SWAZILAND: No money, no CD4 tests
MBABANE, 23 January 2012
(PlusNews) - Swaziland is still short of lab reagents needed for CD4 count testing, which is used to initiate and monitor patients on antiretroviral treatment, and HIV-positive people are growing increasingly frustrated as the country enters its fourth month without a way to establish the strength of their immune system.
full reportKENYA: Male circumcision - women need counselling too
NAIROBI, 23 January 2012
(PlusNews) - A small Kenyan study has found that more women than men feel HIV is a less serious threat after their male partners are circumcised; the study also made local news for finding that female partners of recently circumcised men found sex more enjoyable.
full reportAFRICA: Snake oil salesmen and dodgy HIV "cures"
NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG, 19 January 2012
(PlusNews) - Uganda's National Drug Authority recently arrested sales representatives of a company selling a drug that purports to cure HIV; the firm's owners are not licensed to sell medicine and are being sought by the police.
full reportBOTSWANA: A timeline of HIV action
JOHANNESBURG, 18 January 2012
(PlusNews) - Botswana has marked many "firsts" in Africa's fight against the HI virus. IRIN/PlusNews details the most important events in its battle:
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