BANGUI, 19 August (PLUSNEWS) - Nearly five years after Congolese rebels introduced rape as a psychological weapon in the Central African Republic, individual victims and the nation as a whole are still dealing with the fallout. Full report

BANGUI, 24 August (PLUSNEWS) - HIV/AIDS patients in the Central African Republic are to receive antiretroviral treatment at affordable prices for the next five years thanks to a US $25 million grant from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis. Full report

BANGUI, 14 June (PLUSNEWS) - An American NGO operating in the Central African Republic has donated HIV/AIDS testing materials to six Roman Catholic dioceses in the country, state-owned Radio Centrafrique reported. Full report

BANGUI, 30 April (PLUSNEWS) - Some 44 church leaders in the Central African Republic completed on Thursday a four-day training course on HIV/AIDS awareness, organised by the Ecumenical Initiative on HIV in Africa and a local NGO. Full report

BANGUI, 27 April (PLUSNEWS) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved a project proposed by the Central African Republic government on the reinforcement of care to HIV positive people, state-owned Radio Centrafrique on Monday. Full report

BANGUI, 23 March (PLUSNEWS) - The United Nations Volunteers programme has financed a training programme, undertaken by an NGO in the Central African Republic, to sensitise the Batwa, or pygmies, on protection against HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Full report

BANGUI, 13 November (PLUSNEWS - DFID) - More than one tenth of adults in the volatile Central African Republic (CAR) are living with HIV/AIDS, but foreign assistance has been hard to come by, leaving the country struggling to mount an effective response to the pandemic. Full report