Africa: Cheap Drug to Halve Kiddie Aids Deaths
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Administering co-trimoxazole, a cheap, widely used antibiotic, to HIV-positive children could dramatically cut AIDS-related deaths in Africa.
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A combination of two experimental AIDS drugs can help control the deadly virus in people who are infected with highly resistant forms, an international team of researchers reported on Thursday.
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The world&#39;s biggest AIDS conference  closed on Wednesday with a call for the development of  child-specific drugs to ensure millions of HIV-infected  children not only survive to adulthood, but also live without  damaging side effects from their treatment.
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A cheap, easy-to-use drug that prevents bleeding after childbirth could help to save the lives of thousands of women in poor countries, researchers said on Friday.
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NDORI, Kenya -- Giving antiretroviral drugs to pregnant women has long been celebrated as one of the few successful tactics in the war against AIDS in Africa. A single pill for a woman in labor, followed by a sip of syrup for her newborn baby, cuts HIV transmission rates by more than half,...
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A new, low-cost drug is launched to combat malaria, aimed at children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Two million Nigerian children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS and 900 people are dying needlessly from the virus every day, the international medical aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) said.
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A low-cost antibiotic which has  performed well in tests should be given to all HIV children in  developing countries to prevent infections such as pneumonia  and reduce deaths, scientists said on Friday.
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LONDON -- The first affordable combination anti-malarial drug tailored for children will soon be available across Africa, potentially saving millions of lives, the nonprofit organization and the pharmaceuticals giant who worked to develop it said Thursday.
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Infusions of albumin, a blood   protein, could potentially save up to 80 percent of children   who otherwise die from malaria, researchers reported on Friday.
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The death rate of children infected with HIV in Africa could be cut in half if they were put on an inexpensive antibiotic, according to a study published in The Lancet.
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After years of struggling to make anti-retrovirals available in the developing world, medical authorities have been startled to discover that many people in the advanced stages of AIDS are reluctant to take them -- or accept the treatment only when death is so near that the medication can no longer reverse the slide.
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Widespread distribution of mosquito nets and a new medicine sharply reduced malaria deaths in several African countries, World Health Organization researchers reported.
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Anti-retroviral drug treatments can dramatically reduce the level of HIV virus in the blood but transmission risks remain, United Nations health agencies said on Friday.
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PRETORIA -- More than 1 billion children suffer from poverty, war, and HIV/AIDS, a new UNICEF report says, indicating that gains in reducing child deaths in the 1980s and '90s have stalled in the past decade.
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Statin drugs that lower cholesterol  levels and reduce the risk of heart disease may also help slow  down the AIDS virus, Spanish researchers reported on Monday.
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The World Health Organization has recommended a new treatment for HIV-positive children which researchers say can dramatically cut death rates.