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Africa:
Special Briefing on the U.S. Commitment to Fight AIDS and the Launch of PEPFAR's New Five-Year Strategy
State Department, 1 December 2009
The following is a special briefing with Global AIDS Coordinator Amb. Eric Goosby on the U.S. approach to fighting HIV/Aids and the new U.S. administration's administration PEPFAR… Read more »
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Uganda:
Two Million Children Living With HIV/Aids
New Vision, 1 December 2009
YESTERDAY, the world celebrated World AIDS Day under the theme 'Universal Access and Human Rights'. World AIDS Day reminds us that HIV/AIDS has not gone away, and that there is… Read more »
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Mozambique:
HIV Prevalence Rate Now 15 Percent
AIM, 2 December 2009
The HIV prevalence rate in Mozambique has dropped from 16 to 15 per cent of people aged between 15 and 49, according to the Health Ministry. Read more »
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Africa:
World Health Agency Proposes Earlier HIV Treatment
PlusNews, 30 November 2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a new set of guidelines for the treatment of HIV and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) on 30 November. Read more »
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Rwanda:
AIDS - Breaking Taboos to Save Lives
New Times, 1 December 2009
Today is World Aids Day, and of the 33 million people living with the condition worldwide, over 60% percent live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
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Uganda:
Country Sitting On Aids Time Bomb
Monitor, 1 December 2009
Complacency, ignorance and indifference are reversing Uganda's gains against the Aids epidemic, a senior government official warned yesterday. Dr Kihumuro Apuuli, who heads the… Read more »
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Africa:
Progress On Paediatric HIV Not Enough
PlusNews, 30 November 2009
Some headway has been made in mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and young people, but too many are still needlessly infected, and receive little or no treatment, care… Read more »
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Africa:
Best and Worst HIV/Aids Performers
PlusNews, 30 November 2009
The theme for World AIDS Day 2009 is 'Universal Access and Human Rights', and the efforts of the continent's developing countries to reach some of the key indicators of universal… Read more »
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Lesotho:
Woman Helps Locals Fight HIV Stigma
PlusNews, 30 November 2009
Mamaleshoae Nkhahle is a mother of four who works as an expert patient at the Likotsi health clinic in Lesotho's capital, Maseru. She helps people newly diagnosed with HIV to come… Read more »
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Africa:
HIV Infections Decline Slowly in Sub-Saharan Region
allAfrica, 25 November 2009
The rate of new HIV infections has slowly declined in sub-Saharan Africa, but the region remains the area of the world most heavily hit by the epidemic and it accounts for nine of… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Global HIV/Aids Fund Donates U.S.$180 Million
The Herald, 25 November 2009
ZIMBABWE will receive about US$180 million from the Global Fund to Fight HIV and Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, with the first phase of the grant expected in January next year. Read more »
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Africa:
HIV Infections Slowing But Prevention Gap Persists
PlusNews, 24 November 2009
The rate of new HIV infections worldwide has declined by 17 percent in the past eight years and prevention efforts can take some of the credit, according to the annual UNAIDS… Read more »
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Uganda:
Fighting HIV/Aids is Everyone's Battle
Monitor, 1 December 2009
Today is the World Aids Day. In Uganda it will be 27 years since the first case of a person living with HIV/Aids was diagnosed and made public. But today's commemoration rather… Read more »
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Ghana:
Pepfar And Govt Partner to Fight HIV/Aids
Accra Mail, 30 November 2009
The governments of Ghana and the United States will commemorate World Aids Day tomorrow, December 1, by signing into action the 2010 United States President's Emergency Plan for… Read more »
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Africa:
Aids Efforts Fail Women
PlusNews, 25 November 2009
That women and girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV and AIDS is well established, but a new report reveals how little we know about what countries are doing, or not doing, to… Read more »
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Africa:
Data Shows Progress Needed on HIV Testing and Treatment for Children and Mothers
UNAIDS, 1 December 2009
National efforts to combat AIDS, particularly by preventing mother-to-child transmission, are showing positive results, but many HIV and AIDS affected children still struggle to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
World Aids Day - Access to HIV Treatment Still a Challenge
Vanguard, 1 December 2009
THE need for affirmative action and essential support in educating Nigerians about the HIV and AIDS epidemic while ensuring greater protection for pregnant women and children from… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NGO Mobilises 1 Million to March Against HIV/Aids
Daily Champion, 27 November 2009
OVER one million Nigerians are being mobilised to walk and march against HIV/AIDS from National Stadium, Surulere to Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos to create more awareness on the… Read more »
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Kenya:
Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners Widespread - Survey
PlusNews, 26 November 2009
Kenyan men and women are continuing to have unprotected sex with multiple partners - despite numerous national media campaigns to sensitise the public to the dangers of sex without… Read more »
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Kenya:
Campaign On Aids Testing Kicks Off
CISA, 24 November 2009
A HIV testing drive is on to fight Aids in which more than one million Kenyans are expected to get tested for HIV during a national campaign launched on Monday. Read more »
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Nigeria:
WHO - New HIV Infections Down By 17 Percent
This Day, 24 November 2009
A new data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said new HIV infections had been reduced by 17 per cent in… Read more »