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HIV prevention services for those most at risk

ADDIS ABABA, 12 June 2012 (PlusNews) - More than 100 million condoms will be distributed annually to sex workers, men who have sex with men and other groups vulnerable to HIV as part of a new five-year programme to be run by the Ethiopian government and the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). full report

ETHIOPIA: HIV testing numbers rising steadily

ADDIS ABABA, 5 June 2012 (PlusNews) - Successful HIV testing campaigns in Ethiopia are showing a ten-fold jump in the number of people testing each year since 2005. full report

ETHIOPIA: New HIV policy focuses on HIV in the workplace

ADDIS ABABA, 26 March 2012 (PlusNews) - The government has teamed up with Ethiopia's main employees' and employers' associations to launch a new HIV/AIDS workplace policy that is to be implemented across the nation. full report

ETHIOPIA: Finding space for people with disabilities on HIV agenda

ADDIS ABABA, 8 March 2012 (PlusNews) - Ethiopians with disabilities say they have been largely excluded from the government's national HIV programmes and are unable to access services. full report

AFRICA: Snake oil salesmen and dodgy HIV "cures"

NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG, 19 January 2012 (PlusNews) - Uganda's National Drug Authority recently arrested sales representatives of a company selling a drug that purports to cure HIV; the firm's owners are not licensed to sell medicine and are being sought by the police. full report

ETHIOPIA: New PMTCT plan needs men

ADDIS ABABA, 4 January 2012 (PlusNews) - Ethiopia's new plan to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015 cannot be attained unless men are more meaningfully involved in reproductive health, experts say. full report

HIV/AIDS: Depression "overlooked" in treating HIV patients

ADDIS ABABA, 7 December 2011 (PlusNews) - HIV patients in Africa frequently suffer shame and depression but the continent’s health systems are ill-equipped to handle the issue, which not only affects their quality of life, but can lead to poor adherence to HIV treatment regimens. full report

HIV/AIDS: MSM meeting stirs controversy at HIV conference

ADDIS ABABA, 5 December 2011 (PlusNews) - A meeting to address issues around HIV and men who have sex with men went ahead as scheduled in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 3 December, despite protests and calls for its cancellation by local religious leaders. full report

ETHIOPIA: Food for body and soul

ADDIS ABABA, 18 August 2011 (PlusNews) - Three years ago, Munit* was hungry, lonely and HIV-positive; her husband refused to be tested and she felt burdened by her secret status, unable to share her daily struggles with friends and family. full report

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