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SOUTH AFRICA: Hospital project...

SOUTH AFRICA: Hospital project attempts to revive Johannesburg inner city

africa » south africa » johannesburg
PlusNews
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
A new focus on healthcare in South Africa's most densely populated inner-city suburb, is to help regenerate a community hard hit by HIV/AIDS, poverty...
editors, choice, health, hospital, hiv, aids, poverty, crime, project
ZIMBABWE: People living with H...

ZIMBABWE: People living with HIV/AIDS use new ways to handle hard times

africa » zimbabwe » harare
IRIN
Friday, October 05, 2007
Dire shortages of such essentials as electricity and water are forcing Zimbabweans living with HIV/AIDS to combat the country's hardships with new...
editors, choice, hiv, aids, health, hardship, food, aid
UGANDA: Traditional ways could...

UGANDA: Traditional ways could be a tool against HIV

africa » uganda » kitgum
IRIN
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
The lyrics of the latest Acholi pop songs are a lament: they mourn the loss of "values" in northern Uganda after a two-decade civil war that has...
editors, choice, traditional, hiv, aids, civil war, prostitute, society, sex
ZIMBABWE: Bulawayo's water cri...

ZIMBABWE: Bulawayo's water crisis cripples AIDS efforts

africa » zimbabwe » bulawayo
PlusNews
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Zimbabwe's economic woes have taken their toll on Thembelihle House, (meaning 'Good Hope' in Ndebele) an HIV and AIDS nursing home in Mpopoma, a...
regional, water, crisis, hiv, aids, rainfall
MOZAMBIQUE: Businesses invest ...

MOZAMBIQUE: Businesses invest in AIDS fight

africa » mozambique » maputo
PlusNews
Thursday, September 27, 2007
The offices of CETA-Construction and Services in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, are more reminiscent of a health centre than of a company that...
editors, choice, fight, hiv, aids, health, prevention, lab, economy, skilled labour
GLOBAL: Vaccine failure a setb...

GLOBAL: Vaccine failure a setback for anti-AIDS efforts

africa » south africa » johannesburg
PlusNews
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
News that one of the most promising and advanced HIV vaccine trials has been halted has dealt a serious blow to global AIDS prevention efforts. The...
regional, global, hiv, aids, vaccine, failure, virus, trials, health, results
SOUTHERN AFRICA: A winning rec...

SOUTHERN AFRICA: A winning recipe for PMTCT but few follow it

africa » botswana » gaborone
IRIN
Friday, September 21, 2007
A success story, at last: Botswana has lowered the rate of mother-to-child transmission of HIV to less than four percent, coming close to developed...
regional, PMTCT, hiv, aids, mother-to-child, transmission, virus, health, treatment, labor
BURUNDI: Sexual violence, cult...

BURUNDI: Sexual violence, cultural prejudice put women in HIV crosshairs

africa » burundi » bujumbura
PlusNews
Thursday, September 20, 2007
The low social status of Burundi's women leaves them vulnerable to sexual violence, while cultural taboos prevent them from seeking help. This is...
editors, choice, sexual, violence, cultural, taboo, women, girls, hiv, aids, transmitted, disease
ZIMBABWE: Child migrants seek ...

ZIMBABWE: Child migrants seek a better life in South Africa

africa » south africa » musina
IRIN
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
He is only a teenager, but he is already a seasoned border jumper. Dressed in a torn t-shirt and blue work trousers, Robert, 16, (not his real name)...
editors, choice, teenager, child migrants, border, jumper, money, food, schooling, hiv, aids, UN, aid
SWAZILAND: Tradition as a forc...

SWAZILAND: Tradition as a force against HIV/AIDS

africa » swaziland » mbabane
IRIN
Monday, September 17, 2007
Circumstance, rather than planning, has placed the battle against HIV/AIDS firmly in the hands of Swaziland's 355 chiefdoms. The decentralisation...
regional, tradition, force, hiv, aids, battle, disease, patients, people, chief, treatment
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