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Africa: Over 30 Years of HIV: What We've Learned and the Road Ahead
allAfrica, 1 December 2015
As someone who has been involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and control for years, I vividly remember a time the epidemic seemed unsolvable, globally and in Africa. Read more »
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Africa: Q&A - Can the Aids Epidemic Be Eradicated By 2030?
Al Jazeera, 1 December 2015
In a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the eve of World AIDS Day on December 1, the global health body claimed the world was poised to end the AIDS epidemic… Read more »
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South Africa: Despite Treatment Advances, Aids Stigma Lingers in Rural South Africa
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 1 December 2015
W hen Eunice Khanyile opened a soup kitchen in a rural village in South Africa last year to help HIV-positive residents get the nutrition needed to stay healthy, not one person… Read more »
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Africa: HIV Can Be Prevented in Babies If Mothers Are Kept Safe
The Conversation Africa, 1 December 2015
When pregnant HIV-positive women regularly take their medication, mother-to-child transmission of HIV can be virtually eliminated. Women on anti-retroviral therapy also have better… Read more »
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Africa: Kenyan Professor Receives Prestigious Award for HIV Research in Africa
Key Correspondents, 1 December 2015
Kenyan Professor Elizabeth Bukusi has received the 2015 Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum Distinguished Scholar Award for making significant contributions to the science and… Read more »
Over 30 Years of HIV: What We've Learned and the Road Ahead
For many years, the fight against HIV/Aids was led largely by international donors... It is time for governments across Africa... to step up and commit the political and financial resources needed to stop the epidemic in its tracks, writes Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa.
Voluntary counselling and testing is important part of dealing with the epidemic.
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Uganda: HIV Stigma in Uganda Puts Mothers and Babies At Risk
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 30 November 2015
When Juliet Nalumu, overjoyed at her first pregnancy, visited her local hospital in eastern Uganda for a check-up, it turned into one of the worst days of her life. Read more »
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Africa: Immersive Film Seeks to End HIV Stigma
SciDev.Net, 1 December 2015
HIV is no longer the death sentence it used to be. With early diagnosis and treatment, people infected with the virus can now live long and relatively normal lives, and can avoid… Read more »
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Cameroon: Cameroon's Anti-Aids Activists Battling Stigma and Drugs Shortage
DW, 1 December 2015
World AIDS Day seeks to unite people in the fight against HIV, show support for those living with the virus and commemorate those who have died. In Cameroon, there is a shortage of… Read more »
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Africa: The Region Where Aids Infections Are Dropping
Al Jazeera, 1 December 2015
The African continent is the only region to have recorded a consistent drop in new HIV infections since 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Read more »
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Africa: Two Trials Signal Pivotal Point in Fight Against Aids
The Conversation Africa, 29 November 2015
Foundation essay: This article is part of a series marking World Aids Day. Our foundation essays are longer than usual and take a wider look at key issues affecting society. Read more »
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Africa: UN Health Agency Urges Expanding Antiretroviral Therapy to All People Living With HIV
UN News, 30 November 2015
Expanding antiretroviral therapy to all people living with HIV is the key to ending the AIDS epidemic within a generation, the World Health Organization announced on the eve of… Read more »
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South Africa: Nation Has Excelled in Treating HIV, Prevention Remains a Disaster
The Conversation Africa, 30 November 2015
South Africa has made incredible strides providing anti-retroviral treatment to millions of people since 2004. HIV has been transformed from a grim and inexorable death to a… Read more »
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South Africa: As They Grow Up, Aids Orphans Confront Crime, HIV
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 30 November 2015
Mpume Shezi was a baby when her parents died of AIDS. Read more »
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Nigeria: 2.9m HIV+ Citizens Not On Treatment - Experts
Vanguard, 1 December 2015
An estimated 2.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS out of 3.4 million Nigerians diagnosed last year are not receiving treatment needed to suppress the infection. Those affected,… Read more »
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Africa: Pope - Condom Issue Is 'Morally Complicated'
DW, 30 November 2015
Pope Francis has dismissed a question about condoning condoms in the fight against AIDS, saying that the world is facing bigger issues. The pope left Africa after visiting Kenya,… Read more »
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Africa: Experts to Discuss Role of Female Condom At Global Forum in Durban
Nation, 30 November 2015
Experts and policy makers from all over the world converge in Durban, South Africa to discuss and explore a bigger role for the female condom in prevention of HIV/AIDS and… Read more »
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Malawi: Same-Sex Laws Hinder Prisoners' Access to HIV Services
Key Correspondents, 1 December 2015
In Malawi's prisons, many men engage in sexual activity with each other, including as a means of survival, yet the government is failing to protect their health and provide… Read more »
Documents
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30 November 2015
Global Health Sector Response to HIV, 2000-2015: Focus on Innovations in Africa
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- World Health Organization
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- World Health Organization
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This report reviews the bold achievements and challenges of the health sector response to HIV over the past 15 years and the extraordinary gains that ... see more »
