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Stephen Lewis, former head of UNICEF once said that where you are born should not determine whether you live (or die). Being born HIV positive or HIV negative differs very much depending on where you are born. The transmission of the HIV virus from the...
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Modern day antiretroviral drugs lover HIV levels past detectable levels. But a HIV positive person has to stay on the drugs because the virus hides in immune cells, thus undetectable, but still present. If a patient stops taking drugs the virus comes...
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How does he intend to prevent millions of death each year? The Clinton Foundation way! Negotiate prices for the antimalarial combination drug Arteminisin/Artesunate, a new and better drug recommended by WHO. Benwih, Delphine and Comfort under a bed...
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“If I don’t get my Malaria out break every 3-4 month, I think something is wrong“, tells me a friend in Cameroon in a casual conversation. Imagine, right now Cameroon run out of antimalarials. They are simply out of stock. A Pharmacist working for...
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Today’s story does not deal with HIV/AIDS, the topic you know AIDSfreeAFRICA volunteer Jessica Kim is passionatly writing about. I, Jessica, wrote this because sometimes we need to hear amazing stories in order to keep fighting. Today, a friend...
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I work in Africa and live there three month out of the year. My neighbor recently gave her son a US$ 700.00 cell phone for his 10th birthday. I did not know it was possible to pay so much money for a cell phone. In Africa people struggle to find the US$...
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The New York City Department of Health aims to test every Bronx adult for HIV, just in time for National HIV Testing Day on Friday, June 27th. What they’re doing:For those willing, there will be free HIV testing at 40 locations in the Bronx. The...
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AIDSfreeAFRICA volunteer Jessica Kim writes from her experience as HIV/AIDS counselor: One day, I had the opportunity of meeting John, a college student who was being tested for HIV. As his test counselor, I had to go through a basic outline of risk...
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Last month, a Dallas jury sentenced an HIV-positive man to 35 years in prison for spitting in a police officer’s face. The jury described his saliva as a “deadly weapon”.
Jessica Kim (2nd from left), who wrote this article for AIDSfreeAFRICA...
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This is too good not to pass on to you. It made my day and is keeping me from going to sleep. Imagine we finally allow hungry people in Africa to be fed using food grown in Africa. Why is this so exciting? Buying food locally strengthens the local...
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