Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS around the world”, page 18
NIGERIA: HIV-positive Youth Still Stigmatised
- Inter Press Service
'I will never have anything to do with women since I have been diagnosed to have a killer disease.' It is not clear how Muhammad Jungudo (17) contracted HIV, but he suspects it happened at a local barber shop where the implements used for shaving are rarely sterilised. And knowing how he contracted the virus is important. At least it was to Jungudo’s family.
RWANDA-HEALTH: Efforts to Contain HIV/AIDS Among Teens Slackens
- Inter Press Service
Eighteen-year-old David Kimenyi* is sure he infected his girlfriend with HIV. They had unprotected sex many times, even after he discovered he was HIV-positive.
SWAZILAND: Dating in a Time of HIV
- Inter Press Service
Jabulile Dlamini* is sweet sixteen and has never been kissed. And she is not expecting to be kissed any time soon or to even receive any gifts this Valentine’s Day.
UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive
- Inter Press Service
HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight- and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of their status because she refuses have them tested.
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Fugitives in Their Own Country
- Inter Press Service
Every morning Pepe Julian Onziema wakes up not knowing if she will live to see another rising sun. Onziema is transgender and she lives in fear for her life because of a national campaign criminalising gay people.
ZIMBABWE: Training Teachers to Cope with HIV-positive Students
- Inter Press Service
Eleven-year-old Memory’s grandmother wanted her to drop out of school because she is not going to live long enough to complete her studies.
SOUTH AFRICA: HIV Stigma Persists
- Inter Press Service
HIV-related stigma and discrimination remain a key concern in South Africa, despite the multitude of HIV awareness campaigns that have been launched by government and civil society organisations throughout the years, health experts say.
HEALTH-EUROPE: 'Czech Attitudes to HIV/AIDS Risky'
- Inter Press Service
Complacency and ignorance over the risks posed by HIV and AIDS are threatening to send infection rates soaring in the Czech Republic, health authorities.
ZAMBIA:: Justice Delayed Becoming Justice Denied
- Inter Press Service
Harry Mubita was tired of his wretched condition in prison. He had been in Lusaka Central Prison for more than a year, and still there was no sign that his theft case would be heard.
RIGHTS-AFRICA: Judges Address How Law Can Assist HIV Response
- Inter Press Service
In Ghana, because the stigmatisation against gay men is so great, many are forced to have sexual relationships with women to escape prejudice and homophobic violence.
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