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New reports chart progress - and costs - in HIV fight

JOHANNESBURG, 27 February 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Mothers, babies and newly diagnosed HIV patients are receiving more of the services they need but progress comes at a cost, according to a new report that predicts a funding shortfall for HIV treatment in South Africa. full report

KENYA: Tackling underage sex work in Nyanza's gold mines

NYATIKE, 7 February 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Inside a smoky makeshift kiosk, Julie*, 16, can hardly cope with the demand from her clients for a cup of tea and a snack - the men are parched from their work as gold miners in the western Kenyan district of Nyatike. full report

TANZANIA: Good results in programme to boost TB detection

ARUSHA, 1 February 2012 (PlusNews Global) - A pilot community programme to improve TB detection in northern Tanzania has shown good results and could be replicated nationwide as the country seeks to improve its TB treatment and prevention systems. full report

TANZANIA: Good progress in male circumcision campaign

DAR ES SALAAM, 18 January 2012 (PlusNews Global) - The demand for medical male circumcision is growing among Tanzania's non-circumcising communities, and officials say the country is on track to surpass its goal of reaching 2.8 million men by 2015. full report

KENYA: The downside of male involvement in PMTCT

KISUMU, 16 January 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Involving men is increasingly being promoted as a key element in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and while its benefits are well-documented - in one Kenyan study it reduced the risks of vertical transmission and infant mortality by more than 40 percent compared with no involvement - it can occasionally lead to domestic discord and even violence. full report

ETHIOPIA: New PMTCT plan needs men

ADDIS ABABA, 4 January 2012 (PlusNews Global) - 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: Ten big stories in 2011

NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG, 29 December 2011 (PlusNews Global) - It's been a roller coaster of a year in HIV and AIDS. AIDS turned 30 in 2011, and with new evidence of the effectiveness of HIV treatment as prevention, experts are increasingly talking about "the end of AIDS". At the same time, however, funding for HIV has become ever more uncertain, jeopardizing efforts to put new, life-saving science into action. full report

HIV/AIDS: Five faces we were watching in 2011

NAIROBI, 27 December 2011 (PlusNews Global) - From scientific breakthroughs to herbal "cures", HIV was never far from the headlines in 2011. full report

UGANDA: Challenging plan to eliminate mother-to-child transmission

KAMPALA, 15 December 2011 (PlusNews Global) - A plan to virtually eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda by 2015 by adopting a more cost-effective treatment regimen, beefing up health infrastructure and increasing women's access to family planning, comes with high expectations and significant challenges. full report

KENYA: Better funding key to improving rural HIV care

KAKAMEGA, 1 December 2011 (PlusNews Global) - When Christopher Okanga and his wife tested positive for HIV in 2006, they halted all plans to have children. full report
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