AFENET COVID-19 at a Glance # 152

Published on May 14, 2021

AFENET COVID-19 at a Glance Issue #152 is now available

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People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: cryptococcal meningitis

May 14, 2021
The real problem lies with with a lack of political will to address this leading cause of HIV-related mortality.In May 2021, a group of health organisations based in Africa, Europe and the US released the Strategic Framework for Ending Cryptococcal Meningitis Deaths by 2030. The Conversation

EARLY RELEASE: Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Among Health Care Personnel - 33 U.S. Sites, January-March 2021

May 14, 2021
The first U.S. multisite test-negative design vaccine effectiveness study among HCP found a single dose of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to be 82% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 and 2 doses to be 94% effective.