Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS in Africa”, page 19
HEALTH-UGANDA: Breastfeeding Dilemma for HIV-positive Mothers
- Inter Press Service
The new World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation that HIV-positive mothers on antiretroviral therapy (ARVs) can exclusively breastfeed their babies for up to twelve months without infecting them has created confusion among HIV-positive mothers in Uganda as information about the new guidelines struggles to reach them.
SWAZILAND: Finding Ways to Care for HIV Orphans
- Inter Press Service
In the poor, drought-stricken community of Kangcamphalala, AIDS orphan Nomvula Dladla* is in tears. The 17-year-old has been told that her aunt, the only surviving relative she could live with, passed away a few hours ago of an HIV-related illness. And if she had been living anywhere else in the country, it would have made Dladla destitute.
SOUTH AFRICA: 'Children are Dying Needlessly'
- Inter Press Service
By the time Thandi Khumalo* brought her seven-month-old daughter to the Red Cross Children’s hospital in Cape Town, help came too late. The infant had developed acute diarrhoea and Kwashiokor, a condition caused by severe protein and calorie deficiency, and died a few days after being admitted.
ZIMBABWE: Questions Raised Over Water Treatment Funding
- Inter Press Service
The memories of Zimbabwe's 2008-2009 cholera outbreak are fresh in the minds of everyone except the people who have the safety of the country's water in their hands.
MALAWI: Urban Dwellers Adopting Dry Sanitation
- Inter Press Service
Diarrhoea causes more deaths than malaria and AIDS combined, yet while funding to fight the latter two have risen sharply, the same cannot be said of resources available for hygiene, sanitation and clean drinking water.
MALAWI: Vaccination Foiled by Divine Intervention
- Inter Press Service
Dowa, central Malawi: medical staff struggle to vaccinate frightened children clinging to their parents, as an armed policeman stands guard.
UKRAINE: Punished for Fighting AIDS
- Inter Press Service
Drug users and doctors legally prescribing substitution drugs to addicts -- a key tool in the battle with the country's growing HIV epidemic -- are facing illegal police intimidation and imprisonment, HIV/AIDS activists in the Ukraine say. Fears are rising that the country's approach to the disease could be changing for the worse.
HIV-positive Kenyans Need Tribunal to Address Rights Violations
- Inter Press Service
Nancy Njeri’s life changed when she contracted HIV through a gang rape. Not only did the infection traumatise her, she was ostracised by close friends and neighbours whom she had known for almost a decade. She was fired from her job and when she attempted to sell vegetables, people boycotted her stand because of her status.
ZIMBABWE: Badly Needed Work Begins on Bulawayo Water System
- Inter Press Service
Dispersing feasting flies and angry residents from a manhole cover spewing sewage from people’s homes and into the road: another day in the working life of Njabulo Siziba. It's a dirty, frustrating, thankless job as a civil engineer for Bulawayo city council, but help is at hand for Siziba and the city he serves.
ZIMBABWE: Rural Children with HIV a ‘Lost Cause’
- Inter Press Service
Eleven-year-old Irene Thembo* lies curled like a foetus on a white wooden bench for outpatients at a clinic in rural Zimbabwe. The orphan, whose parents died of HIV-related illnesses, is terribly sick.
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