Gorillas discovered with new HIV virus

Kigali: French scientists have found a new HIV virus believed to be coming from Gorillas – a link arising for the first time in the history of the virus, reports from Paris... Read more »

HIV patients abandon Canadian antiretroviral drugs

Kigali: The much-publicised Canadian HIV/Aids drug Apo-TriAvir is to be subject of a major study after patients abandoned their doses because the tablets have a strangely bitter taste, RNA can exclusively reveal.... Read more »

HIV: Regional governments meet amid major challenges

Kigali: Member countries of the Great Lakes Initiative on AIDS are meeting in Kigali but clearly have much more than anticipated to discuss as differing results emerge from the fight against HIV/Aids,... Read more »

Only accredited medical lab due in two years

Kigali: The first public lab in Rwanda is to have internationally accredited standards within two years, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Permanent Secretary for the Rwanda Ministry of Health, told delegates from the UN... Read more »

Quand l’ignorance des parents compromet la vie des enfants

Quelques-uns des enfants hospitalisés au centre nutritionnel de Rukara pour kwashiorkor

Kayonza: Il est environ 12h 30 quand un groupe de journalistes pénètrent dans une salle... Read more »

New-borns safer with mothers on early ARV treatment

Kigali: Contrary to existing findings that HIV-positive expectant women can deliver safe babies when they start treatment late in their pregnancy, new research says the unborn baby has a higher safety when... Read more »

A l’Est, planification familiale à 50% fin 2009

Kayonza: Dans le but de faire face à la poussée démographique et d’atteindre les objectifs de croissance envisagés en 2020, les femmes du district de Kayonza en province de l’Est qui recourent... Read more »

Elite King Faisal hospital ups fares by 40%

Kigali: The high-end King Faisal hospital is to increase treatment fares by 40 percent as part of plans to expand and give the best of services, its chief executive said.

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HIV circumcision study ends early

Kigali: Circumcising men who already have HIV does not protect their female partners from the virus, a study in Uganda has found.

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Countering HIV/Aids using those most at risk

Kigali: A truck stop in Gikondo-MAGERWA, suburb of Kigali, was transformed into a discussion forum on HIV/AIDS this week. Truck drivers, sex workers, and members from the community exchanged ideas with HIV/AIDS... Read more »