Luanda — Angola and the African Union’s delegations met on Tuesday in Luanda to prepare for the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the continental organization on Strengthening Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention and Resolution. The summit, an initiative of Angola, is scheduled for August 29 and 30 in Luanda. The work was…
Rwanda’s signing of the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls – becoming the ninth AU member state to join the landmark treaty – is an important national and continental commitment. ALSO READ: How to address, overcome the impact of gender-based violence Signed on July 28, the convention recognises that violence is…
If an HIV prevention pill that provides a month of protection at a time performs well in two ongoing clinical trials, it could become the next big thing in HIV prevention after the lenacapavir injection. A new licensing agreement is paving the way for South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare to produce the pill should the study…
Brazil has hosted clinical trials paving the way for lenacapavir’s approval and sale, but the medicine remains widely inaccessible for people there. As the 26th International AIDS Conference kicks off this weekend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to urge the US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences to make the…
Twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir has continued to demonstrate exceptional protection against HIV infection. Twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir continued to provide strong protection against HIV in two landmark clinical trials, with updated data showing almost no new infections, high adherence and no new safety concerns. Researchers said updated findings from the PURPOSE-1 and PURPOSE-2 studies showed the long-acting…
Cases of cyclosporiasis — an illness caused by a microscopic parasite often linked to contaminated fresh produce like strawberries — are climbing across the U.S. this summer, with outbreaks reported in multiple states and Michigan alone logging hundreds of cases in recent weeks. Currently, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) is investigating this multistate surge…
Paul Stuttard, director, Duxbury Networking. Data loss prevention (DLP) has traditionally focused on protecting sensitive information within the corporate network perimeter. However, this model no longer reflects how modern organisations operate. Today, data is constantly moving between different cloud services, SaaS (software-as-a-service) platforms, remote devices and web-based applications, making the browser a central workspace for…
Luanda — Angola will host, from August 1st to 2nd, the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) on Strengthening Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, announced on Tuesday in Luanda. This fact was reinforced during the celebrations of the…
Decades of gains in the fight against AIDS are under growing threat as donor funding declines and community-based health services collapse in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, the head of the joint UN programme on HIV/AIDS warned on Thursday. The sudden funding decline is hitting the HIV response “like a shock wave,” said…
Malaria is one of the deadliest yet preventable diseases in the world. In 2024, it was estimated to claim about 610,000 lives, according to the World Health Organization. Africa bears the brunt of this burden, accounting for 95% of global cases and deaths. Children under five are especially affected, with roughly one child dying every minute. The disease is estimated to cost Africa…
