Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS around the world”, page 14
SWAZILAND: HIV - Long Distances Place Expectant Mothers at Risk
- Inter Press Service
Affectionately known as Gogo Zondo by the community of Ndvwabangeni in northern Swaziland, Margaret Zondo is a traditional health practitioner who helps treat the sick and delivers babies.
KENYA: HIV Strain Among Gays Same as Strain in Heterosexuals
- Inter Press Service
Because of societal pressure and the criminality associated with men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kenya, Omondi Maina* married a woman. This is despite being involved in homosexual relationship for the last 10 years.
Women Vital in Global Fight Against AIDS
- Inter Press Service
Empowering women could more effectively help in curbing the spread of HIV, Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and philanthropist said at the AIDS conference here Monday.
More Information to be Shared on AIDS Vaccine
- Inter Press Service
Scientists participating in the 18th International AIDS conference that opens in Vienna Sunday promise to share more information on vaccine research.
HEALTH: To Fight AIDS, Fight Gender Inequality
- Inter Press Service
Under the banner that gender inequality is one of the main drivers of the spread of AIDS, women from around the world are uniting to demand a stop to the epidemic among all females -- whether adults or girls.
SOUTH AFRICA: Trauma of Children Caring for HIV-Positive Parents
- Inter Press Service
Nine-year-old Nomasonto* had no choice but to switch roles with her mother and care for the HIV-positive woman who gave birth to her. Instead of worrying about homework and going out to play with her friends, Nomasonto’s daily concerns were now a matter of life and death.
Former Presidents Denounce Drug War Ahead of AIDS Meet
- Inter Press Service
The failed 'war on drugs' has not only badly damaged countries where it is waged, it is responsible for driving up HIV infection rates in some countries, says an official declaration endorsed Wednesday by three former Latin American presidents in advance of the XVIII International AIDS Conference that begins Jul. 18 in Vienna.
MALAWI: Concerns over Cost of New HIV/AIDS Treatment Regime
- Inter Press Service
As government implements a new HIV/AIDS treatment regimen according to latest world standards, a major grouping of non-governmental organisations are concerned that the high cost of the new medication will mean government will no longer be able provide free treatment to as many people as before.
HIV Vaccine Advances Made Ahead of Global Conference
- Inter Press Service
In 1984, then-U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler famously declared, 'We hope to have such a vaccine ready for testing in approximately two years.' The vaccine in question would prevent AIDS and the goal Heckler set has been missed by over 26 years.
ZAMBIA: Parent’s Fears Slowing Uptake of Paediatric AIDS Treatment
- Inter Press Service
Diana Banda* is quickly running out of excuses to give her six-year-old son about why he has to take a schedule of drugs every day.
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