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Shocks deliver Aids vaccine better

Brief electric shocks may help the body better respond to certain kinds of experimental Aids vaccines, US researchers said.

 
 
 

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XVI International Aids Conference

Many HIV women neglected, HIV+: 33% don't use condoms, HIV programmes neglect older people, New HIV guidelines for adults, Knowledge a muti against HIV, More...

Symptoms & Diseases associated

Symptoms and phases of HIV infection & Aids , Diseases associated with HIV, HIV and Tuberculosis: , Tuberculosis (TB), The deadly alliance of STDs and HIV, More...

When Aids sets in

When Aids sets in , Cryptosporidiosis, Cytomegalovirus, Candidiasis, Lymphoma, More...

Fitness & HIV

HIV and exercise, HIV and sport, Exercise helps fight HIV

Testing

The importance of getting tested, HIV antibody tests, Viral tests, HIV tests used in babies and young children, What is the "window period?" , More...

HIV+, what now?

I’m HIV positive – what now? , How to tell others (Disclosure issues), Living positively, Managing stress, What about sex now?, More...

Nutrition and Aids

HIV/Aids and nutrition, Problems that interfere with good nutrition , Food safety , Aids and supplements, Aids: Can diet help?, More...

The caregiver

What about the caretaker? , Burnout checklist , Managing stress and burnout, Two relaxation exercises, Care and nursing principles, More...

Afrikaans

Vigswesies - en hoe hulle gou grootmens moes word, Vigs kan onderwys knou, Vigsskok wag op landbou

Different political stances

Disputes continue while kids die, Bleak Aids message for SA schools, HIV testing of rapists, Vaccine to be tested in SA, Stunned by rapid HIV spread, More...

Basic disease information

What is Aids?, Where does Aids come from?, Contracting the virus, In which body fluids does HIV occur?, How common is HIV/AIDS? (Statistics), More...

HIV in the body

HIV and the immune system , How HIV infection begins , The interaction between viral load, CD4 cell count and disease progression

Disease prevention

Disease prevention , Safer sex - the male condom, Safer sex – the female condom, General safer sex rules, Factors affecting safer sex choices, More...

Women & HIV

Treating rape survivors, The burden of HIV/Aids on women , Women’s vulnerability to HIV

Transmission of HIV

Transmission of HIV, Transmission, sexual acts, Transmitting HIV through blood, HIV: Mother-to-child, Aids 101, More...

Management of HIV/Aids

Managing and monitoring HIV, Antiretroviral treatment, Developments in medications, “Drug holidays” , HIV – not a death sentence

HIV & ...

Children affected by HIV/Aids, HIV and parents, HIV and gay sex, HIV and older people, HIV and health workers, More...

Counselling

Basic counselling principles , Qualities of an effective counsellor, Basic communication skills, The eight commandments of emotional support , Pre- and post- HIV test counselling , More...

The South African culture

HIV/Aids in SA, Understanding HIV stigma essential, HIV danger to migrant workers, Aids at the office, HIV/Aids takes our matrics, More...

Legal issues

A. The Constitution and the legal framework , B. The basic rights of people living with HIV/Aids , C. Specific application of the law , D. Management and policy issues, Non-disclosure may be rape, More...