Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS around the world”, page 17
HEALTH-KENYA: PMTCT Projects at Stake
- Inter Press Service
Pregnant mothers who are HIV-positive could soon find it challenging to access life-saving HIV drugs because Kenya was denied 270 million dollars in funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
HEALTH-ZAMBIA: Government’s SMS System for HIV Test Results
- Inter Press Service
HIV-positive Bupe Mwamba, 22, lies next to her newborn baby girl at the rural clinic she just gave birth in and wonders if her baby is HIV-positive too.
NAMIBIA: 'If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It'
- Inter Press Service
'At home we have a bar,' says grade seven learner David Bravo* (14). 'When my mother puts on the music I cannot concentrate on (my) schoolwork anymore. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I just sit there and watch the people.'
MALAWI: Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans
- Inter Press Service
At the age of 66, village headman Kamwala of Dedza district in central Malawi is starting to feel the effects of ageing. He gets tired easily and needs frequent naps but says he cannot afford this luxury. He and his wife are caregivers to a one-year-old orphan.
HEALTH: U.S. AIDS Fund Flat-Lining, Groups Complain
- Inter Press Service
The debate between those who favour investment in AIDS treatment and those who favour investment in its prevention came to the forefront Thursday at a U.S House of Representatives hearing on U.S. investments in HIV/AIDS in Africa.
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: More Funds Needed for HIV Prevention and Treatment
- Inter Press Service
Decreasing or levelling HIV funding will destabilise developing countries’ health systems, a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) warned. They demand that governments worldwide own up to their promise of achieving universal access to HIV treatment.
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV
- Inter Press Service
A world where all children are born free of HIV infection is possible in only five years if donors continue to fund global efforts to combat the virus.
HEALTH: Neoliberalism not Liberal Enough for AIDS Investments
- Inter Press Service
Neoliberal economic ideas have grown increasingly dominant over the last 30 years. During that same time, the spread of HIV/AIDS has reached an epidemic crescendo.
SWAZILAND: Long-distance Learning Certificate for Caregivers
- Inter Press Service
Every Tuesday you will find 70-year-old Precious Dlamini under a tree, weighing children and babies from her local community as she monitors their health and nutrition.
THAILAND: Women with HIV Break Silence, Confront Stigma
- Inter Press Service
Veena Panudej makes a living in the night like so many other women and men in this quiet eastern corner of Thailand. They work under the light of the stars in rubber estates spread beyond this city close to the Cambodian border.
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