Global Cause
In this issue
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Insight: Gay men and hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is the single biggest threat to the health of HIV positive gay men on the party scene. It’s the elephant in the room. Men don’t like talking about it. There’s a stigma attached to it that is far worse than HIV, says Robert Fieldhouse, Editor, BASELINE magazine.
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Correct dieting can improve quality of life for hepatitis patients
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral infection that affects the liver. A liver-friendly diet is therefore central to its effective management and to improved quality of life for patients, says top celebrity chef and food writer, Gizzi Erskine.
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Effective medicines for hepatitis C
Long-term consequences of hepatitis C include cirrhosis or scarring of the liver and up to one in 25 of these cases go on to develop liver cancer. Fortunately, several medicines have been developed in recent years to clear the virus for good from the body, and the prospects are getting better all the time.
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Why World AIDS Day is still so important
World AIDS Day has been recognised since 1988, why is it still so important? Dr Christian Jessen tells us why.
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Urgent need for engineers and logisticians to help in fight against Ebola
A shortage of engineers and logisticians is undermining the international response to Ebola in West Africa as humanitarian organisations struggle to recruit the experts needed.
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Unleashing the power of good logistics on NTDs
Logistics plays a major role in ensuring and maintaining adequate drug coverage and, in turn, control or eliminate neglected tropical diseases.
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Why we need to get wise to the world’s TB epidemic
If you have HIV, your chances of developing tuberculosis are greatly increased. That is why we need more research into TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment — and quickly.
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SAMBA HIV testing technology in Zimbabwe
Manufactured by Diagnostics for the Real World (DRW), a spinout company from Cambridge University, the new SAMBA II point-of-care machines are specifically developed for resource limited settings.
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Making NTD work comprehensive and inclusive
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion of the world’s poorest people. We look at how international collaboration and partnerships are starting to turn the tide of misery.
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Why young people must be more HIV aware
Audrey is a mentor from Zimbabwe Young Positives (ZY+), a support group working with young people in Zimbabwe who are living with HIV.