In the era of World Health Organization guidelines recommending immediate antiretroviral treatment for people with HIV before the disease progresses, the reality in sub-Saharan Africa remains that up to 25 percent of patients who show up at clinics show up with extremely advanced illness, and that about 10 percent of them die soon after starting […]
HIV
Sub-Saharan African countries where adolescents 15 or younger could be tested for HIV without sign-off by parents or guardians show 11 percent higher rates of testing […]
Tuberculosis
With the release of a “pre-final text” of updated guidelines for treatment of multidrug- and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis, the World Health Organization made official substantial changes to […]
Research & Development
A trial to test the safety of, and immune response prompted by, the latest candidate for a vaccine to protect against Zika virus infection has begun […]
Policy
A year that started with a shutdown of the U.S. government is ending the same way, demonstrating ongoing instability in American policy, funding and global health […]