| MALAWI: HIV-positive civil servants angry at switch from cash to food parcels |
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BLANTYRE، 8/8/2011 (PlusNews) - HIV-positive civil servants in Malawi are unhappy with the government's announcement that it would stop providing a cash grant to help improve their diet. full report |
| HIV/AIDS: Female condoms slowly gaining popularity - report |
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NAIROBI، 11/8/2011 (PlusNews) - Long seen as the ugly step-child of HIV prevention, the female condom seems to be gaining popularity through grassroots campaigns, according to a new report by the UN Population Fund. full report |
| SWAZILAND: HIV prevalence among factory workers "50 percent" |
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MATSAPHA، 11/8/2011 (PlusNews) - A new government study has found that more than half of workers in Swaziland’s garment industry are living with HIV, and officials are realizing that the once-hailed promise of manufacturing employment has become a financial and medical nightmare for tens of thousands of Swazi women. full report |
| BURUNDI: A struggling PMTCT programme |
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BUJUMBURA، 12/8/2011 (PlusNews) - A shortage of health facilities and health workers, frequent drug shortages and a weak government policy mean HIV-positive pregnant women in Burundi often give birth without taking any precautions to prevent transmission of the virus to their children. full report |
| SOUTH AFRICA: Shortage of drug-resistant TB treatment looms |
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JOHANNESBURG، 16/8/2011 (PlusNews) - While countries are rolling out new tests that will enable them to diagnose more patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), a worldwide shortage of the drugs to treat these patients is likely, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns. full report |
| SOUTH AFRICA: Lihle Dlamini, “People who have TB still face the same challenges I faced in 2002” |
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JOHANNESBURG، 16/8/2011 (PlusNews) - Lihle Dlamini is the deputy general-secretary of South Africa’s AIDS lobby group, the Treatment Action Campaign. As the country moves to include a strong emphasis on tuberculosis (TB) for the first time in its latest national strategic plan on HIV, Dlamini recounted her experience with TB treatment almost 10 years ago: full report |
| HIV/AIDS: "Worrying" drop in global spending |
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NAIROBI، 17/8/2011 (PlusNews) - International funding for HIV fell by 10 percent in 2010 from the previous year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation and UNAIDS; activists worry that a continued reduction will undermine progress in global HIV prevention and treatment efforts. full report |
| ETHIOPIA: Food for body and soul |
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ADDIS ABABA، 18/8/2011 (PlusNews) - Three years ago, Munit* was hungry, lonely and HIV-positive; her husband refused to be tested and she felt burdened by her secret status, unable to share her daily struggles with friends and family. full report |
| SWAZILAND: Swazis put lives on hold because of stigma |
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MBABANE، 19/8/2011 (PlusNews) - The widespread fear of stigma and discrimination still leaves many HIV-positive people in Swaziland feeling so despondent they put their lives on hold. Many HIV-positive women have decided not to have children, while some feel marriage is no longer an option, a new survey has found. full report |