Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS in Africa”, page 27
Q&A: Punitive Laws Problematic For HIV Response - UNAIDS
- Inter Press Service
The East African Community is currently developing a law to guide the region’s response to HIV/AIDS. The move comes ahead of the commencement of the East Africa common market protocol.
EAST AFRICA: No Laws to Fight HIV Stigma in Schools
- Inter Press Service
Although he was born with the virus, it was only 15 years after his birth that Robert* and his family discovered he was HIV-positive.
EAST AFRICA: Move Towards Common HIV/AIDS Law
- Inter Press Service
All HIV-positive east Africans could soon access free anti-retroviral treatment even as they move freely from country to country, if a new proposed law comes into effect.
HEALTH: Raising the Recommended CD4 Count for ART
- Inter Press Service
Newborn babies in South Africa will now be treated for HIV, regardless of their CD4 count. President Jacob Zuma announced several new measures which focus on expanding the country’s anti-retroviral (ARV) programme, especially in terms of mother-to-child-transmission, and for those with both TB and HIV.
AFRICA: Campaign to Unite Against Malaria Kicks Off
- Inter Press Service
Growing up in Cameroon, Joseph-Antoine Bell and his friends used to think that by playing football they could get rid of malaria.
HEALTH-ZIMBABWE: Lots of Drugs, No Takers
- Inter Press Service
Martha* knows she and her two young sisters need medicine. She also knows where to get it — a clinic a few yards away from her home in Glen Norah, a high-density suburb in the Zimbabwean capital.
WORLD AIDS DAY: Herdboys at Risk to Contract HIV
- Inter Press Service
In the scorching heat of the midday summer sun, a teenage boy’s sharp voice can be heard vividly as he continuously summons his cattle. Glad in his shabby-looking rag that used to be a blanket and black gumboots, the only thing that occupies his mind is his herd, his everyday companions, nothing else.
WORLD AIDS DAY: Growing Up with HIV
- Inter Press Service
Sixteen-year-old Andela Milambo* wants a husband. She is not looking for love, but for someone to share the burden of living with HIV. She wants to be able to take her medicine without having to hide, to discuss the recurring herpes with someone who understands.
WORLD AIDS DAY: Children Still Falling Through the Cracks
- Inter Press Service
While most HIV-positive people in the Western world can gain decades of good health thanks to increasingly effective drug regimens, in the developing world, nearly a third of children born with HIV are still dying before their first birthday.
WORLD AIDS DAY: Groups Urge Repeal of 'Antiquated Colonial Laws'
- Inter Press Service
On the heels of a new report by UNAIDS that the HIV virus is now infecting Caribbean men and women at an equal rate, activist groups are urging regional leaders to eliminate laws that further the stigmatisation associated with the deadly virus.
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