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PAKISTAN: Survey shows high HIV levels in Gujrat

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:22:49 GMT

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

GUJRAT Tuesday, December 02, 2008 (IRIN) - An ongoing investigation into the large number of HIV cases in the small town of Jalalpur Jattan in Pakistan's northern Gujrat district, in Punjab Province, is expected to shed light on patterns of infection in the region and influence the future direction of the country's HIV policy. In August, the New Light AIDS Control Society, a local non-governmental organisation, conducted random HIV tests of 342 people in the area; an alarming 90 were positive....

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81776

SWAZILAND: Vincent Mdluli, "HIV has ended more romances than anything else"

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:39:43 GMT

Monday, December 01, 2008

MANZINI Monday, December 01, 2008 (IRIN) - Vincent Mdluli, 24, lives in Manzini, Swaziland, and works as a carpenter's assistant. He told IRIN/PlusNews what happened when he found out his girlfriend was HIV positive, and how the discovery changed his life. "My friend, do you know that HIV has ended more romances than anything else? A wife tells a husband she's HIV and he leaves her. Most times it is the man who infects the woman; he has affairs outside their relationship, he gets infected, and...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81749

ZIMBABWE: "He begged for forgiveness and I did just that"

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:33:48 GMT

Monday, December 01, 2008

HARARE Monday, December 01, 2008 (IRIN) - The story of Samuel and Stella Malunga* is one of love and forgiveness in a time of HIV and AIDS. They met and fell in love while studying law at a university in neighbouring South Africa. Samuel graduated two years before Stella and returned to Zimbabwe but kept their relationship going until she was able to join him in 2000. They got married shortly afterwards but before Stella could find work, they discovered she was expecting twins. Samuel...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81750

MOZAMBIQUE: Winning small victories against HIV and TB

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:48:38 GMT

Monday, December 01, 2008

TETE Monday, September 29, 2008 (IRIN) - Inês Muterua, 29, lies on a frayed straw mat between two mud huts and places an old tin can full of sand by her side. "I usually spit my phlegm into this can to keep from spitting just anywhere and contaminating others, like what happened with me." Muterua contracted tuberculosis (TB) in October 2007 while taking care of her mother. After she died, the young woman was advised to take a TB test, which came back positive. She lives with her husband and two...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=80657

MOZAMBIQUE: Proposed law a mixed bag for people with HIV

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:48:31 GMT

Monday, December 01, 2008

MAPUTO Monday, December 01, 2008 (IRIN) - Sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and on the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, people living with HIV in Mozambique are still experiencing frequent human rights abuses. "There are signs that many people have been the victims of violence, or even lost their lives, for having gone public about their HIV-positive status," said Alice Mabote, president of the Mozambican League of Human Rights. AIDS-related discrimination is...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81755

Know your HIV status, urges Govt

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:36:58 GMT

Sunday, November 30, 2008

As the country marks the World Aids Day today, the Government is warning that nearly two-thirds of Kenyans have never been tested for HIV.

Source: http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144000580&cid=4&

United against the grim reaper

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:36:22 GMT

Sunday, November 30, 2008

The message from the United Nations today bears hope that the country is finally making tangible gains in the battle against HIV and Aids.

Source: http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144000579&cid=4&

Study cites toll of AIDS policy in South Africa

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:39:28 GMT

Saturday, November 29, 2008

A new study by Harvard researchers estimates that the South African government would have prevented the premature deaths of 365,000 people earlier this decade if it had provided antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients and widely administered drugs to help prevent pregnant women from infecting their babies.The Harvard study concluded that the policies grew out of President Thabo Mbeki's denial of the well-established scientific consensus about the viral cause of AIDS and the essential role of...

Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/26/africa/26aids.php

HIV prevention campaigns ‘save thousands of lives in SA’

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:10:00 GMT

Thursday, November 27, 2008

SOUTH African HIV prevention campaigns had saved more than 700000 people from becoming infected , a major study has shown. A joint statement from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the Centre for AIDs Development Research and Evaluation (Cadre) in the US , said the study provided evidence that prevention worked. It also showed that more investment should be made to continue and strengthen prevention interventions. The infections averted or delayed in 2005 resulted in huge cost savings,...

Source: http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=274874

UGANDA: 'One million to test' campaign logs first victory

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:01:52 GMT

Thursday, November 27, 2008

KAMPALA Thursday, November 27, 2008 (IRIN) - More than 1,000 people were recently tested for HIV at a busy marketplace in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, kicking off a nationwide drive that aims to help at least 20,000 people across the country know their status. Between 26 November and 1 December, World AIDS Day, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), US-based NGO, has set a goal of testing one million people around the world http://www.onemilliontests.org/index.html. AHF has formed...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81700