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Nigerians’ fertility rate drops from five to four children per woman
17 Oct 2025 22:12 GMT
The 2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) report says Nigeria’s total … trends, child and maternal health, nutrition, malaria, HIV, and other development indicators … for monitoring population and health indicators in Nigeria.
The pre-data …
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India’s growing anaemia crisis: Why millions are suffering from this preventable public health emergency
17 Oct 2025 19:19 GMT
… burden is heaviest in Africa and South-East Asia … illnesses further complicate the picture. Diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, … Prakash, an Internal Medicine Specialist based in Delhi … Dr Prakash explained. Menstrual health further compounds the problem. …
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New strain of Mpox virus that is more severe and easily spread found in major US city
17 Oct 2025 19:25 GMT
… in Central and East Africa, according to the CDC … contact and seek immediate medical help if individuals develop … developing severe illness,'; the Long Beach Department of Health and … prevent infection.
People with HIV or who are immunocompromised …
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L.A. County Reports First Local Case of Clade I Mpox, Raising Public Health Concerns
17 Oct 2025 19:47 GMT
… further transmission.
Understanding the Virus
Mpox, formerly known … parts of Africa, may cause more severe disease and … AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), or at Public Health Sexual Health … rash—should seek medical care immediately. Health care providers …
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HIV Updates Put Comorbidities First — ART on Cruise Control
17 Oct 2025 14:34 GMT
… HIV Medicine, expands guidance on vaccination, cardiovascular risk, cancer screening, mental health … links to West Africa.
Prevention and … infection” from “tuberculosis disease,” provides new dexamethasone dosing … harms.
A new drug–drug interaction table links …
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US aid cuts severely undermine Senegal’s fight against HIV
17 Oct 2025 13:53 GMT
… thethird lowest in West Africa, after Mauritania and Niger. The number of … those related to HIV and sexual and reproductive health.
Our moral … workers (5.8%) and intravenous drug users (5.2%). “We … finance our activities? We need medicines, we need to look …
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Lottery commits R124-million to fight HIV and TB
17 Oct 2025 12:54 GMT
… South Africa could lead to hundreds of thousands of additional HIV- … “We want to help South Africa to reach the 95… This campaign is a global health initiative adopted by United Nations … treatment to successfully suppress the virus in their blood.
Grant …
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Africa has turned its back on Prince Harry
17 Oct 2025 12:22 GMT
… help children affected by HIV/Aids. He … allegations of mismanagement including illegally collecting tourism revenues, using … OBE, founder of African conservation and community charity … together they toured African Parks reserves in Zambia, Mozambique and …
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NICE Endorses UK’s First Injectable PrEP to Curb HIV
17 Oct 2025 12:12 GMT
… . When exposure to HIV-1 virus occurs, it prevents … sexual health services, including regular HIV testing, sexual health screening, … drug at a discounted price through the NHS Medicines … among heterosexuals, particularly Black African men and women, …
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Drugmakers warned as toxic cough syrup linked to deaths of 24 children
17 Oct 2025 11:14 GMT
… than 140 children in Africa and Central Asia.
In … their plants meet World Health Organization-recommended standards, requiring … never imagined a simple medicine could turn life-threatening … In rural Parasia, regional drug inspectors have been visiting …