Not many prevention strategies for HIV infected people exist in sub-Saharan Africa because health authorities pay heed to risks related to casual-sexual encounters. HIV continues to effect long-term couples relationships in sub-Saharan Africa, especially young people.

A recent research on the genetic make-up of Africans has revealed that the genetic diversity among these people is much more than it was earlier believed.

Researchers for studying the genetics sequenced the complete genomes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa and four Bushmen from Namibia. They were more than 80 years old.

A study of 3,300 patients in Africa found that an anti-HSV2 drug called acyclovir reduced the risk of HIV progression by 16%. A common treatment for herpes can delay the need for HIV drugs in people with both infections as this cheap treatment keeps people with HIV stay healthy for longer.

There is a new hope for malarial cases in Africa where babies have the highest risk of life due to this dreaded disease. A vaccine which appears to be able to prevent the disease in about 50 percent of children is presently in the final stage of testing.

According to the findings of a new study, led by glaciologist Lonnie Thompson at Ohio State University in Columbus, the famous snow and ice atop Mount Kilimanjaro will likely vanish in the next 25 years or so, owing to climate change.

The researchers of AIDS are keen on expanding their study of a rare group of HIV-infected people, whose immune systems naturally and mysteriously prevent the virus growing the virus in their bodies.

Scientists have till now concentrated on North America but they are now hoping to rope in people from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

GlaxoSmithKline said it plans to invest up to 60 million pounds ($97 million) over 10 years to improve research, development and access to AIDS drugs in Africa.

Washington - Barack Obama wasn't the only sought-after Obama in Washington at the bevy of balls late Tuesday celebrating his inauguration.

Nairobi - A rebel group that has been battling the government in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo dismissed claims that its leader had been ousted as peace talks were set to recommence on Wednesday.

Kampala, Uganda  - Ugandan rebels the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), currently facing a regional military offensive in the north- east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killed 43 civilians and abducted others in deadly attacks around Christmas, military officials said Saturday.