SOUTH AFRICA: Study highlights alarming HIV incidence
14 March 2007 (PlusNews ), HIV infection is on the rise in South Africa, and women continue to be most affected, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) said on Wednesday.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70701
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AFRICA: Donors call the shots in HIV/AIDS sector
21 February 2007 (PlusNews ), Large international donor agencies have become major players in Africa's response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Despite talk of 'partnering' with their recipients, they have usually called the shots. Unsurprisingly, considering the millions of dollars in play, they have insisted on high levels of transparency and accountability from recipients and have punished perceived corruption or mismanagement by hasty withdrawals of funds.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70285
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Small AIDS organisations lost in funding maze
21 February 2007 (PlusNews ), Millions of donor dollars earmarked for HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment pour into Africa every year. The lion's share is channelled through governments and the well-known, international NGOs that are assumed to have the capacity to manage large sums of money; but countless smaller, home-grown initiatives, many of them started by local people in response to an urgent need in their communities, battle for a piece of the pie.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70286
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SOUTH AFRICA: Condom application given a hand
19 February 2007 (PlusNews ), A high-speed condom, designed in South Africa, is poised to take safer sex to new heights in a nation grappling with soaring HIV infection rates.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70262
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SOUTH AFRICA: A true test of love on Valentine's Day
14 February 2007 (PlusNews ), It might not be as romantic as dinner for two with all the trimmings, but HIV testing for two is being billed as one way South African couples can demonstrate their commitment to each other on Valentine's Day.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70183
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SOUTH AFRICA: AIDS response becomes a test of faith
13 February 2007 (PlusNews ), Local and international experts agree with important new findings this week that faith-based organisations (FBOs) have a major contribution to make to curbing HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70154
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SOUTH AFRICA: Rural orphan-care programmes struggle
12 February 2007 (PlusNews ), The lush hills in the Tzaneen Municipality of South Africa's Limpopo Province may seem a better place to spend a childhood than the dusty, overcrowded townships of Johannesburg, but living in the countryside can add to the hardships of children who are HIV positive or have lost parents to AIDS.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70101
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SOUTH AFRICA: Farmworkers challenged to curb risky behaviour
8 February 2007 (PlusNews ), January is mango season in Hoedspruit, in South Africa's Limpopo Province, and casual fruit pickers, mostly women, flood the area's farms in search of work.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70805
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SOUTH AFRICA: Farmworkers challenged to curb risky behaviour
7 February 2007 (PlusNews ), January is mango season in Hoedspruit, in South Africa's Limpopo Province, and casual fruit pickers, mostly women, flood the area's farms in search of work.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70021
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SOUTH AFRICA: Clarity sought in microbicides furore
7 February 2007 (PlusNews ), Confusion has erupted over the safety of the microbicide trials, which were halted after preliminary results showed the proposed prophylactic could increase the risk of HIV infection.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70022
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SOUTH AFRICA: Group calls for more research on sexual violence
5 February 2007 (PlusNews ), Though sexual violence affects millions around the world every year, deeply entrenched cultural taboos and a lack of political leadership have historically left the issue largely unrecognised in government boardrooms, health ministries, and scientific research. But that may change, as an emerging global initiative argues sexual violence is a legitimate public health and human rights issue that warrants its own research, prevention, and interventions.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=69963
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SOUTH AFRICA: 'I left her in the end because I nearly killed her'
1 February 2007 (PlusNews ), My previous partner was a young, outgoing beautiful woman. I was jealous, honestly and I wouldn't want her to speak with other men or to visit anywhere. When she did that, I'd just beat her."
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70765
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SOUTH AFRICA: 'I was raped by a person I knew'
1 February 2007 (PlusNews ), My name is Phindile Madonsela. I'm 35 years old. When I was 17 years [old], I got raped by a person I knew. I wasn't that close to him, but [he was like] a brother [to me] - I didn't think he could do such a thing.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70767
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SOUTH AFRICA: Microfinance also buys freedom from abuse
1 February 2007 (PlusNews ), It's not every day you hear good news about HIV/AIDS and the abuse of women, so the findings of a South African study showing a 55 percent drop in domestic violence in the northern province of Limpopo generated a fair amount of hype, with the research hailed as "groundbreaking and exciting".
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70790
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SOUTH AFRICA: Men slowly turning away from gender-based violence
1 February 2007 (PlusNews ), South African men are becoming more willing to take action against the growing problem of domestic and sexual violence against women, a recent study has found.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70791
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SOUTH AFRICA: Tide of violence against women drowns out homophobia
1 February 2007 (PlusNews ), Violence against women is one of the most pervasive forms of discrimination in South Africa and there is mounting concern that some assaults might be driven by prejudice against their sexual orientation.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70792
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SOUTH AFRICA: Joining the HIV battle makes good business
25 January 2007 (PlusNews ), Behaviour change has been widely identified as the key to reducing new HIV infections, but so far neither governments, religious leaders nor AIDS organisations have had significant success in convincing large numbers of people to change their risky sexual behaviour.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=65797
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SOUTH AFRICA: Life insurers still snubbing HIV-positive clients
24 January 2007 (PlusNews ), Most South African life insurance companies have little or no cover available to potential clients who are HIV-positive, despite the disease now being much more manageable than in previous years.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=65796
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SOUTH AFRICA: Introduction
19 January 2007 (PlusNews ), In a country long sickened by the frighteningly high level of sexual violence, one of the greatest challenges facing South Africa is closing the gap between the rhetoric of gender equality and the reality on the ground.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=70794
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: Closing the gap on gender-based violence
15 January 2007 (PlusNews ), In a country long sickened by the frighteningly high level of sexual violence, one of the greatest challenges facing South Africa is closing the gap between the rhetoric of gender equality and the reality on the ground.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=65791
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