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GLOBAL: ARVs in microbicide research - keeping hope alive?

PlusNews

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

After a string of depressing trial results, the fourth international microbicides conference in New Delhi, India, kicked off this week with a ray of...

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Tainting The Gambia and Africa!

africa » gambia

Monday, March 10, 2008

- through biased British reportingBelow is an example of biased British reporting" on Africa, a most common example – a common feature even at the...

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SOUTH AFRICA: Question marks over ARV tender

africa » south africa

PlusNews

Monday, March 10, 2008

The South African health department has called on drug manufacturers to submit bids to supply the government's antiretroviral (ARV) treatment...

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UGANDA: Where the lake is feared more than the virus

africa » uganda » kasenyi

PlusNews

Friday, March 07, 2008

Stephen Mukasa, 23, a fisherman on East Africa's Lake Victoria, is more terrified of drowning than he is of dying from an AIDS-related illness....

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James Matovu: "I hope she finds someone who can look past her HIV

africa » uganda » kampala

PlusNews

Thursday, March 06, 2008

James is a single 30-something executive in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. He recently met a girl he really liked, and told IRIN/PlusNews that...

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AFRICA: Former child soldiers at risk of HIV

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PlusNews

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Children across Africa are emerging from conflicts in which they have served as soldiers or the 'wives' of rebel commanders and find themselves in a...

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Zambian seeks HIV help

africa » gambia

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Editor, I am a Zambian female just diagnosed with HIV. I was trying to search the internet for anything which could cure or suppress HIV in the body...

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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Condoms anytime, anywhere

africa » sao tome principe » principe

PlusNews

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Bars, restaurants and stores in the archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe now have a new attraction: small brown wooden boxes containing 144 condoms...

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GLOBAL: Another setback for microbicide research

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PlusNews

Monday, March 03, 2008

The first microbicide candidate to reach the final phase of testing has failed to prevent HIV transmission, researchers announced on Monday. Testing...

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KENYA: Blood donors encouraged to learn HIV status

africa » kenya » nairobi

PlusNews

Sunday, March 02, 2008

Blood donation drives held in Kenya in recent weeks to meet the need created by post-election violence have highlighted the shortage of regular blood...

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