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January 23, 2012
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Kenya: Male Circumcision - Women Need Counselling Too
A small Kenyan study has found that more women than men feel HIV is a less serious threat after their male partners are circumcised; the study also made local news for finding that... Read more »
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Swaziland: No Money, No CD4 Tests
Swaziland is still short of lab reagents needed for CD4 count testing, which is used to initiate and monitor patients on antiretroviral treatment, and HIV-positive people are... Read more »
January 18, 2012
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Tanzania: Good Progress in Male Circumcision Campaign
The demand for medical male circumcision is growing among Tanzania's non-circumcising communities, and officials say the country is on track to surpass its goal of reaching 2.8... Read more »
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Botswana: A Timeline of HIV Action [document]
Botswana has marked many "firsts" in Africa's fight against the HI virus. News details the most important events in its battle: Read more »
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Botswana: Saturday Is for Funerals [book review]
One part novella and two parts textbook, Saturday is for Funerals* pairs the recollections of Unity Dow, five-times author and Botswana's first female high-court judge, with the... Read more »
January 16, 2012
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Kenya: The Challenges of Including Men in Mother-to-Child Reduction
Involving men is increasingly being promoted as a key element in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and while its benefits are well-documented - in one Kenyan... Read more »
January 09, 2012
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Rwanda: Aiming Towards Two Million Medical Male Circumcisions
This will be a busy year for Rwanda's health centres as the country attempts to reach its goal of medically circumcising 50 percent of men by June 2013 as part of HIV prevention... Read more »
January 06, 2012
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Tanzania: Government Recalls Faulty HIV Test Kits
Tanzanian health authorities have announced the withdrawal of a South Korean HIV test kit from circulation following warnings about its poor quality. Read more »
January 05, 2012
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Kenya: New Guidelines Follow Recall of Faulty HIV Test
The Kenyan government has changed its HIV testing algorithm following the withdrawal of a widely used brand of HIV test on warnings from UN World Health Organization (WHO). Read more »
January 04, 2012
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Ethiopia: New PMTCT Plan Needs Men
Ethiopia's new plan to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015 cannot be attained unless men are more meaningfully involved in reproductive health, experts say. Read more »
December 29, 2011
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Africa: Ten Big HIV Stories of 2011
It's been a roller coaster of a year in HIV and AIDS. AIDS turned 30 in 2011, and with new evidence of the effectiveness of HIV treatment as prevention, experts are increasingly... Read more »
December 27, 2011
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Africa: Five Faces We Were Watching in 2011
From scientific breakthroughs to herbal "cures", HIV was never far from the headlines in 2011. Read more »
December 22, 2011
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Africa: HIV and the Risk of Non-Communicable Diseases
While antiretroviral drugs have significantly improved the life expectancy of people living with HIV, the virus - and often the ARVs themselves - can make people more susceptible... Read more »
December 21, 2011
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Kenya: Stigma Hinders Participation in Clinical HIV Trials
Would-be participants in HIV research often refuse to volunteer out of fear of being labelled as HIV-positive and subsequently stigmatized by their communities, according to a... Read more »
December 19, 2011
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Kenya: Helping Women to End Sex-for-Fish Culture
For the past five years, Achieng*, a 35-year-old widow and mother of six, has sold fish on the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria; like many women in the fish trade, Achieng often has... Read more »
December 15, 2011
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Uganda: Challenging Plan to Eliminate Mother-to-Child Transmission
A plan to virtually eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda by 2015 by adopting a more cost-effective treatment regimen, beefing up health infrastructure and... Read more »
December 13, 2011
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South Africa: Failing Healthcare System Renews HIV Activism
A new wave of HIV activism is rising in Swaziland as people living with HIV take to the streets in protest, many for the first time in their lives, over continued shortages of... Read more »
December 09, 2011
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Ethiopia: Greater Local Ownership of HIV Research Needed
Unless African governments increase their funding for and engagement in HIV research, the continent cannot hope to attain equal status in determining its research agenda and... Read more »
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Africa: HIV-Positive Women Still Confused About Infant-Feeding Choices
The latest guidelines on infant-feeding options for HIV-positive mothers in Africa have not been disseminated in many countries, leaving women dangerously confused about the best... Read more »
December 07, 2011
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Ethiopia: - Depression 'Overlooked' in Treating HIV Patients
HIV patients in Africa frequently suffer shame and depression but the continent's health systems are ill-equipped to handle the issue, which not only affects their quality of life,... Read more »
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Swaziland: Contesting the Global Fund Audit
On the heels of a decision by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria to cancel its next round of funding, the Swazi government is calling on donors to come to... Read more »
December 06, 2011
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Southern Africa: New Plan to Speed Up Male Circumcision
UNAIDS and the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) have launched a five-year plan to have more than 20 million men in 14 eastern and southern African countries... Read more »
December 05, 2011
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Africa: Annual HIV Conference Opens Amidst Controversy
A meeting to address issues around HIV and men who have sex with men went ahead as scheduled in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 3 December, despite protests and calls for its... Read more »
December 01, 2011
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Africa: A Deadly Funding Crisis
This World AIDS Day on 1 Dec should have been a much more joyous event: the global response has turned a significant corner, with record numbers of people on antiretroviral (ARV)... Read more »
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Kenya: Better Funding Key to Improving Rural HIV Care
When Christopher Okanga and his wife tested positive for HIV in 2006, they halted all plans to have children. Read more »
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