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AFRICA: Homophobia fuelling the spread of HIV

Friday, July 25, 2008

The persistent and increasing outbreaks of violence against members of the gay community in Africa are jeopardising efforts undertaken to combat HIV,...

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MOZAMBIQUE: Attitudes to HIV are changing in jail

africa » mozambique » chimoio

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Sex between prison inmates is a reality at Manica Provincial Prison, in central Mozambique, but because same-sex relations are taboo, and conjugal...

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GLOBAL: AIDS spending breaks records, but needs more focus

africa » kenya » nairobi

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

HIV/AIDS funding to low- and middle-income countries reached a record level in 2007, according to a new report by UNAIDS.AIDS spending by the G8...

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RWANDA: Military to lead the way in male circumcision

africa » rwanda » kigali

Monday, July 07, 2008

The soldiers in the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) will be the first men to benefit from a government policy to use male circumcision as a tool in the...

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AFRICA: Epidemic outpacing response says UNAIDS

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Friday, April 25, 2008

Inless than two months, government officials and AIDS activists fromaround the world will convene in New York to review the global...

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SOUTH AFRICA: Chakras and children

africa » south africa » johannesburg

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Twenty years into the pandemic, people are looking for new ways to live withHIV, and for some alternative medicine has become part of the answer. The...

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SUDAN: The art of HIV education in the south

africa » sudan » juba

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Monday, April 21, 2008

In a tiny recording studio in the southern Sudanese capital, Juba,Patrick Taban's phone rings off the hook, but he pays it no attention - he'stoo...

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KENYA: Government to roll out male circumcision

africa » kenya » nairobi

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Monday, April 21, 2008

The Kenyan government has embarked on an ambitiousnational programme to fast track the national rollout of malecircumcision as a means of preventing...

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UGANDA: The cost of keeping children from knowing their HIV status

africa » uganda » kampala

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Friday, April 18, 2008

Throughout his childhood, GordonTuribamwe, 20, was sickly, suffering from frequent bouts of malaria and chestinfections, but his father only told him...

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CHAD: HIV/AIDS is not the only threat to life

africa » chad » ndjamena

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

If someone living with HIV in the southern Danamadji regionof Chad needs to go to hospital, and they are not too weak, the best way ofgetting there...

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