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| INDONESIA: Sex, not drug users, causing most new HIV infections in Bali |
 DENPASAR, 3 January 2011 (PlusNews) - Bali's dramatic increase of HIV prevalence among sex workers has changed the face of the epidemic on this famed tourist destination of 3.9 million local residents, NGOs say.
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| ETHIOPIA: Five-year plan to halve new HIV infections |
 ADDIS ABABA, 23 December 2010 (PlusNews) - Ethiopia's government has come up with an ambitious plan to halve new HIV infections, quadruple its annual condom distribution and put 85 percent of people who need life-prolonging HIV medication on treatment within five years.
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| UGANDA: Strong turnout as male circumcision kicks off in the north |
 GULU, 22 December 2010 (PlusNews) - After years of hearing about the protective effects of medical male circumcision against HIV, many men in northern Uganda are taking advantage of a government move to provide the procedure free of charge.
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| HIV/AIDS: Disability, HIV find common ground |
 NEW YORK, 21 December 2010 (PlusNews) - People living with disabilities are known to be just as, if not more, at risk of contracting HIV as non-disabled people, but there is little specific data or programming that reflects this reality on a global scale.
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| KENYA: HIV prevention jeopardized by PM's call for arrest of gays |
 NAIROBI, 30 November 2010 (PlusNews) - Gay Kenyans will be driven further underground and away from HIV prevention, treatment and care services following a recent call by Prime Minister Raila Odinga for a nationwide crackdown on homosexuals, activists say.
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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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| 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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| KENYA: Religious outrage over minister's support of gay rights |
NAIROBI, 6 October 2010 (PlusNews) - A Kenyan cabinet minister who called for greater acceptance of gays by society has been accused of promoting 'un-African' acts and asked to resign.
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 June 2010 issue
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