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News headlines for “Pharmaceutical Corporations and AIDS”, page 11
Free Trade Threatens Affordable HIV Treatment
- Inter Press Service
With India's role as 'pharmacy to the developing world' seriously threatened by a free trade agreement to be signed with the European Union in December, the fate of cheap or free antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV and AIDS hangs in balance.
DEVELOPMENT: Fate of Millions Hangs on Global Fund Pledges
- Inter Press Service
Sibongile Mavimbela has been living with HIV for the past 12 years; she has been on antiretrovirals for the past seven. But the mother of two fears the supply of free ARVs could dry up in the near future if contributions to the Global Fund on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria fall short of the $20 billion needed to meet development targets.
Washington Debates PEPFAR Funding Ahead of Global Fund Meet
- Inter Press Service
Global health advocates are strongly urging the Barack Obama administration to remain financially supportive of the fight against HIV/AIDS, amidst fears that economic prudence from the U.S. will reverse encouraging gains.
ZIMBABWE: Neonatal Circumcision Yet to Gain Ground
- Inter Press Service
Judith Sikhosana recently gave birth to a healthy baby boy. And while she has strictly followed the advice of health workers about the post-natal care for her child, there is one thing she is yet to understand: why nurses want her baby to be circumcised.
Tighter Budgets Threaten HIV/AIDS Gains
- Inter Press Service
Although the world will miss the 2010 deadline for universal access to HIV treatment, some countries, notably in sub- Saharan Africa, have made real strides forward, three United Nations agencies reported Tuesday.
CUBA: Men's Group Champions 'Diverse Masculinities'
- Inter Press Service
Men representing an array of sexual identifications have organised in Cuba to defend sexual rights and promote respect for 'other masculinities,' with the belief that greater visibility is needed to achieve true social change and acceptance.
CHINA: Second Richest Plays Poor
- Inter Press Service
As China basks in international praise for its spectacular economic transformation over the last 30 years, some shadow sides of this story of triumph have begun to emerge.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Social Protection, a Human Right?
- Inter Press Service
Without contributions from well wishers and government grants of between 68 and 104 dollars per month per child, the House of Mother and Child in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg, would barely be able to provide for the 18 vulnerable children who call the place home.
CARIBBEAN: Still Fighting HIV Stigma After 30 Years
- Inter Press Service
An inescapable fact of living in societies that are as small and highly personalised as those in the Caribbean is that information travels very quickly and not always very accurately.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Small Amounts of Cash Make a Big Difference
- Inter Press Service
After being diagnosed HIV-positive Margaret Bikyele could not even manage the simplest of household chores, let alone being able work to generate an income for her and her two sons. Since her diagnosis in 2005 and in the years that followed, the Bikyele family’s prospects in life had looked bleak. That is until Bikyele became the recipient of a social cash transfer scheme in 2007 and began receiving 10 dollars a month.
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