February 02, 2012
Africa: No Changing Mindset on Contraception 'Overnight'
Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and associate scientific director of the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa (Caprisa).… Read more »
Africa: No Time to 'Give Up' on HIV-Fighting Gel
Africans tracking the worldwide HIV epidemic have not found much to celebrate since Aids began ravaging the continent 30 years ago, but researchers are optimistic that they are… Read more »
January 31, 2012
Africa: Global Fund for Aids, TB and Malaria Faces Challenges
In its short 10-year history, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has saved millions of lives, but as it marks its anniversary it finds itself the subject of… Read more »
November 30, 2011
Africa: In Zimbabwe, Change Like a River in Aids Fight
When social worker Charakupa Ngwerume was named by the village chief to serve as a counselor on a customary court, his first priority was to campaign for the nomination of female… Read more »
November 23, 2011
South Africa: Environmentalists of the World, Welcome to Durban!
Environmentalists of the world, welcome to Durban! You may have heard that our city is a top international holiday destination with year-round beach weather. You'll know that our… Read more »
August 29, 2011
South Africa: No More Loan Sharks
There are 10 people in Noamen Nongezi's household, including her husband and their three children, two children orphaned when her two sisters died of Aids, a child that her husband… Read more »
South Africa: The Woman Who Woke From the Dead
Nearly 10 years ago Zandile Malgas was rushed to hospital, declared dead, then woke up to find herself in a morgue. At this point she began to take her HIV status seriously, and… Read more »
South Africa: Savings Groups Help Rural Households Affected by HIV/Aids
A poor and HIV-positive South African may well hear advice about "living positively" with HIV, but this is guidance that many find impossible to follow. Read more »
July 26, 2011
Africa: Ugandan Youth Advocate Spreads Message of Self-Care
Jackie Kemigisha, an HIV-positive youth advocate from Uganda, dedicates her life to empowering those affected by HIV/Aids. After she learned of her HIV-postive status, Kemigisha… Read more »
July 06, 2011
Tanzania: Young Chemist Seeks Answers in Traditional Medicine
When Justin Omolo was growing up in Tanzania, he preferred Western medical clinics to African traditional healers. "I was the only one in my family who didn't believe in all the… Read more »
September 21, 2010
Africa: Focus on Women and Girls Key to MDG Success
As world leaders gather this week in New York to assess progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), they will face stark challenges to social and economic development,… Read more »
September 08, 2010
Africa: Africa's Women Turn 50
Five decades ago, 17 African countries threw off the brutal and degrading yoke of colonialism. The 50th anniversary of African national liberation is an opportunity to critically… Read more »
July 20, 2010
South Africa: Scientists Proclaim Breakthrough in HIV Prevention
Scientists have proclaimed a breakthrough in research into the use of an antiretroviral microbicide which they say could prevent more than 500,000 new HIV infections in South… Read more »
January 25, 2010
Africa: Fighting Aids Needs Innovation, Gates Says
Software entrepreneur Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, have focused increasing attention in recent years on philanthropic work, in particular addressing health issues in the… Read more »
December 01, 2009
South Africa: Zuma Steps Up Fight Against Aids
President Jacob Zuma has announced a range of new measures to fight HIV/Aids and will undergo testing for his HIV status as part of a new campaign to persuade all South Africans to… Read more »
November 25, 2009
Africa: HIV Infections Decline Slowly in Sub-Saharan Region
The rate of new HIV infections has slowly declined in sub-Saharan Africa, but the region remains the area of the world most heavily hit by the epidemic and it accounts for nine of… Read more »
November 11, 2009
Africa: U.S. Peace Corps to Bring New Focus to Food Security
The Obama administration earlier this year named a former United States Peace Corps volunteer, Aaron S. Williams, as the program's new director. The Peace Corps, which will soon… Read more »
September 02, 2009
South Africa: In Face of HIV Crisis, Don't Forget About Cancer
Sue Janse van Rensburg, the chief executive officer of the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), is proud of South Africa's effort in the worldwide battle against cancer,… Read more »
May 29, 2009
Africa: How Michelle Obama Can Help Africa
When Michelle Obama, the first lady of the United States, visits Ghana with President Barack Obama in July, the powerful voice she has used to empower disadvantaged girls at home… Read more »
February 05, 2009
Africa: Obama Reverses U.S. Ban on Abortion-Linked Aid
The decision by United States President Barack Obama to overturn the Bush administration's ban on funding assistance programs which provide abortions or abortion counselling -… Read more »
December 01, 2008
Africa: Winning the Fight Against Aids?
The global fight against Aids is not a losing battle – at least not entirely. On the positive side, more money is being ploughed into combating the disease: last year, global… Read more »
September 19, 2008
Liberia: Key Survey of Nation's Health Unveiled
Liberia has taken another important step towards strengthening its nascent democracy by completing a nation-wide survey which provides a wide range of up-to-date information… Read more »
Kenya: HIV Tests Launch Wider Health Campaign
A week-long campaign launched in Lurambi division in western Kenya this week aims to test 80 percent of the population for HIV/Aids, and to supply those tested with a package of… Read more »
August 04, 2008
Africa: The Politics of Combating Aids
As this year's International Aids Conference begins in Mexico City, AllAfrica guest columnist George Katito says African governments and civil society will need to assert… Read more »
July 31, 2008
Africa: Bush Commits U.S. $48 Billion to HIV/Aids
President George W. Bush at a White House ceremony Wednesday signed into law a bill to reauthorize and expand his HIV/Aids aid program, viewed by many as one of the major… Read more »