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HIV services in western refugee camps overwhelmedISINGIRO, 29 March 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Health workers manning five health centres in two refugee camps in the southwestern Ugandan district of Isingiro say they are overwhelmed by the high number of refugees and local residents in need of HIV services. full report
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AFRICA: Snake oil salesmen and dodgy HIV "cures"
NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG,
19 January 2012
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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.
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KENYA: The downside of male involvement in PMTCT
KISUMU,
16 January 2012
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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.
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ETHIOPIA: New PMTCT plan needs men
ADDIS ABABA,
4 January 2012
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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.
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HIV/AIDS: Ten big stories in 2011
NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG,
29 December 2011
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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.
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