Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS in Africa”, page 6
HEALTH-AFRICA: Improving Sanitation, Still a Long Way to Go
- Inter Press Service
When Callixte Munyabikari, a potato farmer from Gakenke in northern Rwanda, was rushed to a regional hospital after he fell ill with diarrhoea, he thought it was just a bad case of food poisoning.
KENYA: Providing ARVs to HIV-Negative People Will Strain Resources
- Inter Press Service
When Lucy Omollo found out that her husband was HIV-positive six years ago, the couple thought the best way to prevent her from becoming infected with the virus was not to have sex.
ZIMBABWE: Mending the City’s Water Leaks
- Inter Press Service
Thomas Njini is used to working with burst sewers and water pipes. It is a daily experience for him to respond to calls where he has to shovel human waste to clear blocked sewers. It is a job he continues to do with unenviable dedication in this city of two million people.
HEALTH-UGANDA: Self Medication Blamed for Increased Drug Resistance
- Inter Press Service
In pharmacies in the heart of Kampala men and women line up to buy drugs that you usually need a prescription for, like Coartem, a drug used to treat malaria.
SOUTH SUDAN: Women Hope Independence Means Less Maternal Deaths
- Inter Press Service
Mother of eight, Jessicah Foni, 36, hopes that independence will mean a hospital will soon be built in her village.
Foni, who has travelled from a remote village in South Sudan to the state’s capital to celebrate independence, lost two babies at birth because of the lack of medical facilities in her area.
Navigating Challenges, Brazil Steps Up AIDS Response
- Inter Press Service
Long heralded as a model for the global response to HIV/AIDS, Brazil is intensifying its actions, at home and abroad, in the face of potential setbacks including an arising need for new treatment regimens, the resultant increase in drug prices and the debate over intellectual property rights.
KENYA: No Longer Forced to Buy Ineffective Anti-Malarial Drugs
- Inter Press Service
People in Western Kenya are now able to buy effective anti-malarial drugs at low prices thanks to the success of the Global Fund’s subsidy programme, and thanks to honest pharmacists who are reselling the drugs at the recommended low prices.
UGANDA: Distribution Policy Means Not Enough Drugs for Clinics
- Inter Press Service
The nurse at Najembe Health Centre in Buikwe district says the centre’s supply of malaria drugs will be finished in two days. A malaria epidemic has hit the area and the demand for the drugs is high. But the centre, which serves the entire sub-county, will have to wait up to six weeks before their supply will be replenished.
Building Vaccines for the 'Bottom Billion'
- Inter Press Service
As the world marks 30 years since HIV/AIDS was first identified, vaccine researcher Dr. Peter Hotez hopes intervention programmes can begin to incorporate treatment for some lesser-known ailments called neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs.
Another Push for Reproductive Rights
- Inter Press Service
By 2015, women demanding family planning products and services in the developing world will likely reach 933 million, a terrific increase from the current 818 million women demanding access to these basic reproductive commodities.
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