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Are Namibian Women Being Forcibly Sterilised?
- Inter Press Service
A landmark court case, alleging that HIV-positive women were forcibly sterilised in Namibian state hospital begins in Windhoek's High court on June 1. Human rights groups claim the practice has continued long after the authorities were notified.
SOUTH AFRICA: Lack of Quality Health Care Causes Rise in Orphans
- Inter Press Service
Two small boys play quietly on a jungle gym, some distance away from other children. The six-year-old twins, who live at the Masigcine children's centre in Mfuleni township, 35 kilometres out of Cape Town, are severely traumatised from being orphaned at the age of one and have difficulty relating to their peers.
Haitian Group Honoured for AIDS Work, Earthquake Aid
- Inter Press Service
A non-profit group founded in Haiti nearly three decades ago to fight what was then a mysterious killer disease later identified as AIDS has been awarded the prestigious 2010 Gates Award for Global Health.
African Grandmothers Support in Role as Caregivers
- Inter Press Service
'Africa cannot survive without us,' is the message from grandmothers representing all corners of the continent.
SOUTH AFRICA: Teenagers’ Health at Tremendous Risk
- Inter Press Service
'I sometimes drink alcohol because it makes things funny,' said 15-year-old Senelo* giggles shyly. 'I go to unlicensed taverns. They sell alcohol without asking questions.'
'Drug War' Policies Need a Stint in Rehab
- Inter Press Service
The war on drugs is a complete failure everywhere, according a comprehensive review of 20 years of scientific literature released at the Harm Reduction 2010 conference in Liverpool, England that wraps up Thursday.
CHINA: Stigma Stays Despite Lifting of Ban on HIV/AIDS Carriers
- Inter Press Service
China’s lifting of its longstanding ban on foreign visitors with HIV removes a restriction that many Chinese doctors and activists find discriminatory, but removing the stigma attached with the virus remains one of the biggest challenges ahead in facing the disease.
HEALTH: Injecting Drug Use Spreads HIV in Eastern Europe
- Inter Press Service
Poor intervention in Injecting drug use (IDU) is driving the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe and is also largely responsible for the tuberculosis epidemic in parts of Russia, says a new study.
EU-India Deal Could Kill a Health Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
Life-saving medicines could become too costly for the world's poor after a new trade agreement between the European Union and India comes into effect, public health activists have warned.
Q&A: The State of HIV Prevention Vaccines
- Inter Press Service
An HIV vaccine is possible if the world works together as a global community with the objective of finding one, but it will take some years to develop.
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