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ZAMBIA: Shielding children from their HIV status does more harm than good
 LUSAKA , 26 January (PLUSNEWS) - Zambia's attempts to promote paediatric antiretroviral (ARV) drug adherence are being undermined by families and communities who shield children in their care from knowing their HIV/AIDS status, health experts say. Full report
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ZAMBIA: Kids slip through the ARV net
 LUSAKA, 12 January (PLUSNEWS) - A shortage of paediatric testing kits and specialised medical staff in Zambia is causing delays in rolling out antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for children infected with HIV/AIDS. Full report
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ZAMBIA: Poor nutrition nullifies benefit of ARV treatment
 LUSAKA, 18 December (PLUSNEWS) - The poor nutrition often experienced by HIV-positive Zambians on antiretroviral [ARV] drug treatment is nullifying the benefits of the medicine, health experts are warning. Full report
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ZAMBIA: Help for child-headed homes
 LUSAKA, 11 December (PLUSNEWS) - Zambia is grappling with the growing problem of thousands of child-headed homes, created by one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world.
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ZAMBIA: Advocacy groups put HIV/AIDS on the election agenda
 LUSAKA, 4 September (PLUSNEWS) - Advocacy groups in Zambia are forcing HIV/AIDS issues onto the agenda in the run-up to this month's general election. Full report
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ZAMBIA: Bridging the gap between traditional and western medicine
 LUSAKA, 31 August (PLUSNEWS) - Zambia's HIV/AIDS pandemic is helping to bridge the divide between traditional healers and practitioners of western medicine.
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ZAMBIA: More than 10 girls raped every week
 JOHANNESBURG, 29 November (PLUSNEWS - DFID) - A Zambian nongovernmental organisation (NGO) revealed this week that it records eight cases of rape of young girls every week at its centre in the capital, Lusaka. Full report
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ANGOLA-ZAMBIA: Refugees return home armed with the knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention
 MAYUKWAYUKWA REFUGEE CAMP, 8 November (PLUSNEWS - DFID) - Four years after a ceasefire ended decades of civil war in neighbouring Angola, Zambia is still home to more than 25,000 Angolan refugees awaiting repatriation. Zambia's HIV/AIDS prevalence rate is about 18 percent; in Angola it is around 4 percent. The challenge is how to keep Angola's relative low rates of HIV/AIDS in check.
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ZAMBIA: Getting street kids to stay on the straight and narrow
 LUSAKA, 1 November (PLUSNEWS - DFID) - Dressed in baggy trousers, caps and colourful T-shirts, the toughened teens of the "Back to School Project" were scared. Each of the boys was to be tested for HIV that day.
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