February 11

• Ministries Withdraw Support for HIV Fund

  Nairobi Star

  Plans to create a HIV trust fund have grounded after the two ministries of health withdrew their support. Health ministers Beth Mugo and Prof Anyang' Nyong'o have understandably... Read more »

February 10

• Govt Announces Joint Venture to Produce ARVs

  BuaNews

  The South African government has entered into a massive partnership with a leading global pharmaceutical company to manufacture the ingredients of Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drugs... Read more »

• Government Finally Moves On Male Circumcision

  PlusNews

  Clement Zulu never thought he would be circumcised. A Christian from the north of Malawi, Zulu was among millions of Malawians who believed the practice was a ritual for the... Read more »

• The Global Fund At Ten Years - Not a Happy Birthday [analysis]

  GFO

  "These past 12 months have been the Fund's most difficult to date, so the anniversary celebrations were rather muted. Whether the Fund's eleventh year will be more successful... Read more »

• Reactions to Recent Events At the Global Fund [analysis]

  GFO

  Media and blogosphere commentators weigh in on the future of the Global Fund in light of the resignation of Michel Kazatchkine as Executive Director and the appointment of Gabriel... Read more »

• When Silence Brings You HIV [column]

  Fahamu

  Studies have shown that the highest rates of HIV infection are among women stuck in financially dependent relationships where the only right is the right of the man. Silence... Read more »

• U.S., Tanzania Governments and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (egpaf) Celebrate Success of HIV Care and Treatment Programs [press release]

  Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

  The U.S. Government under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) - with funding through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Tanzanian... Read more »

• 'Include Polygamists in Anti - Aids Campaign'

  Times of Zambia

  SOUTHERN Province Permanent Secretary In'utu Suba has challenged promoters of the 'Safe Love Campaign' to come up with appropriate messages for polygamists as current messages... Read more »

• Call for Accelerated HIV, Aids Prevention

  BuaNews

  While the country is doing well with regard to treatment and the prevention of mother- to- child transmission, President Jacob Zuma has called for the acceleration of the... Read more »

• MONUSCO Campaigns Against HIV/Aids and STDs' Infection in Kananga Prison [press release]

  Monusco

  The Corrections Unit of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the provincial Sanitation Department in... Read more »

• Pregnant Women Join HIV/Aids Test

  ANGOP

  At least 642 pregnant women in the northern province of Bengo underwent HIV/AIDS test during prenatal consults at the Maternal and Child Centre of Mabubas, municipality of Dande,... Read more »

• Disclosure - a Difficult Road to Traverse [opinion]

  The Herald

  DISCLOSURE is a process and some people have found it a difficult road to traverse after testing HIV positive. HIV, unlike other medical conditions, is treated with shame and... Read more »

• Plan On New HIV Kits

  Daily News

  THE Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is working on guidelines for procurement of new types of HIV/AIDS test kits. Read more »

February 9

• Seeking Justice for HIV-Positive Journalist

  Health-e

  Human rights and civil society groups will picket the Qatari news network, Al Jazeera, next week to call for the reinstatement of a South African journalist who was thrown out of... Read more »

• Global Fund Crisis - Govt Projects Face Closure

  Health-e

  South African recipients of money from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) have pleaded with the health minister to intervene as they continue to wait for overdue... Read more »

• Three Held Over Defective Drugs

  Monitor

  A month after two ladies were arrested for selling fake ARVs, three people are in custody for allegedly selling drugs that were phased out of the country under the World Health... Read more »

• Breaking Down Legal Barriers to HIV Information Access

  PlusNews

  While a number of Asian and Pacific countries are addressing legal barriers to accessing HIV information and treatment, there is still a gap between policy and implementation, say... Read more »

• 130,000 Workers Benefit From HIV and Malaria Activities

  AIM

  About 130,000 workers employed in 840 Mozambican private companies have benefitted over the last five years from the activities of the Association of Businesses against HIV/AIDS,... Read more »

February 8

• Naton Makes New Aids Drug

  New Vision

  Quality Chemicals, a Ugandanbased pharmaceutical company, will next month start producing a new anti-retroviral(ARV) drug, Tenofovir. Read more »

• Majority Living With HIV/Aids Are in Unions - Report

  The Herald

  THE majority of people living with HIV and Aids in Zimbabwe are in unions, a recent report compiled by stakeholders involved in HIV and Aids work has said. The report, which is the... Read more »

• Students, Teachers Urged to Join Sensitisation on HIV/Aids

  ANGOP

  Teachers and students were urged to join sensitisation and monitoring rogrammes on serious endemic diseases, such as hiv/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis, ANGOP has learnt. Read more »

• Longest HIV Survivor Rides Through Erongo

  Namibian

  THE longest known survivor of HIV in the world, Andre van Zijl (62) of South Africa, visited the coast recently to speak to high school learners about HIV and abstinence. Read more »

February 7

• New President for HIV Clinicians Society

  Health-e

  The Southern African HIV Clinicians Society has appointed a new President, Dr Francesca Conradie. Read more »

• Future Bleak for Aids Patients

  RNW Africa

  According to an alarming report published by nongovernmental organisation Doctors Without Borders (DWB), 85% of AIDS patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) do not have... Read more »

• Continent Needs U.S. $4 Billion to Bridge Global Fund Shortfall

  East African

  Africa requires at least $12 billion for its HIV/Aids response in the next three years to stem the scourge, although this financial injection is threatened as donors hold back due... Read more »