JOHANNESBURG, 16 May (PLUSNEWS) - Supreme Court of Appeals Judge and HIV positive activist Edwin Cameron has added his voice to an international debate that has been mounting in recent months surrounding HIV testing. Full report

HARARE, 10 May (PLUSNEWS) - Newspapers headlines in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, announced last week that anti-AIDS drugs were in perilously short supply, endangering the lives of HIV-positive people. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 10 May (PLUSNEWS) - As food prices continue to escalate in Zimbabwe, the number of children suffering from severe malnutrition has increased in suburbs around the capital, Harare, according to aid workers. But, they do not rule out that the spike could be linked to HIV/AIDS in a country, with one of the worst prevalence rates in the world. Full report

MBABANE, 9 May (PLUSNEWS) - Swaziland's home-based caregivers are too few and too poorly paid to cope with the growing numbers of bedridden AIDS patients, but in the absence of adequate health facilities and trained professionals, they are seen as the immediate answer to a national emergency. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 9 May (PLUSNEWS) - Gender activists are describing a new sexual offences bill, expected to be tabled in the South African parliament this week, as a step backwards in terms of rape survivors' ability to protect themselves from HIV infection. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 7 May (PLUSNEWS) - The voices and gender dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa are not well reflected by the media, according to a study released on Wednesday, World Press Freedom Day. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 15 May (PLUSNEWS) - HIV/AIDS organisations in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo have warned people to be on the lookout for individuals selling fake antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 12 May (PLUSNEWS) - A new trial of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting more than 400 Libyan children with HIV began in Tripoli on Thursday with a judge refusing bail. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 12 May (PLUSNEWS) - The South African AIDS lobby group, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), has expressed concern over the poor level of HIV/AIDS knowledge among pupils in the rural Eastern Cape province. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 11 May (PLUSNEWS) - Stephen Lewis, the UN special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, on Wednesday accused South African ex-deputy president Jacob Zuma of setting back the fight against the pandemic with his recent remarks on HIV prevention. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 11 May (PLUSNEWS) - Namibia has joined South Africa and Zambia on the list of countries now guaranteeing refugees access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said on Wednesday. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 11 May (PLUSNEWS) - The Global Fund against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is to reject requests for money by countries suspected of financial mismanagement, UN special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis said on Wednesday. Full report