsubuga

Moses “Supercharger” Nsubuga, a musician and radio host in Uganda,…
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Thierry Maba

Congo - Thierry Maba

Thierry Maba had a plan. It was 1991 and he would leave his native…
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Malaria control campaign launched in Democratic Republic of the Congo to save lives and aid Ebola response

Malaria control campaign launched in Democratic Republic of the Congo to save lives and aid Ebola response

28 November 2018 | BENI: A spike in malaria cases is threatening…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo begins first-ever multi-drug Ebola trial

Democratic Republic of the Congo begins first-ever multi-drug Ebola trial

The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…
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HIV self-testing demonstration | Augustine Choko from the LSHTM and Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust demonstrated how to self-test for the LSHTM audience. He also shared information about the high uptake of HIV self-testing among men in Malawi | Photo: Anne Koerber, LSHTM

“In Our Hands”: Community-led film raises awareness of HIV self-testing worldwide

March 2018 - HIV self-testing presents an opportunity to reach the 30…
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