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SUDAN: HIV status a closely gu...

SUDAN: HIV status a closely guarded secret for most

africa » sudan » kassala
PlusNews
Monday, February 18, 2008
Fadia Awad offers us sweets, a traditional Sudanese gesture of hospitality, and then asks if we are going to refuse them, as all her neighbours do. ...
hiv, status, aids, testing
GLOBAL: WHO narrows down secon...

GLOBAL: WHO narrows down second-line ARV options

africa
PlusNews
Thursday, February 14, 2008
As developing countries scale up their antiretroviral (ARV) treatment programmes, more and more people living with HIV are expected to develop...
hiv, aids, drugs, who, campaign, treatment, arv, health
ZAMBIA: Rumours of HIV in cont...

ZAMBIA: Rumours of HIV in contraceptive spread panic

africa » zambia » lusaka
PlusNews
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
A public health scare sparked by allegations that batches of the injectible contraceptive, Depro-Provera, contained the HIV virus has exposed deep...
hiv, aids, virus, contraceptive, government, health, tests
GLOBAL: Positive people on ARV...

GLOBAL: Positive people on ARVs not sexually infectious say experts

africa
PlusNews
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Swiss HIV experts have said that HIV-positive individuals who follow their antiretroviral (ARV) treatment consistently and who do not have any...
hiv, aids, arv, drugs, sti, treatment
KENYA: Healthcare threatened b...

KENYA: Healthcare threatened by political crisis

africa » kenya » nairobi
IRIN
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Health officials are concerned about the long-term impact of Kenya's political crisis on healthcare, especially in areas hardest hit by violence...
health, crisis, drugs, hiv, aids, patients, tuberculosis, who, government
SOUTH AFRICA: New improved PMT...

SOUTH AFRICA: New improved PMTCT on the way

africa » south africa » johannesburg
IRIN
Saturday, February 09, 2008
The long wait is over. South Africa's HIV-positive pregnant women will now have access to medication that could further reduce the risk of...
arv, hiv, pregnancy, virus, infection, baby
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Somethi...

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Something pretty because they are special

africa » sao tome principe
PlusNews
Friday, February 08, 2008
Night falls early along the equator. When darkness creeps across the bay of Santa Ana and sets over the town of Sao Tome, the girls appear in twos or...
sex, prostitution, sex workers, health, risk, condom, hiv, aids, trade
ZIMBABWE: Cheaper, more access...

ZIMBABWE: Cheaper, more accessible ARVs might be on the cards

africa » zimbabwe » harare
PlusNews
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) medication is in perilously short supply in Zimbabwe, and exorbitant prices have kept the scarce drugs out of...
arv, drugs, hiv, aids, government, production, health, prices
UGANDA: HIV/AIDS triggers rise...

UGANDA: HIV/AIDS triggers rise in TB infections

africa » uganda » kampala
IRIN
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Tuberculosis infection rates in Uganda have increased due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country, but the scarcity of health centres and...
tuberculosis, hiv, aids, infection, camps, health, who, nutrition
Linda Mbiko:

Linda Mbiko: "Johannesburg is a place of gold, but it's not easy to get that gold, even if you dig"

africa » south africa » johannesburg
PlusNews
Monday, February 04, 2008
Linda Mbiko*, a 36-year-old widow, crossed the border from Zimbabwe into South Africa, hidden in the back of a truck. She was fleeing poverty and a...
hiv, aids, support, poverty, treatment, test, arvs, patients
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