JOHANNESBURG, 13 January (PLUSNEWS) - If the government's latest anti-AIDS campaign is anything to go by, Valentine's Day next month could mean more than just chocolates and red roses for some South African couples. Full report

DAR ES SALAAM, 10 January (PLUSNEWS) - Roman Catholic bishops in Tanzania have condemned as "unacceptable" a new science syllabus for primary schools that incorporates the teaching of proper condom use. Full report

MANZINI, 5 January (PLUSNEWS) - Without a definitive survey it's hard to know the extent of condom use by Swazis, but one group claims to have proof that it's on the rise: the workers at Swaziland's newest sewage treatment plant.Full report

MAPUTO, 4 January (PLUSNEWS) - When Maria (last name withheld), 35 years old and HIV-positive, reflects on the past year she gives an answer that a growing number of Mozambicans living with HIV/AIDS would probably echo. Full report

FREETOWN, 20 December (PLUSNEWS) - The first countrywide HIV/AIDS survey carried out in Sierra Leone since the end of its 11-year war shows a relatively low prevalence rate of 1.5 percent, according to the head of the National AIDS Secretariat, Brima Kargbo.Full report

DAKAR, 20 December (PLUSNEWS) - Adriana Bertini is a woman with a mission. She intends to turn condoms, which she considers the best form of protection against AIDS, into an everyday object that both men and women use as naturally as a piece of clothing.Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 13 January (PLUSNEWS) - South African gay activists are going ahead with plans to demonstrate outside blood donor clinics on Friday over a decision denying them the right to donate blood. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 13 January (PLUSNEWS) - An effort to achieve the rollout of universal HIV/AIDS treatment by 2010 was launched at an international gathering in Washington earlier this week. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 13 January (PLUSNEWS) - Former US President Bill Clinton has struck a deal to reduce prices on second-line anti-AIDS drugs for HIV-positive people in the developing world, should they develop resistance to current medications. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 12 January (PLUSNEWS) - Nigeria plans in the next three months to double its number of anti-AIDS treatment sites to 66, the National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) announced recently. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 12 January (PLUSNEWS) - Ugandans living around Lake Victoria are to benefit from a Swedish funded initiative aimed at addressing the issue of HIV/AIDS and development. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 12 January (PLUSNEWS) - An estimated 46 percent of business leaders say they expect HIV/AIDS to affect their operations within the next five years, a World Economic Forum (WEF), survey has shown.Full report