| SOUTH AFRICA: What the world's largest preventative TB study taught us |
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JOHANNESBURG، 13/3/2012 (PlusNews) - Even though the world's largest study of preventative tuberculosis therapy indicated that community-wide isoniazid preventative TB therapy (IPT) failed to lower community TB levels among 27,000 South African gold miners, that was not Thibela’s only result. We review some of the others over its seven years: full report |
| HIV/AIDS: Book review - AIDS at 30: A History |
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KAMPALA، 14/3/2012 (PlusNews) - While tracking the progress and pitfalls of the global fight against HIV/AIDS, Victoria Harden shows in her book, AIDS at 30: A History, that understanding how we got here is key to charting the path to overcoming the pandemic. full report |
| ZIMBABWE: Doubts over door-to-door testing campaign |
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HARARE، 15/3/2012 (PlusNews) - Zimbabwe's ambitious plan to offer an HIV test to every household in the country is not yet under way but is already being met with scepticism by activists who feel this is not a priority for the country, especially with global HIV/AIDS funding on the decline. full report |