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Vibrant images of smiling children playing games and holding hands, may not be what conjures for most when they consider the approximate 400,000 children from Mozambique orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
Despite a taboo against homosexuality in Kenya, the government has decided to acknowledge the existence of men who have sex with men, in an effort to curb new HIV infections in the country. A survey of gay attitudes and behaviors in the Kenyan cities of Nairobi, Kisumu, and Mombasa will be conducted in early 2010 with the help of the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ...
Cabinet has reaffirmed President Jacob Zuma's message on World Aids Day, calling on all South Africans to take individual and collective responsibility in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
The UN Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa, Elizabeth Mataka, has added her voice to growing criticism of a Ugandan bill that would criminalize the deliberate transmission of HIV.
"When you are poor and you have AIDS, you live with the threat of death above your head. However, when you have tuberculosis (TB), death moves closer and sits on your shoulder," said Max Ngoma, who used to be a peasant farmer in Lundazi, a rural town in eastern Zambia.
An array of interventions aimed at slowing the rate of new HIV infections in Africa has been tried over the last two decades. Some were tested to see if they actually worked, but many were not.
The United Nations Special Envoy on Aids in Africa, Ms Elizabeth Mataka, has urged Uganda to reconsider its proposed HIV law, saying it could fuel the spread of the virus.
Countries all over Africa are at various stages of developing and implementing policies to roll out mass male circumcision to prevent HIV, but until recently South Africa has done little more than talk about a strategy of its own.
As donors tighten their belts in the global recession, health experts in Uganda worry that the national antiretroviral (ARV) programme, which is almost entirely dependent on foreign aid, will be unable to keep providing the life-prolonging drugs.
Activists are concerned that the limited access to female condoms as a means of HIV prevention compared to male condoms is a violation of human rights. Annually, the government distributes over 400 million condoms compared to three million female condoms.
Improved healthcare, especially relating to HIV and AIDS topped the agenda of a meeting between President Jacob Zuma, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates.
Yesterday, the international community commemorated World AIDS Day. In Botswana, the commemoration is not just an event but a major reminder of the colossal challenge that lies ahead.
TUESDAY, December 1 was World AIDS Day. The residents of Mateete sub-county in Sembabule district could not hold back their tears after children and people living with HIV/AIDS told them about their stories.
WE SHOULD all heave a sigh of relief that evidence-based interventions to deal with the scourge of HIV/AIDS are no longer a political hot potato.
More than two million people are reported to have died from AIDS-related illnesses globally, while two million children under the age of 15 now live with HIV.
The Director of the National Aids Secretariat (NAS), Alieu Jammeh has stated that despite the high level of awareness about HIV/Aids in The Gambia, new infections continue to rise among the youths.
Tuesday December 1st, people from all walks of life across the world observed the World AIDS Day. Since inception in 1988, the day has been dedicated to raising money, increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. The theme for this yearÂ's commemoration is: 'Universal access and human rights'. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, ...
The Program Manager of the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) Dr. Benjamin Vonhm says the provision of quality treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS is significant to improving their living conditions.
AS a strategy to increase male involvement in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Health Alert has embarked on giving out oxen, ox-ploughs, goats and chicken to male support groups in Gulu and Amuru districts to boost their productivity.
The Infectious Disease Institute, a USAID funded project, has given Kagadi Hospital in Kibaale district a CD4 count machine that will help in the management of people infected with HIV/AIDS.
The Bugiri district LC5 chairperson, Hajji Siraji Lyavala, has declared that he is HIV-positive to serve as an example to other leaders.
The increase of HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Kasese district has been blamed on the mushrooming trading centres, a senior district official has disclosed.
PLANS to prosecute persons suspected of deliberately spreading HIV/AIDS will be counter productive, a United Nations (UN) envoy has said.
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yayha Jammeh, has disclosed that over 98% of the country's population is HIV negative.
Ban Ki Moon, the UN secretary general, has made his traditional statement on the occasion of the World AIDS Day commemoration.
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