Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS around the world”, page 9
AFGHANISTAN: For HIV Care, Cross Over to Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
After testing positive for HIV, which caused him to be deported from the United Arab Emirates, Nazarullah probably found little reason to feel fortunate.
UGANDA: 'Why Waste ARVs on Sex Workers?'
- Inter Press Service
Sex workers, among the populations most at risk of HIV infection in Uganda, say they are yet to realise their right to health.
CUBA: Drag Queens and Volunteers Promote Safe Sex
- Inter Press Service
Margot Parapar gets plenty of laughs from the audience with this joke: 'Now the human body is divided into five parts: head, trunk, upper and lower limbs, and condom.' Using his female stage name, Cuban drag queen, comedian and health promoter Oliver Alarcón includes HIV/AIDS prevention messages in his shows.
AFRICA: Threat of a Perfect Storm - AIDS and a Fresh Food Crisis
- Inter Press Service
In November, the Food and Agriculture Organisation was just one of many voices warning that food prices have risen to levels last seen at the start of the 2007-2008 crisis. A majority of the countries most exposed to a repeat of that problem are in Africa, where vulnerability to food security is exacerbated by AIDS.
ZAMBIA: Pack of Drugs Helps Mothers Protect Babies
- Inter Press Service
Close to 400,000 African children are infected with HIV every year - nearly one in five of these infected during birth or shortly thereafter because their mothers lack access to antiretroviral drugs.
LATIN AMERICA: Violence Against Women Linked to HIV Risk
- Inter Press Service
'My mother used to beat me. She would lock me away, and then she started chaining me to the table,' says Elizabeth. Teresa recounts how she was seven months pregnant when her husband grabbed her by the hair, threw her to the ground and kicked her.
No Sex Education Please, We're Arab
- Inter Press Service
Civil society has warned of adverse social and health consequences after the Egyptian government ordered the removal of content related to male and female anatomy, reproductive health and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) from the school curriculum.
Funding Cuts on Horizon for Global Health, AIDS
- Inter Press Service
Over the past several years, the number of people needing treatment for HIV/AIDS has risen, but so has the amount of funding for the treatment and prevention of the disease. The United States has been at the forefront of that funding, but with the new emphasis in Washington on reducing government spending that may be about to change.
UGANDA: Sexual Crimes Go Unpunished
- Inter Press Service
Anna Grace Nakasi, recently chosen to contest next February’s local council elections for Tubur subcounty, in Soroti district in North Eastern Uganda, contracted HIV when she was raped during the war.
Malawi Struggling to Address Paediatric HIV
- Inter Press Service
There are 91,000 children living with HIV in Malawi. A shortage of resources means that many do not receive proper treatment and care.
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