Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS in Africa”, page 24
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.
ZAMBIA: Health Fears Follow Floods
- Inter Press Service
As the heavy rains subside, signifying the end of the rainy season, a cholera outbreak is sweeping through the Zambian capital, Lusaka.
SIERRA LEONE: Plan For Sanitation Rests with Community
- Inter Press Service
Lying forgotten in the bush somewhere is a sign declaring 'Ogoo Farm is an open defecation-free community.'
HEALTH-KENYA: PMTCT Projects at Stake
- Inter Press Service
Pregnant mothers who are HIV-positive could soon find it challenging to access life-saving HIV drugs because Kenya was denied 270 million dollars in funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
HEALTH-ZAMBIA: Government’s SMS System for HIV Test Results
- Inter Press Service
HIV-positive Bupe Mwamba, 22, lies next to her newborn baby girl at the rural clinic she just gave birth in and wonders if her baby is HIV-positive too.
WORLD WATER DAY: Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink
- Inter Press Service
When there are water cuts in Bulawayo the plants in 59-year-old Ntombizodwa Makati’s vegetable garden are still watered, but she and her family go thirsty.
WEST AFRICA: Stopping the Polio Virus
- Inter Press Service
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners hope to eliminate the circulation of the polio virus in West Africa as soon as June by launching the first round of national synchronised immunisation days against the debilitating disease.
NAMIBIA: 'If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It'
- Inter Press Service
'At home we have a bar,' says grade seven learner David Bravo* (14). 'When my mother puts on the music I cannot concentrate on (my) schoolwork anymore. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I just sit there and watch the people.'
MALAWI: Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans
- Inter Press Service
At the age of 66, village headman Kamwala of Dedza district in central Malawi is starting to feel the effects of ageing. He gets tired easily and needs frequent naps but says he cannot afford this luxury. He and his wife are caregivers to a one-year-old orphan.
HEALTH: U.S. AIDS Fund Flat-Lining, Groups Complain
- Inter Press Service
The debate between those who favour investment in AIDS treatment and those who favour investment in its prevention came to the forefront Thursday at a U.S House of Representatives hearing on U.S. investments in HIV/AIDS in Africa.
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