| ETHIOPIA: HIV risk in a booming construction industry |
 ADDIS ABABA, 6 December 2010 (PlusNews) - Everywhere in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, modern buildings are popping up and wide roads are being built. The country's booming construction sector is attracting thousands of labourers, and government officials are increasingly recognizing the need to target these workers with HIV prevention services.
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| ZIMBABWE: Drop in condom use following HIV prevention trial |
 NAIROBI, 22 November 2010 (PlusNews) - When researchers returned to Zimbabwe several months after the end of a trial involving condom and diaphragm use, they were disappointed to find that condom use - which had risen to 86 percent during the trial - had reduced significantly.
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| EAST AFRICA: CEOs lead by example, take public HIV tests |
 KAMPALA, 18 November 2010 (PlusNews) - At least 40 East African chief executive officers (CEOs) recently took public HIV tests, a move designed to show their commitment to fighting HIV in the workplace in an increasingly integrated region.
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| KENYA: Exxxposed! A high-risk porn business |
 NAIROBI, 11 November 2010 (PlusNews) - The US adult film industry was brought to a virtual standstill recently after an actor tested HIV-positive and all his sexual partners were tested for the virus. There are no such precautions in Kenya's porn industry, where actors usually perform without a condom or routine HIV testing.
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| KENYA: Need to reduce HIV risk among health workers |
 NAIROBI, 8 November 2010 (PlusNews) - The Kenyan government is working to reduce health workers' risk of HIV infection but experts say there is a need for greater focus on providing health workers with proper safety equipment and education.
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| KENYA: Counselling key to success of male cut |
 KISUMU, 2 November 2010 (PlusNews) - When Kenya launched its national voluntary male circumcision campaign in 2008, critics worried that it could lead to greater sexual risk-taking - but men in the western Nyanza Province seem to be disproving this theory.
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| KENYA: HIV prevention for married adolescents |
 MT ELGON, 15 October 2010 (PlusNews) - Doris Chebet has never had a say in her life; married off at 14, she has always taken orders, first from her own family, and now from her husband's.
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| AFRICA/US: Standing up for HIV-positive immigrants |
 NEW YORK, 13 October 2010 (PlusNews) - A new campaign aims to beat stigma and discrimination against HIV-positive Africans in New York by urging the wider population to show solidarity with them.
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