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AllAfrica / HIV & STD


AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

Kenya: Monitoring Antiretroviral Intake Among Children
04 09 2010 When 11-year-old Ronald Gathece was placed on antiretrovirals (ARVs) after being diagnosed HIV-positive, medical staff did not monitor his reaction to the treatment. But the side effects had been so bad that the young boy had contemplated suicide.

Swaziland: Task-Shifting Could Improve HIV Treatment And Prevention
03 09 2010 Swaziland has yet to act on a 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to alleviate health worker shortages through task-shifting and according to the Ministry of Health, the failure to do so is compromising scale-up of the antiretroviral (ARV) programme.

Uganda: HIV Mothers Need Education On New Breastfeeding Tips
03 09 2010 At the recently concluded International AIDS conference in Vienna, Austria, there was an emotional call to eradicate Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV. Participants were particularly charged when Austria, which hosted the conference, presented their progress, noting that MTCT has been virtually eliminated, recording about two to three cases a year. It's the same scenario in developed countries like the US, UK and Canada. There was also progress reported in a few African countries like Botswana.

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Joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS

Conference underscores young people’s leadership in HIV prevention
01 09 2010 The role of young people in improving the state of the world took centre stage at this week’s World Youth Conference in Leon, Mexico. Over five days, delegates from 112 countries—including 25 000 youth and representatives from government, civil society and the United Nations—shared ideas on young people’s involvement in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

UNAIDS Executive Director highlights Australia’s role in the Pacific AIDS response
31 08 2010 On the first day of a five day visit to Australia, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, commended the country for its role as a key partner in the AIDS response in the Pacific region.

Papua New Guinea releases new HIV prevalence estimates
27 08 2010 Approximately 0.92% of the adult population in Papua New Guinea was living with HIV in 2009, according to new estimates from the National Department of Health and the National AIDS Council Secretariat.

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AIDSPortal is a joint initiative of the DFID Global AIDS Policy Team and the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development.

Obama Global Health Initiative Targets Maternal, Child Health, Disease
03 09 2010 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced a new $63 billion Global Health Initiative with an emphasis on maternal and child health, family planning and programs to fight infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. "We need a comprehensive, effective global system for tracking health data, monitoring threats, and coordinating responses," announced Clinton. ...

In Defence of Science: Seven points about traditional medicine and scientific medicine
03 09 2010 Scientists can be elitist and patronising. In that way, they are no different to any other people with power, including some traditional healers and including people who defend science, like myself. There are multiple knowledge systems. Cultural diversity, including African culture, is a valuable treasure. Traditional medicine is used by people across the world. African traditional medicine, in...

Pastor's 'Jesus had HIV' sermon angers South African Christians
27 08 2010 Xola Skosana takes HIV test in front of congregation and encourages young members of the church to do the same A pastor has angered Christians in South Africa by preaching a sermon entitled "Jesus was HIV-positive" in an attempt to break what he regards as a conspiracy of silence by the South African church. Xola Skosana said that HIV is stigmatised as evil and a sin in the country that has...

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Bioethics news from bioethics.net/American Journal of Bioethics

Will HIV Vaccine Advances Become Mired in Ethics and Risk-Group Refusals?
14 07 2010 Scientists have isolated human antibodies which succeeded at preventing the infection of human cells with more than 90 percent of HIV strains. But will ethical concerns about the research prevent its advance?

Zambia court awards damages in HIV screening test case
04 06 2010 Ex-officers in Zambia's air force were fired after discovering they were HIV-positive without informed consent prior to the HIV testing.

Religious groups pledge to end AIDS stigma
25 03 2010 Religious groups from around the globe pledged Tuesday to prevent the stigmatization of people living with HIV and AIDS, in a joint statement welcomed by a senior U.N. official as a sea change in attitudes.

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IPS / HIV/AIDS / News


Inter Press Service is a global news agenc producing independent news and analysis of events affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations especially in the south

SOUTH AFRICA: "Children are Dying Needlessly"
12 08 2010 By the time Thandi Khumalo* brought her seven-month-old daughter to the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town, help came too late. The infant had developed acute diarrhoea and kwashiorkor, a condition caused by severe protein and calorie deficiency, and died a few days after being admitted.

UKRAINE: Punished for Fighting AIDS
04 08 2010 Drug users and doctors legally prescribing substitution drugs to addicts -- a key tool in the battle with the country's growing HIV epidemic -- are facing illegal police intimidation and imprisonment, HIV/AIDS activists in the Ukraine say. Fears are rising that the country's approach to the disease could be changing for the worse.

HIV-positive Kenyans Need Tribunal to Address Rights Violations
04 08 2010 Nancy Njeri's life changed when she contracted HIV through a gang rape. Not only did the infection traumatise her, she was ostracised by close friends and neighbours whom she had known for almost a decade. She was fired from her job and when she attempted to sell vegetables, people boycotted her stand because of her status.

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Latest news on health and the developing world.

'Exciting' new odour sensors found in malaria mosquitoes
03 09 2010 Scientists have identified new scent receptors in mosquitoes that could help develop more agents to lure, repel and kill the insects.

Could self-vaccinating cattle cut disease?
02 09 2010 Scientists in Malaysia are testing a live vaccine that spreads among cattle, protecting against a devastating disease.

Vaccine proves effective against hepatitis E
02 09 2010 Clinical trials of a new hepatitis E vaccine, developed in China, suggest it is safe and effective in healthy adults.

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