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Moderna and IAVI launch clinical trial of mRNA HIV vaccine development program

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The first participant screenings are set to get underway soon for a first-in-Africa clinical trial of a messenger RNA (mRNA) HIV vaccine antigen. Biotechnology company Moderna and non-profit scientific research organisation IAVI made the announcement on 18 May, confirming that the trial will build on progress made in previous HIV vaccine research. It is set to take place at the Center for Family Health Research (CFHR) in Kigali, Rwanda, and The Aurum Institute in Tembisa, South Africa. Findings released earlier this year showed that data from the Phase 1 clinical…

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Gay man hospitalised after ‘homophobic attack’ in South Africa

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A 24-year-old gay man is recovering in hospital after being the victim of an alleged hate crime in Durban, South Africa. Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers uncomfortable. Mfundo Ngobese, a PA and model, was attacked on 24 April near the City Hall when three men reportedly approached him and his friends. After the people he was with ran away, one of the group went up to Mfundo and is said to have told his accomplices, “here’s another one”. “I tried to run away from…

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Facing hormone shortages, South Africa’s trans men try black market

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South African tech adviser Josh Stols felt a wave of euphoria when his doctor handed over his first testosterone prescription, allowing him to finally start his physical transition as a transgender man after a year of psychiatric assessments. He was looking forward to starting a new chapter until he discovered that testosterone supplies often ran short – an issue that has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic – pushing him and other desperate trans men to seek risky, black market hormones. “These shortages mess with our sense of self,” 29-year-old Stols…

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NGOs scramble to dampen COVID-19’s impact on people living with HIV

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South African domestic worker Mabuyi Dlamini always dreaded the bumpy, day-long minibus journey she had to make each month to pick up her HIV medication from the nearest clinic in KwaZulu-Natal province. So when a mobile medical service carrying nurses, counsellors and supplies of antiretroviral drugs began visiting her district two years ago, she was relieved. During COVID-19 lockdowns that made travel impossible, it became a lifeline. “It has saved me time, money and my health,” said Dlamini, 46, as she waited in line with farm workers next to the…

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