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Africa: Sex Workers Seek HIV Prevention
VOA, 22 July 2014
A new series in the medical journal The Lancet says achieving an AIDS-free generation will not be possible unless the human rights of sex workers are recognized. Researchers say… Read more »
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Africa: At Aids Conference, Prevention Pill Stirs Excitement
VOA, 24 July 2014
Participants in this year's International AIDS Conference welcomed progress on a new pill that may prevent transmission of the deadly HIV virus - one of the advances that have… Read more »
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Nigeria: 2.6 Million Living With HIV/Aids to Access Services
Guardian, 24 July 2014
THE International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said the 2.6 million people living with HIV in Benue and Cross River States are to benefit from… Read more »
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South Africa: SA's Big HIV/Aids 2030 Plan
SAnews.gov.za, 23 July 2014
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says government has big plans to turn the tide on HIV/Aids by 2030, in line with the target set by delegates at the International Aids… Read more »
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Nigeria: Physician Calls for Decentraliation of HIV/Aids Services
Vanguard, 22 July 2014
Prof. Zoakah Ibrahim, a physician with the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, on Tuesday called on the government to decentralise HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services. Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Unveils Lifelong ARVs for Pregnant Women
Health-e, 24 July 2014
All pregnant, HIV positive women will go onto lifelong antiretroviral treatment from January, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced in his health budget vote yesterday. Read more »
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UNDP, 22 July 2014
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South Africa: Aids Still Extracting a Deadly Price, but SA Is Making Progress
Health-e, 23 July 2014
South Africa has more Aids-related deaths than any country in the world, but deaths of young children have decreased more than ten-fold in the past decade and tuberculosis (TB)… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: HIV Disclosure - Changing Ourselves, Changing Others
New Zimbabwe, 22 July 2014
When will policy makers, politicians and academics start to think upstream, in order to change their own and their employees' attitudes towards HIV before seeking to change the… Read more »
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Africa: Circumcision Does Not Promote Risky Behaviour
VOA, 21 July 2014
A new study that could boost HIV prevention efforts says African men do not engage in riskier sexual behaviour after being circumcised. Research has shown that circumcision can… Read more »
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Namibia: Group Fights HIV in Truck Drivers
Namibian, 23 July 2014
ABOUT 148 truck drivers out of 1 104 who tested for HIV between 2012 and June 2014 were positive, according to statistics given by the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG). Read more »
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Africa: U.S Ambassador Calls for LGBT Rights
VOA, 23 July 2014
The U.S. ambassador to Australia said it should not be a crime to be a member of the LGBT community. Ambassador John Berry told the 20th international AIDS Conference that the… Read more »
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Africa: U.S. Awards Another $500 Million to Achieve AIDS-Free Generation
State Department, 22 July 2014
More than $500 million in additional U.S. funding will support global HIV and AIDS response efforts with 19 partners. Read more »
Sex Workers Key to Ending HIV Pandemic
The medical journal The Lancet says achieving an AIDS-free generation will not be possible unless the human rights of sex workers - women, men and people who identify as transgender - are recognized.
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"People said we should not benefit from the services because we were already dead." This is what Malawian Martha Dzuwa faced when she was diagnosed with HIV - and stigma and ... Read more »
