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NAMIBIA: HIV/AIDS dulls shine ...

NAMIBIA: HIV/AIDS dulls shine of good development scores

africa » namibia
IRIN
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
A sharp drop in life expectancy, with HIV/AIDS the primary driver, has sent Namibia's human development indicators plummeting; gains in other areas...
editors, choice, hiv, aids, development, poverty, epidemic, health
SOUTH AFRICA: When microbicide...

SOUTH AFRICA: When microbicide trials go wrong - Part 2

africa » south africa » durban
PlusNews
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
It's an overcast Thursday morning in the port city of Durban, on South Africa's east coast, and some of the former participants in a microbicide...
editors, choice, microbicide, trails, research, health, hiv, infection, sex, gel
SWAZILAND: Rural clinic gives ...

SWAZILAND: Rural clinic gives AIDS patients a lifeline

africa » swaziland
PlusNews
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thab'sile Nkambule, 29, struggles with her breathing and endures crippling headaches, chronic diarrhoea and weakness that make carrying water from...
editors, choice, hiv, aids, patients, clinic, healthcare
ZIMBABWE: HIV-positive pastor ...

ZIMBABWE: HIV-positive pastor shouts from the pulpit

africa » zimbabwe » harare
IRIN
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Rev Maxwell Kapachawo is the only known pastor in Zimbabwe who publicly admits to being HIV-positive; he is also encouraging any of his peers...
editors, choice, hiv, aids, positive, disease, pulpit
UGANDA: Factory to boost ARV r...

UGANDA: Factory to boost ARV rollout

africa » uganda » kampala
PlusNews
Monday, October 15, 2007
A new Ugandan pharmaceutical factory has begun producing antiretroviral medication drugs locally, something the government says will significantly...
regional, arv, production, hiv, medication
SOUTH AFRICA: When a microbici...

SOUTH AFRICA: When a microbicide trial goes wrong - Part 1

africa » south africa » durban
PlusNews
Sunday, October 14, 2007
This is the fourth article in a six-part series on the challenges of HIV-prevention research in South Africa. On Wednesday 10 October...
editors, choice, hiv, trial, research, prevention
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
DRC: Call to address sexual vi...

DRC: Call to address sexual violence in the east

africa » dem rep congo
PlusNews
Saturday, October 06, 2007
The international community must take urgent action to eliminate rampant sexual violence in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...
editors, choice, sexual, violence, women, abuse, hiv
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
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