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August 3, 2011
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Kenya: Clinics Struggle to Keep Patients Not Yet Eligible for ARVs
Jairus Musau tested HIV-positive two years ago, but when he was told he would not immediately be given antiretrovirals, his parents insisted he visit a traditional healer in his... Read more »
August 1, 2011
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Ghana: Anti-Gay Outbursts Threaten Public Health, Say NGOs
Recent condemnation of homosexuality by religious and political leaders in Ghana has led to a climate of fear preventing men who have sex with men (MSM) from accessing vital health... Read more »
July 28, 2011
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Swaziland: Eating Cow Dung to Sustain Aids Treatment
Organizations fighting in Swaziland were at first incredulous at reports that hundreds of impoverished HIV-positive rural residents were eating cow dung to give their stomachs... Read more »
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East Africa: Drought and HIV - a Dangerous Combination
More than 11.6 million people are facing starvation in the Horn of Africa, and as aid agencies struggle to feed them, experts are warning that a lack of food could have wider... Read more »
July 26, 2011
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South Africa: Prisons Expand HIV Services
Obtaining HIV treatment in jail is becoming easier as about 9 percent of South African prisons now offer antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in-house. Read more »
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South Africa: Adult Male Circumcision - New Developments
Medical male circumcision has been a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed HIV prevention method for more than four years, with most countries still using relatively expensive... Read more »
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Kenya: Illiteracy Hampers Treatment Programmes
Isaac Nanok religiously collects his antiretrovirals (ARVs) from his local health centre every month, but the information on the packaging is meaningless as he is illiterate. Read more »
July 21, 2011
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Africa: Combination Art Offers Near-Normal Lifespan - Study
HIV-positive Africans on combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) can hope to live almost as long as their HIV-negative peers, according to a new study by Canada's British Columbia... Read more »
July 20, 2011
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Africa: Bad News for Drug Prices in Middle-Income Countries
Middle-income countries with large numbers of people living with HIV will no longer benefit from preferential pricing when buying antiretroviral drugs from large pharmaceutical... Read more »
July 19, 2011
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Swaziland: Confusion and Panic Over Supply of ARVs
Unease is mounting in Swaziland after reports that supplies of antiretrovirals are dangerously low. Resources have never been adequate to tackle the world's highest HIV infection... Read more »
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Africa: Political Leadership Key to Male Circumcision Success
Countries that have been quick to incorporate medical male circumcision into their HIV prevention programmes are already seeing good results compared with those that have been... Read more »
July 18, 2011
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Africa: Treatment As Prevention - the Tough Road Ahead
The sixth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention started optimistically as the hype surrounding the use of antiretroviral treatment to... Read more »
July 16, 2011
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Africa: Antiretrovirals Reduce Transmission - Study
A new study has added to growing evidence that a daily dose of antiretroviral treatment taken by the HIV-negative partner in a heterosexual, HIV-discordant relationship can... Read more »
July 14, 2011
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Africa: Survey Reveals Gaps in HIV Programming for MSM
A new global survey of more than 5,000 men who have sex with men (MSM) reveals a marginalized group of people with little access to basic HIV prevention tools such as condoms and... Read more »
July 12, 2011
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Kenya: More Cervical Cancer Screening for HIV-Positive Women Urged
The Kenyan government is taking steps to incorporate screening for cervical cancer - one of the biggest killers of women of child-bearing age - into HIV care, but health workers... Read more »
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Africa: Gilead First to Join Medicines Patent Pool
Gilead Sciences has become the first pharmaceutical company to sign a licensing agreement with the Medicines Patent Pool to increase access to HIV and Hepatitis B treatment in... Read more »
July 8, 2011
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South Africa: Debunking the HIV Spending Backlash
National AIDS programmes are feeling the pinch as the international community and governments rethink their prioritization of AIDS over other infectious diseases. Read more »
July 5, 2011
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Zimbabwe: Rate of Male Circumcision Speeds Up
Zimbabwe has set a goal of circumcising 1.2 million men by 2015 - a bold target for a country that has been slow to get its circumcision programme off the ground but is now rapidly... Read more »
June 28, 2011
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South Africa: Reproductive Services Could Open Door to HIV Prevention
In theory, it should go something like this: pregnant woman tests HIV-positive as part of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services at her antenatal clinic,... Read more »
June 27, 2011
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Africa: Older ARVs Associated With Premature Ageing
Certain antiretroviral (ARV) drugs commonly used in the developing world may be responsible for premature ageing, according to the authors of a new study published in the journal,... Read more »
June 23, 2011
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Africa: New Guidelines on HIV Programming for Men Who Have Sex With Men
HIV and gay rights activists say new guidelines released by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on HIV programming for men who have sex with men (MSM) will not only improve... Read more »
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South Africa: Aids Conspiracy Believers Less Likely to Condomise
Thirty years after the discovery of AIDS, conspiracy theories that posit the virus as man-made continue to enjoy support among a segment of South African youth - and these beliefs... Read more »
June 21, 2011
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Africa: Anal Sex HIV Risk Misunderstood Among Heterosexuals
Vaginal sex, thigh sex, even armpit sex - people have sex in lots of ways, but in heterosexual anal sex, HIV prevention programming is silent about the high risk of infection that... Read more »
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Kenya: Poor Adherence Threatens Paediatric ARV Programme
As Kenya puts more HIV-positive children on life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, experts are warning that unless more effort is put into ensuring the medicines are taken... Read more »
June 20, 2011
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Africa: New Light Shed On Male Sex Work
Commercial sex work, dominated by a focus on women, could be redefined as new research launched today in Nairobi, Kenya, sheds light on the complicated HIV prevention needs of what... Read more »
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