PSI’s Hormonal IUD’s Popularity Grows In Africa
A new study that was conducted by the Population Service International (PSI) to ascertain the profiles of women who choose to use the hormonal Intrauterine Device (IUD) method of contraception have revealed that most users continued using the method due to high levels of satisfaction. By Michael Gwarisa The study is titled Introducing the hormonal
Read MorePrEP Uptake Still Very Low
USE of daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is not expanding enough as was anticipated. HealthTimes Reporter According to the the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) weekly report, the COVID-19 also had a negative impact on the uptake of the drug. “It has been more than a decade since the first evidence of the
Read MoreCOVAX delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
On 15 January 2022, a shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda included the billionth dose supplied via COVAX. Own Correspondent Together with our partners, COVAX is leading the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history, with deliveries to 144 countries to date. But the work that has gone into this milestone is
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