Pepfar Announces 111 Mln. USD Support to Ethiopia's Response to HIV/Aids
Ethiopian Herald
U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has announced a 111 million USD support to Ethiopia's response to end HIV/AIDS by 2030. Read more »
Stigma, Lack of Awareness Holding Back Use of HIV Prevention Pills, Experts Say
spotlight
Over the last four years South Africa has taken large strides in making HIV prevention pills available at public sector clinics, but uptake has not been as good as some may have… Read more »
Rights Group Condemns Mandatory HIV Testing
Capital FM
The Kenya National Commission of Human Rights (KNCHR) has condemned the discrimatory action by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) of dismissing 133 candidates after being subjected… Read more »
Researchers Link HIV Infections Spike to Drought
New Times
Scientists say droughts could heighten the transmission of HIV, particularly through activities like transactional sex, The East African reports. Read more »
UNAIDS to Reduce Aids-Related Deaths to 250,000 By 2025 - Report
Premium Times
UNAIDS noted that to achieve the Global AIDs Strategy 2021-2026 there must be a change in public health approach for drug users. Read more »
UN Relief Chief Tells European Humanitarian Forum, Aid Community Is Trying to Change Its Business Model
OCHA
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths at the 2024 European Humanitarian Forum Read more »
Africans Can Solve the Disease That Haunts Us - - Here's How [opinion]
IPS
I was born in Brakpan, Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in eSwatini (known then as Swaziland). People in these two countries share one predominant fear: unemployment. Other… Read more »
International Women's Day, 2024 - Rural Tajik Woman's Road to Empowering Women Living With HIV
IPS
This feature is part of a series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »
Parliament, SADC-PF Sign Agreement On SRHR Project
Nyasa Times
The Parliament of Malawi and the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) on Wednesday, 6th March, 2024 signed an agreement on the Sexual Reproductive… Read more »
Reductions in New HIV Infections in Several Global HIV Prevention Coalition Countries, but Global Progress Needs to Be Accelerated
UNAIDS
A new report, HIV Prevention: From Crisis to Opportunity shows that HIV infections continue to decline in countries that are part of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition (GPC)… Read more »
At the 68th Commission On Status of Women UNAIDS Calls for Action to Achieve Gender Equality and End Aids
UNAIDS
UNAIDS is gearing up for the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (#CSW68) which begins today and will run until 22 March 2024. #CSW68, the United Nations largest… Read more »
Court Challenge of ARVs Tender Decision Fails
Namibian
An attempt to challenge a decision of the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) on the supply of antiretroviral medication to the Ministry of Health and Social Services has… Read more »
Pilot Project Now Offering HIV Prevention Injection
spotlight
A new HIV prevention injection is now available to a select number of people in South Africa. That a single shot provides two months of protection is one of the injection's major… Read more »