Daily Archives: November 16, 2009

HIV/AIDS cases rise for women 0

According to the World Health Organization, AIDS is the leading cause of death among women between the ages of 15 and 44.
Originally, health officials thought HIV and AIDS mostly affected homosexual men. However, women have always suffered from the disease, too. A 2006 Centers for Disease Control report stated that young adults aged 13 to [...]

South Africa radically shifts AIDS thinking 0

In a sharp break from the days when South Africa’s government was suggesting garlic and beet root as AIDS remedies, President Jacob Zuma is planning to be tested in public for HIV next month.
The test will be part of a dramatic expansion of HIV testing in South Africa, including tests for all of Mr. Zuma’s [...]

I’m Ready For HIV Test-Yamoah Ponkoh 1

After seeing his name embroiled in a public scandal over his alleged contracting of the deadly HIV/AIDS disease, the new Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the National Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has finally broken his silence over the issue, by declaring publicly that he would openly subject himself to an HIV test.
The firebrand National Democratic Congress (NDC) [...]