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  1. NAMIBIA: Partial victory for HIV-positive sterilized women
  2. THAILAND: Ambivalent about needle exchanges
  3. ZIMBABWE: Activists slam poor management of ARV supply
  4. KENYA: Leah, "I don't want to get to third-line ARVs"
  5. TANZANIA: Popular herbal cure-all "ineffective"


NAMIBIA: Partial victory for HIV-positive sterilized women
NAIROBI، 30/7/2012 (IRIN) - The Namibian High Court has ruled that the human rights of three HIV-positive women were violated when they were coerced into being sterilized while they gave birth, but the judge dismissed claims that the sterilization amounted to discrimination based on their HIV status. full report
THAILAND: Ambivalent about needle exchanges
BANGKOK، 31/7/2012 (IRIN) - Needle exchanges for injecting drug users and the decriminalization of people who use drugs are the most effective ways of preventing HIV and hepatitis C infections in Thailand, say experts. full report
ZIMBABWE: Activists slam poor management of ARV supply
HARARE، 1/8/2012 (IRIN) - HIV/AIDS activists in Zimbabwe have criticized the government's poor management of the national HIV treatment programme after an audit revealed that life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs expired on the shelves of public health facilities. full report
KENYA: Leah, "I don't want to get to third-line ARVs"
NAIROBI، 2/8/2012 (IRIN) - An estimated six million HIV-positive Africans are receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral treatment - a critical component in the management and control of HIV infection - but new studies show that resistance to the drugs is growing, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. full report
TANZANIA: Popular herbal cure-all "ineffective"
DAR ES SALAAM، 2/8/2012 (IRIN) - A widely used concoction administered by Tanzanian herbalist Ambilikile Mwasapile is ineffective, the country's health minister, Hussein Mwinyi, has said. full report
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