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MALAWI: Government proposes ma...

MALAWI: Government proposes mandatory HIV test for pregnant women

africa » malawi
PlusNews
Friday, January 18, 2008
Malawi's government is planning to table a controversial bill in Parliament which would require pregnant women to undergo HIV testing. The move is...
hiv, aids, women, government, WHO, testing
SUDAN: Fadia Awad:

SUDAN: Fadia Awad: "Three years ago, this house was full of women...they don't come anymore"

africa » sudan
PlusNews
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Fadia Awad lives with her son, Hamid, 8, in a small settlement outside Kassala in eastern Sudan. She belongs to the Rashaida tribe, a traditionally...
hiv, aids, ARV's, treatment, women, stigma, test
SUDAN: Awareness-raising takes...

SUDAN: Awareness-raising takes a softly-softly approach

africa » sudan
PlusNews
Friday, January 11, 2008
In a market square just outside the town of Kassala, near the border with Eritrea in eastern Sudan, every plastic chair is filled and there is...
hiv, aids, awareness, condoms, government, assistance, market, sex, marriage
MOZAMBIQUE: Property grabbing ...

MOZAMBIQUE: Property grabbing leaves orphans destitute

africa » mozambique
PlusNews
Friday, January 11, 2008
On a farm in the district of Bárue, in the central province of Manica, 16-year-old Helena Ivan hurries home with a small bundle on her head. After...
orphans, hiv, aids, diseases, law, inheritance, family members
GUINEA-BISSAU: Testing without...

GUINEA-BISSAU: Testing without treatment: an island's dilemma

africa » guinea bissau
PlusNews
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Saico Djau is a very frustrated laboratory technician and HIV counsellor. After testing people for HIV and informing them of their status there is...
hiv, aids, women, testing, treatment, ARV's, tuberculosis
SWAZILAND: Risky business: rep...

SWAZILAND: Risky business: report sheds new light on sex trade

africa » swaziland
PlusNews
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Not much has been known about sex workers in Swaziland, but a recent report has begun to shed some light on the sex industry in a country with the...
business, report, sex trade, hiv, aids, infection, women, income
ZAMBIA: Fear of violence block...

ZAMBIA: Fear of violence blocks access to HIV/AIDS services

africa » zambia
PlusNews
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
The high level of gender-based violence in Zambia is preventing many women from accessing HIV/AIDS services, according to a new report by global...
hiv, aids, violence, ARV, report, medicines, treatment
AFRICA: Odds stacked against H...

AFRICA: Odds stacked against HIV-positive Muslim women

africa » south africa » johannesburg
PlusNews
Friday, January 04, 2008
Over a five-year period, Indonesian Heldina Irayanti, 28, was in and out of drug rehabilitation clinics more times than she can remember. But there...
hiv, aids, women, virus, test, poverty, victims
Top ten most underreported hum...

Top ten most underreported humanitarian stories of 2007 - Political and economic turmoil sparks health-care crisis in Zimbabwe

africa » zimbabwe
Médecins Sans Frontières
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Rampant unemployment, skyrocketing inflation, food shortages, and political instability continued to wrack Zimbabwe in 2007. Up to 3 million people...
crisis, inflation, food, ARV, hiv, aids, economy
GUINEA-BISSAU: Testing without...

GUINEA-BISSAU: Testing without treatment – an island’s dilemma

africa » guinea bissau » bubaque
IRIN
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Saico Djau is deeply frustrated. He is a laboratory technician and HIV counsellor at the Marcelino Banca hospital on Bubaque Island, the second...
hiv, aids, testing, arv, treatment
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