Day: February 7, 2022

New HIV Super Variant: UNAIDS Calls For Increased HIV Treatment and Testing

Michael Gwarisa

THE Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has called for an urgent need to scale up HIV treatment and testing at a global level to ensure the newly discovered HIV sub-type does not spread to the level of crippling the global health system. By Michael Gwarisa A newly published research from the Netherlands revealed that the HIV variant is  a more transmissible and damaging variant and people living with the newly revealed HIV subtype experience double the rate of immune system decline (CD4 count) and have higher HIV viral…

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A Billion Influenza Cases Recorded Every Year

Michael Gwarisa

EVEN through the deadly Influenza or Spanish Flu ended more than 100 years ago, the modern day strain of Influenza continues to impact negatively on the global health with indications that a billion cases of seasonal influenza continue to be recorded every year. By Michael Gwarisa In his speech to mark the Celebration of 70 years since GISRS (the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System) was formed, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director, Dr Tedros  Adhanom Ghebreyesus   said influenza is a serious global health problem that impacts all countries: Every year,…

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