Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS in Africa”, page 25
ENVIRONMENT-UGANDA: Landslides and floods - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
- Inter Press Service
Fourteen-year-old Isaac Wadyegere of Bundesi village in Bududa district woke up to a rainy and chilly Monday morning and went to school as usual. But Mar. 1 was not a usual day in Bududa district in eastern Uganda. When he heard the sound of rocks and soil tumbling down Mountain Elgon on a path to destroy part of his school, Wadyegere, along with other pupils, fled home.
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: More Funds Needed for HIV Prevention and Treatment
- Inter Press Service
Decreasing or levelling HIV funding will destabilise developing countries’ health systems, a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) warned. They demand that governments worldwide own up to their promise of achieving universal access to HIV treatment.
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV
- Inter Press Service
A world where all children are born free of HIV infection is possible in only five years if donors continue to fund global efforts to combat the virus.
HEALTH: Neoliberalism not Liberal Enough for AIDS Investments
- Inter Press Service
Neoliberal economic ideas have grown increasingly dominant over the last 30 years. During that same time, the spread of HIV/AIDS has reached an epidemic crescendo.
SWAZILAND: Long-distance Learning Certificate for Caregivers
- Inter Press Service
Every Tuesday you will find 70-year-old Precious Dlamini under a tree, weighing children and babies from her local community as she monitors their health and nutrition.
MALAWI: Catapults Against Cholera
- Inter Press Service
By this time last year, Mkanda had recorded 14 cholera cases as rainy season descended on central Malawi. This year, the area has not been a single report of cholera.
THAILAND: Women with HIV Break Silence, Confront Stigma
- Inter Press Service
Veena Panudej makes a living in the night like so many other women and men in this quiet eastern corner of Thailand. They work under the light of the stars in rubber estates spread beyond this city close to the Cambodian border.
NIGERIA: HIV-positive Youth Still Stigmatised
- Inter Press Service
'I will never have anything to do with women since I have been diagnosed to have a killer disease.' It is not clear how Muhammad Jungudo (17) contracted HIV, but he suspects it happened at a local barber shop where the implements used for shaving are rarely sterilised. And knowing how he contracted the virus is important. At least it was to Jungudo’s family.
RWANDA-HEALTH: Efforts to Contain HIV/AIDS Among Teens Slackens
- Inter Press Service
Eighteen-year-old David Kimenyi* is sure he infected his girlfriend with HIV. They had unprotected sex many times, even after he discovered he was HIV-positive.
SWAZILAND: Dating in a Time of HIV
- Inter Press Service
Jabulile Dlamini* is sweet sixteen and has never been kissed. And she is not expecting to be kissed any time soon or to even receive any gifts this Valentine’s Day.
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