NAMIBIA: Frustration over delay in drug roll-out
10 July 2003 (PlusNews ), Frustration is mounting among activists over the Namibian government's delay in providing anti-AIDS drugs to its HIV-positive citizens.
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NAMIBIA: More cash for HIV/AIDS group
1 July 2003 (PlusNews ), An AIDS NGO in Namibia is set to benefit from a US $1.3 million Global AIDS Fund grant, local newspaper The Namibian reported on Monday.
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NAMIBIA: AIDS NGO applauds government drug plan
12 June 2003 (PlusNews ), Namibia's AIDS Law Unit has welcomed a government plan for the local manufacture of HIV/AIDS drugs.
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NAMIBIA: Anti-AIDS drugs to be produced locally
11 June 2003 (PlusNews ), HIV-positive Namibians could soon be able to access cheaper anti-AIDS drugs after the government announced plans to support the local manufacture of generic medication in the country.
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NAMIBIA: Namibia to produce cheap HIV/AIDS drugs
11 June 2003 (PlusNews ), Namibia has enlisted the services of a local pharmaceutical company to manufacture generic HIV/AIDS drugs, local newspaper The Namibian reported on Tuesday.
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NAMIBIA: Top UN HIV/AIDS official in Namibia
10 June 2003 (PlusNews ), UNAIDS on Tuesday said the UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis, had visited Namibia.
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NAMIBIA: New HIV prevention methods on the shelf
5 June 2003 (PlusNews ), A chain of popular clothing stores in Namibia has introduced a customer-service programme to help tackle HIV/AIDS, local newspaper The Namibian reported on Thursday.
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NAMIBIA: Language-sensitive AIDS messages needed
28 May 2003 (PlusNews ), A large number of young Namibians do not understand the terminology used in HIV/AIDS prevention strategies, media association PRNewswire reported on Tuesday.
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NAMIBIA: Better AIDS messages needed
28 May 2003 (PlusNews ), A large number of young Namibians do not understand the terminology used in HIV/AIDS prevention strategies, media association PRNewswire reported on Tuesday.
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NAMIBIA: Waiting for free AIDS drugs in Namibia
16 April 2003 (PlusNews ), Multi-national pharmaceutical company, Gilead Sciences, recently announced a price reduction on its once-daily HIV/AIDS drug, Viread, to 68 developing countries.
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NAMIBIA: Suicides fuelled by stigma
4 April 2003 (PlusNews ), Namibia's AIDS Law Unit on Friday expressed concern over the rate of stigma-related suicides.
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NAMIBIA: Less talk, more haste - NGO
1 April 2003 (PlusNews ), A Namibian AIDS NGO on Tuesday said while it welcomed all government treatment initiatives, more haste had to be exercised.
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NAMIBIA: Casual sex still an obstacle
28 March 2003 (PlusNews ), A Namibian-based research company on Friday said the majority of its respondents based the risk of HIV infection on the physical appearance of sex partners.
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NAMIBIA: AIDS help desk for truck drivers
18 March 2003 (PlusNews ), A Namibian AIDS NGO on Tuesday said it was launching a new HIV/AIDS initiative that targets truck drivers.
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NAMIBIA: Prison HIV infection on the rise
17 March 2003 (PlusNews ), Namibia's AIDS Law Unit on Monday said the government's failure to provide condoms within prisons has contributed to the increase in HIV infections.
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NAMIBIA: Disclosure a no-go - AIDS lawyer
14 March 2003 (PlusNews ), Namibia's AIDS Law Unit on Friday said disclosure of a person's HIV status, before or after death, could "open up a Pandora's box of potential legal problems".
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NAMIBIA: Bar-flies raise glasses and levels of awareness
13 March 2003 (PlusNews ), Namibia's National AIDS Coordinating Programme (NACP) has called on informal bar (shebeen) owners to join the fight against HIV/AIDS, local newspaper The Namibian reported on Wednesday.
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NAMIBIA: Criminalise HIV-positive people - MP
10 March 2003 (PlusNews ), An opposition parliamentarian has called for legislation to make it criminal for HIV-positive Namibians to intentionally infect others, local newspaper The Namibian reported on Friday.
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NAMIBIA: Teacher numbers depleted by AIDS
5 March 2003 (PlusNews ), A new report by Namibia's education authorities estimates that around 3,360 teachers could be lost due to HIV/AIDS by 2010.
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NAMIBIA: Education sector badly affected by HIV/AIDS
4 March 2003 (PlusNews ), "Pass with good grades, not with AIDS" is written with red letters on new rulers and diaries soon to be distributed in Namibian schools countrywide.
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