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New investment in point-of-care evaluation

WASHINGTON DC, 25 July 2012 (PlusNews Global) - International medicines financing mechanism UNITAID will invest more than US$140 million to evaluate point-of-care HIV diagnostic and monitoring technology in seven African countries. full report

INDONESIA: Condom controversy continues

JAKARTA, 20 July 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Rizki, 29, is wooing passers-by outside a bar in a red-light district near Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. In her five years as a commercial sex worker she has always urged clients to use a condom to avoid HIV infection. "About 70 percent of my customers use condoms," she said. "Some men get angry when I ask, but most comply." full report

HIV/AIDS: WHO issues guidelines on PrEP

NAIROBI/KAMPALA, 20 July 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Days after US officials gave unprecedented approval for the use of an antiretroviral drug by HIV-negative people to reduce the risk of their acquiring the HI virus, the World Health Organization has issued guidance to governments on so-called pre-exposure prophylaxis. full report

HIV/AIDS: Criminalization of drug use fuelling HIV

NAIROBI, 27 June 2012 (PlusNews Global) - The war against drugs is hurting the fight against HIV, according to a new report by the Global Commission on Drug policy, an international panel that advocates science-based strategies to reduce the harm caused by drugs. full report

BURUNDI: Government seeks funding for five-year HIV/AIDS plan

BUJUMBURA, 11 June 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Burundi is seeking US$349 million for its National Strategic Plan to fight HIV/AIDS over the next five years. full report

KENYA: Needles to be distributed to injecting drug users

MOMBASA, 7 June 2012 (PlusNews Global) - The Kenyan government will begin distributing free syringes and needles to more than 50,000 injecting drug users across the country in the next month. Policy-makers and experts said the decision was reached following concerns over the spread of HIV and other blood-borne illnesses through injection drug use. full report

UGANDA: Supply the main challenge in male circumcision

KAMPALA, 30 May 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Uganda's campaign to encourage male circumcision - part of its effort to reduce HIV transmission - has attracted an enthusiastic response, but the bigger challenge is rallying resources so the health system can meet the demand for circumcision before it wanes. full report

UGANDA: Inadequate healthcare and rising HIV prevalence in Karamoja

MOROTO, 30 April 2012 (PlusNews Global) - The nomadic Karimojong ethnic group, once regarded as a low-risk HIV population because regional instability in northeastern Uganda and strong adherence to their culture kept them relatively isolated, have not been a priority on the country's HIV agenda, but recent statistics show prevalence among this community is now 5.8 percent, up from 3.5 percent five years ago. full report

DRC: End of mother-to-child HIV transmission still a long way off

KINSHASA, 24 April 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Poorly integrated maternal health services, a lack of human resources and a serious shortage of money for treatment mean the Democratic Republic of Congo is unlikely to meet the global plan of eliminating mother-to-child transmission by 2015. full report

NEPAL: Treatment illiteracy puts HIV benchmarks in peril

KATHMANDU, 17 April 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Poor understanding of antiretroviral therapy (ART) amongst health officials, clinicians and patients in Nepal could undermine gains in the country’s HIV/AIDS prevention efforts and threaten future progress in lowering the number of new infections. full report
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