UGANDA: MP to persevere with anti-homosexuality bill |
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KAMPALA، 17/5/2011 (PlusNews) - Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill and HIV Prevention and Control Bill are likely to be carried over to the new session of parliament, despite international and local pressure. full report |
SOUTH AFRICA: Ten years of HIV treatment - a look back |
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KHAYELITSHA، 17/5/2011 (PlusNews) - Ten years ago, Khayelitsha, in Cape Town, was the first place to make antiretroviral drugs available to the public sector, marking a milestone in the beginning of the end of AIDS denialism and the fight for treatment in South Africa. full report |
KENYA: Protest as government grapples with HIV funding shortages |
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NAIROBI، 18/5/2011 (PlusNews) - Hundreds of Kenyan AIDS activists held a protest on 18 May in the capital, Nairobi to demand that the government meet its commitment to increase annual health and HIV funding. full report |
SOUTH AFRICA: Monde Kenneth Hobongwana, "The information is there, treatment is there, but still people default" |
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KHAYELITSHA، 19/5/2011 (PlusNews) - In 2008, Monde Kenneth Hobongwana, 37, tested HIV-positive. A student of business management at the time, he had been tested before, and blames risky behaviour for his status. He says that having a support structure is key to accepting one's status, but acknowledges that among men, it is still a difficult subject to discuss openly. full report |