| TANZANIA: Male circumcision campaign targets 2.8 million |
![]() DAR ES SALAAM, 7 February 2011 (PlusNews) - The Tanzanian government has embarked on a large-scale voluntary male circumcision programme aimed at reducing the HIV risk of men and boys in areas of the country with low levels of male circumcision.
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| HIV/AIDS: MSM groups hail pill to prevent HIV |
![]() NAIROBI, 24 November 2010 (PlusNews) - Gay rights groups have hailed the results of the first study to show that an antiretroviral (ARV) drug can prevent HIV as an important step in the fight against HIV, but say that in countries that criminalize homosexuality, the breakthrough is unlikely to have a significant impact.
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| SOUTHERN AFRICA: HIV prevention for youth - it's complicated |
![]() JOHANNESBURG, 19 November 2010 (PlusNews) - When it comes to understanding what drives HIV infections among young people in southern Africa, the epicentre of the global AIDS pandemic, why not ask young people themselves?
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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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| HEALTH: New global plan aims to wipe out TB |
![]() JOHANNESBURG, 14 October 2010 (PlusNews) - A new roadmap for curbing the global epidemic of tuberculosis aims to save five million lives between 2011 and 2015 and eliminate TB as a public health problem by 2050 but comes with a price tag of US$47 billion, nearly half of which must still be found.
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| HIV/AIDS: Global Fund looks to private sector to fill funding gap |
![]() JOHANNESBURG, 14 October 2010 (PlusNews) - With its coffers running at least US$1 billion short, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is looking to the private sector to fill the funding gap.
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| EAST AFRICA: Community radio reaches refugees with HIV messages |
![]() NGARA, 1 October 2010 (PlusNews) - An FM radio station broadcasting from the western Tanzanian town of Ngara is bringing vital HIV prevention information to thousands of Burundian and Rwandan refugees living in the region.
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| TANZANIA: Women caught in crossfire of HIV battle |
![]() MKINGA, 18 August 2010 (PlusNews) - Regina Joseph was beaten up by a group of young men for "dressing indecently" on her way to the local market in northeastern Tanzania's Mkinga District.
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| TANZANIA: Taking the HIV risk out of road crews |
![]() TANGA, 8 July 2010 (PlusNews) - An initiative by the Tanzanian government hopes to reduce HIV transmission along the country's expanding road network by targeting construction crews and the communities that surround them.
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| EAST AFRICA: Community HIV drug distribution improves adherence |
![]() NAIROBI, 7 July 2010 (PlusNews) - Local East African programmes are discovering the benefits of bringing HIV services closer to rural communities, with mobile drug distribution improving HIV-positive patients' adherence to antiretroviral treatment.
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