| SWAZILAND: Thabile Xaba, "I can take the ARVs now if I like but... I must consult the ancestors" |
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MBABANE، 1/3/2011 (PlusNews) - Most Swazis go to traditional healers if they feel ill, but in a country with the world’s highest HIV prevalence rate healers are struggling to cope. Thabile Xaba, 37, a healer who has been diagnosed HIV-positive at a clinic, told IRIN about her experiences. full report |
| KENYA: Amina Hassan*, "I suspect he knows his status and is taking ARVs secretly" |
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NAKURU، 3/3/2011 (PlusNews) - For 10 years Amina Hassan*, 37, trusted her husband and had a happy married life in Nakuru, in Rift Valley Province, western Kenya. Even if her religion allowed him to marry other wives, he had always assured her that she was enough, and he would have no reason to marry anyone else. But she told IRIN/PlusNews that life changed when her husband went to work in the port city of Mombasa and he returned a different man. full report |
| ZAMBIA: Third-line ARVs available soon |
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LUSAKA، 7/3/2011 (PlusNews) - After months of lobbying and campaigning by Zambian activists, the government has announced that it will provide free third-line antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to people living with HIV. full report |
| PHILIPPINES: Faces of HIV grow younger |
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MANILA، 8/3/2011 (PlusNews) - Newly reported HIV infections among young people have increased 10-fold in the past three years in the Philippines, one of only seven countries worldwide where overall infections continue to climb, according to the government. full report |
| ETHIOPIA: Hospital births still unpopular |
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ADDIS ABABA، 9/3/2011 (PlusNews) - Ethiopia is boosting its health worker numbers, building thousands of health centres and working with donors to prioritize the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. Even so, most women still prefer to have their babies at home. full report |
| KENYA: Stigma keeps Asian population from accessing HIV services |
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NAIROBI، 10/3/2011 (PlusNews) - When 20-year-old Jenna,* a Kenyan of Asian descent, told her family two years ago she had tested positive for HIV, they forced her to terminate her pregnancy, forbad her to seek treatment and kept her locked in the house because of the shame she had brought on the family. full report |