Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS in Africa”, page 13
Swaziland/HIV: Community caregivers administer MDR-TB injections in Swaziland
- Inter Press Service
CAMBODIA: EU, India Trade Deal Could Hurt Access to Anti-Retrovirals
- Inter Press Service
Every day, twice a day for the last seven years, Men Thol has swallowed a set of pills that gives him the strength to lead a normal life.
CHILE: Flood of Criticism for 'Retrograde' AIDS Campaign
- Inter Press Service
'It’s much more fun to die of old age than to die of AIDS. And if you die with your lifelong partner, so much the better. Avoid AIDS: be faithful' is one of the controversial TV spots in this year’s edition of the annual anti-AIDS campaign by Chile’s Health Ministry.
WEST AFRICA: New Vaccine For Mass Campaign Against Meningitis
- Inter Press Service
More than 20 million people will be vaccinated between now and the end of the year in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger as a mass vaccination campaign using a new conjugate vaccine unfolds across West Africa. Manufactured in India, MenAfriVac offers health authorities a powerful weapon against a deadly disease.
DR CONGO: Vaccinations: Forewarned Is Forearmed But For Lack of Funds
- Inter Press Service
Health officials' fears that insecurity and a lack of resources could lead to fresh outbreaks of preventable diseases are being proved painfully accurate in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Polio - thought to have been eradicated in DRC five years ago - has made a frightening reappearance in Central Africa.
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.
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