January 24

• 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 »

• 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 »

January 19

• 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 »

• 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 18

• 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 »

January 16

• 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 10

• 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 6

• 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 5

• 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 4

• 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 30, 2011

• 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

• 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 23, 2011

• 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

• 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

• 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 16, 2011

• 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

• 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 10, 2011

• 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 »

• 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 7, 2011

• 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 »

• 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 »

• 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 »

• 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 »

December 5, 2011

• 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 2, 2011

• Africa: Following the Fund

  Running a deficit as high as US$6 billion and forced to cancel its latest round of funding, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria is at a crossroads, and a... Read more »