Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS in Africa”, page 32
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Mental Illness in HIV-Positive Patients Largely Ignored
- Inter Press Service
Although mental disorders, such as depression and dementia, are a commonly associated with HIV, they remain largely undiagnosed in South Africa. Lack of human and financial resources for mental health are the main reason for this, researchers say.
BURMA: Nature Conspires Against Cyclone Victims, Denying Them Clean Water
- Inter Press Service
A year after powerful Cyclone Nargis tore through Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta and southern Rangoon, killing tens of thousands of people, nature continues to play a cruel trick on survivors.
HEALTH-AFRICA: Global Financial Crisis Leads to HIV Budget Cuts
- Inter Press Service
International donors and African governments are likely to cut health budgets due to the global financial crisis. Health experts fear that increasing unemployment and poverty will lead to less food security and quality of nutrition, which will in turn put more stress on already weak health systems.
RIGHTS-IRAN: Day of Protests for Jailed AIDS Doctors
- Inter Press Service
A handful of motivated doctors, HIV/AIDS and human rights activists held rallies Tuesday in New York City and 20 countries to protest the imprisonment of Iranian doctors Arash and Kamiar Aleai.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Lethal Link Between Gender Violence and AIDS
- Inter Press Service
When she went to the doctor, 25-year-old Francisca Barros received two pieces of earthbreaking news. The welcome news was that she was pregnant. The terrifying news: that she was HIV-positive.
HEALTH-NAMIBIA: Eight Southern African Countries Team Up to Fight Malaria
- Inter Press Service
Within the next twelve months, eight Southern African countries will synchronise their battles against malaria through cross-border collaboration. They hope to eliminate malaria in four of them by 2015.
HEALTH-LESOTHO: Migration Calls for Cross-Border Health Policies
- Inter Press Service
The mountain kingdom of Lesotho faces a number of unique hurdles with regard to HIV and AIDS. The country is landlocked within South Africa, the epicentre of the pandemic, and because of limited job opportunities and high unemployment rates within Lesotho, many of its citizens work as migrant labourers in neighbouring South Africa.
ZIMBABWE: Researchers Developing New Ways to Purify Water
- Inter Press Service
Scientists at Bulawayo's National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have embarked on research to develop simple and affordable water purification methods, as more than a billion people live without safe drinking water in developing countries.
MALAWI: Bringing TB Testing and Treatment To Those Who Need It
- Inter Press Service
Malawi does not have accurate statistics that define the extent of tuberculosis (TB) cases within its borders, and there are fears that only half of those infected with the disease are able to access testing and treatment.
AFRICA: Pope on Condoms Out in the Cold
- Inter Press Service
Political leaders, activists, scientists and even Catholic bishops all joined in the chorus of criticism against the stance taken by Pope Benedict with respect to the use of condoms to curb the impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
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