A huge step has been made in the world of medicine as researchers confirm that a woman has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant. The patient was being treated for acute myeloid leukaemia (cancer of the blood and bone marrow) when she received a stem cell transplant. The donor also happened… Continue reading Have Scientists Finally Found A Cure For HIV?
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New ‘Highly Virulent’ HIV Strain Discovered In The Netherlands
People generally started understanding the words “virus” and “strain” much better after the Covid19 pandemic began? We have learnt through the emergence of new corona virus variants, viruses are always evolving. An estimated 38 million people are living with HIV worldwide, about 1.2 million of whom are in the United States, according to the Joint… Continue reading New ‘Highly Virulent’ HIV Strain Discovered In The Netherlands
750 000 Young Zimbabwean Women are HIV Positive: UN Report
In the latest United Nations report titled Women and Girls and HIV it is reported tat 18.8 million women are living with HIV globally, the bulk of which are living in Sub Saharan Africa. Zimbabwe has 750 00 young women living with HIV, the third highest figure In Southern Africa. South Africa has over 4.3… Continue reading 750 000 Young Zimbabwean Women are HIV Positive: UN Report