| SWAZILAND: Confusion and panic over supply of ARVs |
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MBABANE، 18/7/2011 (PlusNews) - Unease is mounting in Swaziland after reports that supplies of antiretrovirals are dangerously low. Resources have never been adequate to tackle the world’s highest HIV infection rate in the tiny kingdom, but in recent months, the cash-poor government and dwindling donor funding have led to increasing panic among people living with HIV. full report |
| AFRICA: Political leadership key to male circumcision success |
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ROME، 18/7/2011 (PlusNews) - Countries that have been quick to incorporate medical male circumcision into their HIV prevention programmes are already seeing good results compared with those that have been slower to embrace the procedure, say experts. full report |
| AFRICA: Combination ART offers near-normal lifespan - study |
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ROME، 19/7/2011 (PlusNews) - HIV-positive Africans on combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) can hope to live almost as long as their HIV-negative peers, according to a new study by Canada's British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. full report |
| KENYA: Illiteracy hampers treatment programmes |
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TURKANA/NAIROBI، 25/7/2011 (PlusNews) - Isaac Nanok religiously collects his antiretrovirals (ARVs) from his local health centre every month, but the information on the packaging is meaningless as he is illiterate. full report |
| SOUTH AFRICA: Prisons expand HIV services |
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JOHANNESBURG، 26/7/2011 (PlusNews) - Obtaining HIV treatment in jail is becoming easier as about 9 percent of South African prisons now offer antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in-house. full report |
| NEPAL: Migration main factor for HIV prevalence in west |
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MANGALSEN، 27/7/2011 (PlusNews) - HIV prevalence in Achham is estimated at 1.7 percent, but many residents, who have never left the remote western district, know HIV only as “Bombay [Mumbai] disease”. full report |
| HORN OF AFRICA: Drought and HIV - a dangerous combination |
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NAIROBI، 28/7/2011 (PlusNews) - More than 11.6 million people are facing starvation in the Horn of Africa, and as aid agencies struggle to feed them, experts are warning that a lack of food could have wider consequences, including jeopardizing the health of people on HIV treatment. full report |
| SWAZILAND: Desperate HIV-positive people eat cow dung to sustain treatment |
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MBABANE، 28/7/2011 (PlusNews) - Organizations fighting HIV/AIDS in Swaziland were at first incredulous at reports that hundreds of impoverished HIV-positive rural residents were eating cow dung to give their stomachs something to digest before taking their antiretrovirals. full report |