| TANZANIA: New pharmaceutical plant to produce ARVs |
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DAR ES SALAAM، 6/3/2012 (PlusNews) - Commercial production of Tanzania's first locally manufactured antiretroviral drugs will start in the next few months; it is hoped the country will eventually provide medicines for half of all HIV-positive Tanzanians. full report |
| ETHIOPIA: Finding space for people with disabilities on HIV agenda |
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ADDIS ABABA، 8/3/2012 (PlusNews) - Ethiopians with disabilities say they have been largely excluded from the government's national HIV programmes and are unable to access services. full report |
| SOUTH AFRICA: Preventative TB trial disappoints |
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JOHANNESBURG، 9/3/2012 (PlusNews) - After seven years of research, the world's largest study of preventative tuberculosis (TB) therapy has found that untargeted, community-wide distribution of TB prevention drugs did not improve TB control on South African gold mines. full report |