Africa News - .geographical media

AFRICA-UNITED KINGDOM: HIV prevention not reaching UK Africans

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Africans comprise up to 70 percent of all new heterosexual HIV cases in the United Kingdom each year, but they struggle to access prevention...

(0 views)

ETHIOPIA: Cappuccino with condom

africa » ethiopia » addis ababa

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Bellissima, on bustling Gabon Street in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, could be just another upmarket café, except that each order comes with a...

(0 views)

GLOBAL: Male circumcision - a gamble for women?

africa

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

While researchers and advocates at the International AIDS Conference this week urged donors and governments to rapidly scale up male circumcision...

(0 views)

AFRICA: Many children still miss out on treatment

africa

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Experience has shown that it is possible to run successful paediatric HIV programmes in rural African settings, yet less than 10 percent of patients...

(0 views)

NIGERIA: Sex, trucks and HIV

africa » nigeria » eleme

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Petrol tankers parked nose-to-tail line the five-kilometre stretch of road from the southern Nigerian town of Eleme to its refinery, waiting to fuel...

(2 views)

KENYA: Breast is best, even for mothers with HIV

africa » kenya » nairobi

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

The risk of an HIV-positive mother infecting her child through breastfeeding can be significantly reduced by antiretroviral treatment (ART), say...

(1 views)

GLOBAL: High food prices put pressure on HIV programmes

africa

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Steadily increasing prices could lead to a lack of affordable and nourishing food, endangering the lives of people living with HIV in the developing...

(1 views)

AFRICA: "Terrifying" new HIV/AIDS laws could undermine AIDS fight

africa

Sunday, August 10, 2008

In an attempt to stem the spread of the virus, African countries are increasingly passing legislation that criminalises HIV exposure and...

(2 views)

SOUTH AFRICA: How safe is traditional circumcision?

africa » south africa » tzaneen

Saturday, August 09, 2008

When Steve Matlhabela, 16, left his home on a chilly June morning to visit some relatives in a village not far from his in the rolling hills outside...

(2 views)

SWAZILAND: Circumcision gives men an excuse not to use condoms

africa » swaziland » mbabane

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

There is a growing belief among men in Swaziland that circumcision provides complete protection against HIV, a perception that worries...

(2 views)

Africa, World