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SOUTH AFRICA: Health worker burnout
6 July 2009 (PlusNews ), The burned-out health worker with the bad attitude has long been regarded as the patient's worst nightmare, and linked to everything from high teen pregnancy rates to poor patient tracking in South Africa.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=85139

GLOBAL: Standard TB vaccine could be fatal to HIV-positive babies
1 July 2009 (PlusNews ), HIV-positive babies who receive the global standard tuberculosis (TB) vaccine are at hightened risk of contracting this infectious disease, says a new study in Bulletin, a journal published by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=85091

SOUTH AFRICA: Time to rethink testing
26 June 2009 (PlusNews ), It has become a given – test more people for HIV and you'll get more people on treatment earlier, plus cut down on risky sex. But recent research on the behaviour of people who test HIV negative, has led some doctors to question the testing gospel.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=85033

SOUTH AFRICA: Women becoming HIV-positive during pregnancy - study
24 June 2009 (PlusNews ), A large number of South African women are being infected with HIV during pregnancy but not diagnosed, according to a new study published in the latest issue of AIDS, the official journal of the International AIDS Society.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84989

GLOBAL: Entry, treatment, rights denied
23 June 2009 (PlusNews ), Leaving home is as risky as ever for many HIV-positive migrants, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84967

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Male circumcision - what's the latest?
23 June 2009 (PlusNews ), It has been two years since the World Health Organization recommended male circumcision (MC) as an HIV prevention measure, and countries in Southern Africa - the region hardest-hit by AIDS - have been slowly gearing up to provide widespread access to the procedure.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84950

SOUTH AFRICA: Serious shortage in ARV funding
19 June 2009 (PlusNews ), A one-billion rand (US$123 million) shortfall in South Africa's public sector antiretroviral (ARV) programme could jeopardise treatment programmes as soon as September, a health expert has warned.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84916

GLOBAL: Promising new drug to treat TB
17 June 2009 (PlusNews ), For the first time in nearly half a century, the world may be on the verge of adding a new drug to its arsenal against tuberculosis (TB) – one that would not only drastically improve the treatment of TB and its multidrug-resistant strains, but also shorten it.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84888

GLOBAL: Economic crisis no excuse to cut funds - UN
17 June 2009 (PlusNews ), International donors must continue meeting their commitments to HIV/AIDS, even in the face of the economic downturn, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84887

GLOBAL: Earlier ARV treatment saves lives
10 June 2009 (PlusNews ), Findings from a clinical trial in Haiti bring the first conclusive evidence that HIV-positive people in developing countries have a significantly better chance of survival if they start antiretroviral (ARV) treatment earlier.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84791

GLOBAL: HIV, the silent partner in emergencies
10 June 2009 (PlusNews ), Food aid and plastic sheeting are the hallmarks of every disaster, but not always condoms and antiretrovirals, even though humanitarian agencies recognize the link between emergencies and the increased risk of HIV and AIDS.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84795

SOUTH AFRICA: A mixed bag of new HIV figures
9 June 2009 (PlusNews ), The percentage of people living with HIV in South Africa has barely changed in the last six years, but new data released on Tuesday revealed that between 2002 and 2008 there were many changes in HIV knowledge, risk behaviour and testing habits.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84773

SOUTH AFRICA: TB vaccine trials for babies
4 June 2009 (PlusNews ), A new trial to test the efficacy of a tuberculosis (TB) booster shot for babies is about to start in South Africa, but when your subjects are too young to eat solids, the challenge rises to a new level.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84693

SOUTH AFRICA: Health care workers at higher risk of drug-resistant TB
1 June 2009 (PlusNews ), Health care workers in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province, on the east coast, are at much higher risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) than the general public, according to new research.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84645

GLOBAL: Basic healthcare crucial to beating HIV, study
27 May 2009 (PlusNews ), Providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services at well-equipped local clinics could be the key to success in fighting the pandemic in the developing world, a new report by the international anti-poverty NGO, ActionAid, has said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84567

GLOBAL: Obama expands health agenda, but not funding
8 May 2009 (PlusNews ), At a time when many Americans are preoccupied with the economic crisis on their doorsteps, President Barack Obama has asked Congress to approve US$63 billion for global health over the next six years.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84297

SOUTH AFRICA: Rev Paul Mokgethi-Heath, "Do I preach about HIV at my church? Every Sunday!"
6 May 2009 (PlusNews ), Rev Paul Mokgethi-Heath has been leading the flock at the Hope and Unity Metropolitan Community Church in Johannesburg, South Africa, since 1998, when he was diagnosed with HIV. He spoke to IRIN/PlusNews about being a gay, HIV-positive pastor, and gave his advice to other discordant couples.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84254

SOUTH AFRICA: Footballers join AIDS fight
5 May 2009 (PlusNews ), After a demanding training session on the soccer pitch, the entire Black Aces football team has squeezed into a small, stuffy room at the club's headquarters in Witbank, a town northeast of Johannesburg, South Africa, for training of a different kind.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84238

GLOBAL: Economic downturn puts treatment of millions at risk
29 April 2009 (PlusNews ), After months of speculation about how the global economic downturn might affect HIV/AIDS programmes, a new World Bank report details the projected aftermath of the crisis and how it could place the treatment of more than 1.7 million at risk by year's end.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84171

GLOBAL: Real men don’t cry – or do they?
20 April 2009 (PlusNews ), Men don't cry. Men take risks. Men don't ask for help. Men are strong. Men have many sexual partners. These stereotypes of masculinity are contributing to the spread of HIV throughout the world, experts warned at a recent symposium on men and boys.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=83991

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