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Trials of experimental HIV vaccine halted in Africa due to ineffectiveness

07/12/2023 - 19:08

Trials of an experimental HIV vaccine in Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa were stopped early after preliminary data showed the vaccine would not be effective in preventing infection, the program's chief investigator said today. It is the latest blow to efforts to find an effective vaccine against the virus, which has so far killed 40 million people worldwide.

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Research has confirmed: HIV preventive medicine is very effective

01/12/2023 - 19:15

A preventive drug that prevents HIV infection has been shown to be very effective, according to a study published in "Lancet HIV", writes "BBC". The study emphasized that the results of the trial, which included 24.000 people across England, were indeed "encouraging". Thousands of people are already taking PrEP, through sexual health facilities. The "Terence...

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VIDEO INTERVIEW | Petlichkovski: 4 new HIV positives were discovered in October, including only one woman

01/12/2023 - 11:52

December 4st, World AIDS Day. Aleksandar Petlichkovski, president of the Commission for Infectious Diseases in the program "Sloboden Pechat" on Slobodna TV, says that unlike ten years ago, the life of HIV positive people in the country has improved a lot. There is therapy available, and people live completely normal lives. - In October, XNUMX...

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Until November 26, free testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases

19/11/2023 - 13:26

At the Infectious Diseases Clinic in 2023, 46 HIV-positive people were detected, of which 41 are on regular antiretroviral treatment. One third of these patients are detected at a late stage of the disease, it was announced today on the occasion of the European Week of Testing and the Month of Men's Health, which the Infectious Disease Clinic and HERA will...

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The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS is growing - in 8 months of this year, 34 new infections, 25 others "got" syphilis

18/09/2023 - 11:58

This year, as of August, a total of 34 new cases of HIV/AIDS infection were reported. From the beginning of the year until now, the most cases were registered last month, ie 8, according to the latest report published by the Institute of Public Health, and prepared by the Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases. Most of the infected are men, and only 4...

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Trials of experimental HIV vaccine halted in Africa due to ineffectiveness

Research has confirmed: HIV preventive medicine is very effective

VIDEO INTERVIEW | Petlichkovski: 4 new HIV positives were discovered in October, including only one woman

Until November 26, free testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases

The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS is growing - in 8 months of this year, 34 new infections, 25 others "got" syphilis

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Trials of experimental HIV vaccine halted in Africa due to ineffectiveness

Research has confirmed: HIV preventive medicine is very effective

VIDEO INTERVIEW | Petlichkovski: 4 new HIV positives were discovered in October, including only one woman

Until November 26, free testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases

The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS is growing - in 8 months of this year, 34 new infections, 25 others "got" syphilis

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