| AFRICA: Domestic investment in HIV up but uneven |
 | NAIROBI، 19/7/2012 (IRIN) - Many sub-Saharan African nations - traditionally the beneficiaries of international HIV funding - are gradually increasing their financial contributions to the fight against the virus, boosting the number of people on treatment to record highs according to a new UNAIDS report, Together We Will End AIDS, released on 18 July. full report |
| INDONESIA: Condom controversy continues |
 | JAKARTA، 20/7/2012 (IRIN) - Rizki, 29, is wooing passers-by outside a bar in a red-light district near Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. In her five years as a commercial sex worker she has always urged clients to use a condom to avoid HIV infection. "About 70 percent of my customers use condoms," she said. "Some men get angry when I ask, but most comply." full report |
| HIV/AIDS: WHO issues guidelines on PrEP |
 | NAIROBI/KAMPALA، 20/7/2012 (IRIN) - Days after US officials gave unprecedented approval for the use of an antiretroviral drug by HIV-negative people to reduce the risk of their acquiring the HI virus, the World Health Organization has issued guidance to governments on so-called pre-exposure prophylaxis. full report |