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GAMBIA: President’s herbal HIV...

GAMBIA: President’s herbal HIV/AIDS 'cure' boosts ARV use

africa » gambia » banjul
Monday, November 03, 2008
President Yahya Jammeh’s traditional herbal treatment for HIV has had an unanticipated side-effect, say HIV experts in the country – rather than...
hiv, aids, cure, yahya jammeh, arv, stigma

Act With Great Haste to Combat Illness and Stigma

africa » gambia
Monday, October 20, 2008
It is very encouraging to see that the Department of State for Health and particularly the Secretary of State Dr. Malick Njie are taking such a...
haste, combat, illness, stigma, healthy, mental
UGANDA: The cost of keeping ch...

UGANDA: The cost of keeping children from knowing their HIV status

africa » uganda » kampala
PlusNews http://www.plusnews.org
Friday, April 18, 2008
Throughout his childhood, GordonTuribamwe, 20, was sickly, suffering from frequent bouts of malaria and chestinfections, but his father only told him...
infection, hiv, aids, medication, test, infections, children, stigma, research
GLOBAL: Looking in the mirror ...

GLOBAL: Looking in the mirror at HIV

africa » south africa » johannesburg
PlusNews http://www.plusnews.org
Monday, April 07, 2008
It’s house music. It’s dinner, drinks and a movie. It’s first dates, first loves and first heart breaks. It’s being young - and it’s also about HIV,...
hiv, aids, campaign, virus, stigma, posters, mirror, global, health
MALAWI: Faith can give comfort...

MALAWI: Faith can give comfort, but cannot cure AIDS

africa » malawi » blantyre
PlusNews
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
A billboard showing traditional and religious leaders holding hands in the fight against AIDS is a common feature in Blantyre, Malawi's commercial...
editors choice, hiv, aids, faith, arv, medication, prayers, disease, stigma, patients
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
ANGOLA: To tell or not to tell...

ANGOLA: To tell or not to tell, that is the tricky question

africa » angola » luanda
PlusNews
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Maria Antónia* began to wonder about her husband's frequent trips to neighbouring South Africa, especially when he was away for 15 days without...
ARV, medication, hiv, aids, discrimination, fear, stigma, partners
LIBERIA: Leprosy losing its st...

LIBERIA: Leprosy losing its stigma

africa » liberia » kokoyah
IRIN
Thursday, October 25, 2007
In Liberia leprosy has long been seen as a disease caused by mystical powers and one that cannot be cured by modern medicine. Health workers and...
editors, choice, health, leprosy, stigma, medicine, workers, treatment
NIGERIA: College slammed for H...

NIGERIA: College slammed for HIV testing

africa » nigeria » lagos
PlusNews
Saturday, September 01, 2007
A private Christian university in Nigeria has come under fire from activists and health officials over its policy of compelling students to undergo...
regional, hiv, aids, test, health, univeristy, college, student, pregnancy, forced, suspension, expulsion, behaviour, campus, restrictions, discrimination, stigma
Ambassador of Hope fights disc...

Ambassador of Hope fights discrimination

africa » gambia » kololi
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Sunday, May 27, 2007
The Ambassador of Hope Mission to The Gambia on Tuesday held a press briefing at the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi. The aim of the briefing was...
events, discrimination, peace, hiv, aids, stigma

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