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Many Ethiopians prefer to keep their HIV status hidden for fear of isolation

ADDIS ABABA, 12 March 2010 (PlusNews) – On stage in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Mestihet Temane, 27, enacts the …

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Many Ethiopians prefer to keep their HIV status hidden for fear of isolation
ADDIS ABABA, 12 March 2010 (PlusNews) – On stage in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Mestihet Temane, 27, enacts the …

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Residents of Nairobi’s crowded slums have been particularly hard hit by spikes in the price of food
NAIROBI, 10 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Violet Tinah, 40, a resident of Korogocho slum in …

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“How will we now put so many more people on ARVs?”
NAIROBI, 9 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Global funding shortfalls for fighting AIDS could make it impossible for developing countries to implement new …

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Food security solves many ills
MBABANE, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) – The myriad crises afflicting Swaziland can only be solved with a holistic approach, not a piecemeal one, the World Food Programme …

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Patient-friendly but unapproved
JOHANNESBURG, 4 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Delays in registering antiretroviral (ARV) medication may keep cheaper, more patient-friendly drugs out of reach as South Africa prepares to launch the world’s largest tender …

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Zambia aims to circumcise about 250,000 men every year
NAIROBI, 2 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Medical male circumcision is now widely recognized as an important HIV prevention tool, and several African countries have …

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There has been widespread international criticism of the bill
KAMPALA, 2 March 2010 (PlusNews) – More than 450,000 people have signed an online petition urging Uganda’s parliament to drop a bill that would …

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Floods are common in southern Africa but planning for the treatment disruptions they cause isn’t, according to a new report
JOHANNESBURG, 1 March 2010 (PlusNews) – When a crisis strikes, access to antiretroviral …

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As many as 130,000 Tanzanian women fall pregnant every year; many of these are unwanted pregnancies
DAR ES SALAAM, 1 March 2010 (PlusNews) – A Tanzanian project is integrating family planning and HIV …

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The new programme will help eliminate delays in initiating ART
KIGALI, 26 February 2010 (PlusNews) – Rwandan nurses will soon be authorized to start HIV-positive patients on life-prolonging antiretroviral treatment (ART), a …

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Flash blood magnifies the HIV transmission risk of sharing needles
MOMBASA, 24 February 2010 (PlusNews) – Amina* and Rajab*, in their mid-twenties, spend most of their days getting high on heroin; when broke, …

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New guidelines target the most vulnerable living with HIV
JOHANNESBURG, 23 February 2010 (PlusNews) – New national treatment guidelines are set to make the world’s largest antiretroviral (ARV) programme even bigger as South …

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The government intends to expand the programme across the country
DAR ES SALAAM/MOROGORO, 22 February 2010 (PlusNews) – Elias Sempindo, 72, thought he would spend his twilight years doting on his grandchildren; instead, …

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In a 2005 South African survey, 40 percent of men and 25 percent of women aged between 15 and 24 reported having concurrent partners
HARARE, 19 February 2010 (PlusNews) – A new Zimbabwean short …

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At Kigali Central Prison, an estimated 16.5 percent of female inmates and 15 percent of male prisoners are HIV-positive
KIGALI, 18 February 2010 (PlusNews) – Rwandan health authorities have embarked on a campaign …