Medication change could save 100 000 AIDS sufferers’ lives a year

A Paris conference on HIV/AIDS has heard that a simple change in medication could save more than 100 000 lives a year. Doctors making this claim cite a study in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Kenya. The results of the study are carried in the New England Journal of Medicine. It says HIV is often diagnosed […]
Raila Odinga edges ahead in Kenya presidential race

A prominent opinion poll has given opposition leader Raila Odinga a one point lead over President Uhuru Kenyatta, showing him gaining four percentage points in three weeks. Infrotrak Harris polled Odinga at 47 per cent, up from 43 per cent in its June 30 poll. With elections on August 8, the opinion poll puts President […]