Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS around the world”, page 20
WORLD AIDS DAY: Children Still Falling Through the Cracks
- Inter Press Service
While most HIV-positive people in the Western world can gain decades of good health thanks to increasingly effective drug regimens, in the developing world, nearly a third of children born with HIV are still dying before their first birthday.
WORLD AIDS DAY: Groups Urge Repeal of 'Antiquated Colonial Laws'
- Inter Press Service
On the heels of a new report by UNAIDS that the HIV virus is now infecting Caribbean men and women at an equal rate, activist groups are urging regional leaders to eliminate laws that further the stigmatisation associated with the deadly virus.
HEALTH-AFRICA: On ART Since Birth
- Inter Press Service
Seven-year-old Ntombi* frowns after swallowing the tablets her grandmother has given her. The HIV positive child has contracted multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB.
SWAZILAND: Help Sex Workers - Senator
- Inter Press Service
It is one of the world’s oldest professions, dating so far back that it is even mentioned in the Bible. But in the deeply cultural and religious country of Swaziland, Senator Thuli Msane stirred a hornet’s nest when she publicly challenged a new strict bill opposing prostitution.
RIGHTS-UGANDA: 'You Cannot Tell Me You Will Kill Me Because I’m Gay'
- Inter Press Service
The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a 'gay' way, if a new proposed Bill becomes law.
LESOTHO: AIDS Orphans get Helping Hand
- Inter Press Service
Fifteeen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.
RIGHTS-US: NGOs Praise End to HIV Travel Ban
- Inter Press Service
Global health and U.S. AIDS activists are hailing President Barack Obama's announcement Friday that the government will end a 22-year-old ban on the entry into the United States of HIV-positive visitors.
HEALTH-AFRICA: Fresh Campaign Against Paediatric AIDS
- Inter Press Service
Eleven years ago, Raloke Odetoyinbo had been married for two years and a month when she found out she was HIV positive.
KENYA: AIDS Prevention Amongst Drug Users a Challenge
- Inter Press Service
The United Nation Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) claims that Kenya has more drug users than any other East African country. UNODC estimates there are 100,000 cocaine users, 200,000 using opiates like heroin and four million who smoke cannabis.
HEALTH: New Vaccine for AIDS Raises Conditional Hope
- Inter Press Service
The possibility that a vaccine could soon be developed to fight the deadly HIV virus has the scientific community brimming with hope and excitement, but there is also disagreement about how effective it could be in the global war against AIDS.
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