A lack of legislation stipulating a minimum age at which boys can attend an initiation school and be circumcised has seen boys as young as 12 dropping out of school and heading for ... Read more »
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's announcement that the American government now prioritizes creating an Aids-free generation could be more than just political lip-service - ... Read more »
The Kenyan government is scrambling to remove thousands of batches of counterfeit antiretrovirals (ARVs) from circulation after patients and health workers reported irregularities ... Read more »
A popularly contraceptive could double the risk of contracting HIV among users as well as increase chances of transmitting it to their partners. Read more »
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. Joining a Savings and ... Read more »
HIV-positive people in South Africa will be able to access antiretroviral sooner after the government raised the CD4 count necessary to access treatment. But some warn the victory ... Read more »
Authorities in Swaziland want to subject the entire Swazi population to an HIV/Aids screening test. Those eventually found to be HIV positive would then receive antiretroviral ... Read more »
Beginning early treatment of HIV-infected people who are living in partnership with an uninfected person has shown a 96 percent reduction in risk of transmission, according to a ... Read more »
President Paul Kagame has said that visionary leadership, innovation and ownership remain key factors to help bring to an end the spread of HIV/AIDS. The President made the remarks ... Read more »
Hundreds of Kenyan Aids activists held a protest on 18 May in the capital, Nairobi to demand that the government meet its commitment to increase annual health and HIV funding. Read more »
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