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Better access to antiviral medications, support for treatment adherence and safer feeding options required to meet WHO goals, study finds Eliminating new infant HIV infections in Zimbabwe will require not only improved access to antiretroviral medications but also support to help HIV-infected mothers continue taking their medication and safely reduce or eliminate breastfeeding, according to an article in the January issue of PLoS Medicine. Findings of the report from an international...
MILFORD, Mass., Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At a ceremony coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Los Angeles Laker Marvin "Magic" Johnson's public revelation that he had acquired HIV, the University at Buffalo's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences acknowledged Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) for its donation of a state-of-the-art ACQUITY® TQD System, a liquid chromatograph/mass spectrometer that will be used to build laboratory capacity and advance...
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EleMar New England, part of EleMar USA, which distributes unique domestic and imported stone for architectural applications - announces the grand opening of a breathtaking addition to its line: imported African sculpture and other artwork from Shona Gallery, an ideal and unique holiday gift. Visitors to EleMar's New Haven gallery will now find not only an unparalleled collection of highest quality imported granite and marble - in...
VOICE, an HIV prevention trial that has been evaluating two antiretroviral (ARV)-based approaches for preventing the sexual transmission of HIV in women – daily use of one of two different ARV tablets or of a vaginal gel – will be dropping the vaginal gel from the study. The decision to discontinue use of the gel, which contains the ARV tenofovir, comes after a routine review of study data concluded that tenofovir gel was not effective in preventing HIV in the women enrolled in the trial....
AfricanBrains announces the launch of the The Southern African ICT for Education Summit 2012 hosted under the patronage of the Zimbabwe Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture. Consisting of pre-scheduled meetings between the private sector, ministers and educationalists from 18 Southern African Countries and taking place at the Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 26-27 January 2012. London, UK (PRWEB) November 02, 2011 AfricanBrains is proud to announce, under the...
Continued PrEP research more important than ever NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The announcement today that one arm of a large-scale HIV prevention trial known as VOICE will stop early is disappointing, but must be seen in context, according to the global advocacy organization AVAC. "Of course we are disappointed to hear that the tenofovir pill arm of VOICE will not be able to answer the question of whether or not the drug prevents HIV infection in women in this study,"...
CLEVELAND, Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Case Western Reserve University's Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence will award its 2011 Inamori Ethics Prize on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to human rights attorney Beatrice Mtetwa. Mtetwa will be recognized for her efforts to fight injustice in her home country of Zimbabwe. The Inamori celebration begins with an academic symposium at 12:30 p.m. in the Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence, located on the ground level of...
Mathematical models analyzing how a cholera outbreak spread in Zimbabwe are providing new insights into the most effective vaccination strategies for preventing future cholera epidemics, according to University of Florida researchers.The mathematical models employed to analyze a large cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe in 2008-2009 suggest that mass vaccinations deployed strategically could prevent future cholera epidemics in that country and others.The researchers' findings, published online in...
WESTPORT, Conn., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As "The Oprah Winfrey Show" nears the end of its 25th and final season, the Friday, May 20 episode of the program featured an hour titled "Oprah's All-Time Favorite Guest Revealed!" updating viewers on the lives of some of the program's most memorable guests. During the show, Oprah also revealed that her favorite guest of all-time is Tererai Trent, a woman from the village of Zvipani in Zimbabwe. To view the multimedia assets associated with...
If you want to improve HIV testing rates in remote rural areas, get the community involved, says UCLA's Thomas Coates, who has directed a new study examining HIV testing programs in communities in Africa and Southeast Asia.The research, published online in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, shows that when community mobilization activities and post-test psychosocial support services were added to easily accessible HIV counseling and testing programs, rates of initial and repeat testing in these...
Latest Zimbabwe Reference Libraries
The Grey Rhebok or Grey Rhebuck (Pelea capreolus), is a species of antelope endemic to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland. They prefer grassy, mountainous habitat They are also known as the Vaal Rhebok or Vaalribbok. Rheboks carry a woolly grey coat to insulate them from the cold of their habitat. Only the males carry the straight horns. Males become extremely aggressive during the breeding season.
The Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus), is a bushshrike and a passerine bird closely related to the true shrikes in the family Laniidae. This species is endemic to southern Africa, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, with an isolated population in the mountains of eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. It is a species of open habitats, including karoo scrub, fynbos and parks and gardens in urban areas. The adult Bokmakierie is a 8.6-9.0 inch long bird with olive-green upperparts and a...
The yellow mongoose is a small mammal averaging about 1 lb (1/2 kg) in weight and about 20 in (500 mm) in length. A member of the mongoose family, it lives in open country. It resides from semi-desert scrubland to grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. There are as many as twelve subspecies of yellow mongoose. In general, the yellow mongoose has lighter highlights on the underbelly and chin, a bushy tail. Southern yellow mongooses are larger. They have...
The yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. It has a slim body with long arms and legs and a yellowish-brown hair. It resembles the chacma baboon but is smaller. Its muzzle is not as elongated. The hairless face is black, framed with white sideburns. Males can grow to about 33.07 in (84 cm), females to about 23.62 in (60 cm). It has a long tail that grows to be nearly as long as the body. The yellow baboon inhabits grasslands and light forests....
