Tag Archives: HIV

A beautiful young woman left many stunned after she revealed that she is HIV positive. Author and YouTuber, Nozi Qamngana-Mayaba, was brave enough to be vulnerable and share her HIV story. World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of …

Illegal mining popularly known as galamsey is a major factor in the increase of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS) infections in the country, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has said. According to the commission, the galamsey menace has compelled the citizens to engage in indiscriminate and unprotected sex. Dr. Kyeremeh Atuahene, the Director-General …

By Lise Jamieson & Gesine Meyer-Rath – The Conversation   Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention method. It is taken by people who are HIV negative, so that if they are unknowingly exposed to HIV, the drug will prevent the virus from infecting them. The development of this method …

A heartbroken woman narrated how she contracted HIV from her cheating husband. The mother of one in a TikTok video narrated her ordeal after she got tested. According to her, she tested due to her husband’s incessant cheating habit. Despite knowing about his deeds, she kept forgiving him. She said …

A South African man has explained why he won’t be apologizing to those he infected with HIV.   In a video he shared on TikTok, the man recalled how he bought clothes, drinks and wigs for the women he had one-night stands with. He further revealed that one of them …

An unidentified woman diagnosed with HIV has opened up about how she mixes her infected blood in the zobo (sobolo) drink she sells to infect more people. She made the shocking revelation when she called into a radio program on Wazobia FM, MarketRunz on Wednesday night to confess her evil deeds. In a video …

A study by the Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) has identified transportation cost as hindrance to HIV management. The findings published in the 2022 edition of the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology found that patients are not able to attend clinics regularly due to financial constraints. “The majority …

The idea that receiving an HIV diagnosis means your life is over and should be forgotten. HIV-positive people are increasingly living longer and in better health thanks to the development of antiretroviral therapy, especially if they begin treatment early and adhere to it religiously. However, several behaviours HIV-positive patients exhibit …

A well known Nigerian investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, has disclosed how a certain Nigerian HIV patient died in Nigeria, 48 hours after she was transferred from Dubai to Nigeria, due to lack of a ventilator that will sustain her. According to a story he posted, Fisayo Soyombo noted that the lady who had been living in Dubai …

A well known Nigerian investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, has disclosed how a certain Nigerian HIV patient died in Nigeria, 48 hours after she was transferred from Dubai to Nigeria, due to lack of a ventilator that will sustain her. According to a story he posted, Fisayo Soyombo noted that the lady who had been living in …