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SOUTHERN AFRICA: HIV testing and treatment to prevent TB
19 May 2010 (PlusNews ), Diagnosing HIV early and starting antiretroviral (ARV) treatment could be the most important weapons in the battle against HIV-associated tuberculosis, but this would need a huge injection of resources in southern Africa, where the dual epidemics of TB and HIV claim the most lives.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=89188

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Same problems, less funding
4 May 2010 (PlusNews ), Without adequate funding, barriers to HIV treatment are likely to remain unchanged in spite of growing demand, a new report has warned.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=89021

ZIMBABWE: "I shout; I speak out on issues concerning women living with HIV"
22 April 2010 (PlusNews ), Evelyn Mashamba is one of Zimbabwe's most outspoken gender and AIDS activists and has being living with HIV for the past 10 years. She told IRIN/PlusNews how being HIV-positive propelled her into the movement to fight for the rights of women living with the virus.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88893

ZIMBABWE: Worrying rise in STIs among young people
14 April 2010 (PlusNews ), A new report by Zimbabwe's National AIDS Council (NAC), showing a dramatic rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among people aged 15 to 24 in the capital, Harare, has health experts worried that the country's success in reducing HIV could be unravelling.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88810

ZIMBABWE: Men take a hands-on approach to pregnancy
30 March 2010 (PlusNews ), Men in rural Zimbabwe are taking a hands-on approach to pregnancy - and to preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88624

ZIMBABWE: Moses Mataka, "We men are just thick-headed"
24 March 2010 (PlusNews ), Moses Mataka, 49, diagnosed with the HI virus seven years ago, was one of the first male home-based caregivers working in the mining district of Mberengwa, in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe, and perhaps he was one of the first in the country, but his road has not been easy.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88532

AFRICA: Tracking the male circumcision rollout
2 March 2010 (PlusNews ), Medical male circumcision is now widely recognized as an important HIV prevention tool, and several African countries have included it in their national HIV strategies.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88286

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Preparing for the worst
1 March 2010 (PlusNews ), When a crisis strikes, access to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs can be among the first casualties, particularly in countries where many people are on treatment.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88272

ZIMBABWE: "Small House, Big House" showing soon on TV
19 February 2010 (PlusNews ), A new Zimbabwean short film on multiple concurrent sexual partnerships (MCPs) runs for just 24 minutes, but the producers are hoping that its message will last much longer
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88169

ZIMBABWE: HIV-positive people want constitutional rights
4 February 2010 (PlusNews ), AIDS activists in Zimbabwe have launched a major drive to ensure that the rights of people living with HIV are enshrined in the new constitution.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=87999

ZIMBABWE: Gov't to double number of people on HIV treatment
22 January 2010 (PlusNews ), An ambitious state plan that will almost double the number of people on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment by the end of 2010 has drawn mixed reactions from AIDS activists, but increased donor funding has made the government quietly confident.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=87841

ZIMBABWE: Raising more money for HIV/AIDS
21 January 2010 (PlusNews ), A plan to expand the three percent AIDS levy to include those in the informal sector could have a negative impact on the lives of Zimbabweans, analysts have warned.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=87830

AFRICA: Crackdowns on gays make the closet safer
19 January 2010 (PlusNews ), More than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalizing homosexual acts, and despite accounting for a significant percentage of new infections in many countries, men who have sex with men tend to be left out of the HIV response.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=87793

ZIMBABWE: No home to go to
11 November 2009 (PlusNews ), Tendai Javangwe (not his real name) is 16 years old but looks half his age; he was born HIV-positive and has been staying at a home run by Mashambanzou Care Trust, a community care and support organisation.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=86986

ZIMBABWE: Anna Matopodza, "When I tell people I am a grandmother, they do not believe me"
2 November 2009 (PlusNews ), When Anna Matopodza, 55, from a village in the Buhera district of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe, found out she was HIV-positive, she was anxious about who would look after her five children when she died. The thought of death haunted her for months; then she joined dance group and travelled around the world, teaching people about HIV/AIDS through song and dance.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=86834

AFRICA: Electronic records can streamline health care
27 October 2009 (PlusNews ), Replacing manual data with electronic health records would significantly improve the quality of care and enable African HIV treatment programmes to be scaled up more efficiently, say the authors of a new article on the subject.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=86768

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Life insurance for HIV-positive people, at a price
22 October 2009 (PlusNews ), The availability of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and legislation prohibiting discrimination have helped turn HIV/AIDS into just another chronic disease, but an HIV-positive status can still be an obstacle to getting a loan or buying insurance.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=86698

ZIMBABWE: Positive women's football beats stigma
13 October 2009 (PlusNews ), Janet Mpilime, 32, captain of the ARV Swallows, an all-woman football team based in the informal settlement of Epworth, 10km east of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, has just led her team to a 2-1 victory over Sporting ART.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=86563

ZIMBABWE: Prevalence rate down
29 September 2009 (PlusNews ), Zimbabwe's adult HIV prevalence rate is continuing its downward trend, showing a drop from 14.1 percent in 2008 to 13.7 percent in 2009, according to new estimates released by the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=86332

SOUTHERN AFRICA: HIV-positive children living longer
18 September 2009 (PlusNews ), The number of HIV-infected children in southern Africa who survive into adolescence without treatment is greater than previously thought, and will keep increasing for years to come.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=86215

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