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KENYA: Camel clinics bring condoms to nomads
Thursday, 2 Sep, 2010 – 12:02 | Comments Off

Photo: Nomadic Communities Trust
Camels bringing condoms and medical supplies
SAMBURU, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) – In the remote and rural district of Samburu, northern Kenya, where paved roads are scarce and motorised transport hard to …

UGANDA: New strains of HIV spreading in fishing communities//CORRECTION//*
Wednesday, 1 Sep, 2010 – 12:01 | Comments Off

Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Catching more than fish
ENTEBBE, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) -
A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter …

UGANDA: HIV superinfection spreading in fishing communities
Wednesday, 1 Sep, 2010 – 4:01 | Comments Off

Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Catching more than fish
ENTEBBE, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) – A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a …

UGANDA: Optimism as PEPFAR increases funding*
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 11:02 | Comments Off

Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN
Only about half the people in need of ARVs are getting them
KAMPALA, 25 August 2010 (PlusNews) – More Ugandan HIV patients are set to receive life-prolonging medication after the United States President’s …

SOUTHERN AFRICA: More sterilizations of HIV-positive women uncovered
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 5:07 | Comments Off

Photo: IOM
More women are coming forward with stories of being sterilised
JOHANNESBURG, 30 August 2010 (PlusNews) – Veronica* did not realize she had been sterilized while giving birth to her daughter until four years later …

UGANDA: HIV superinfection spreading in fishing communities
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 4:02 | Comments Off

Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Catching more than fish
ENTEBBE, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) – A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a …

SOUTHERN AFRICA: More sterilizations of HIV-positive women uncovered
Monday, 30 Aug, 2010 – 5:06 | Comments Off

Photo: IOM
More women are coming forward with stories of being sterilised
JOHANNESBURG, 30 August 2010 (PlusNews) – Veronica* did not realize she had been sterilized while giving birth to her daughter until four years later …

SOUTH AFRICA: Strike jeopardizes HIV treatment
Saturday, 28 Aug, 2010 – 14:06 | Comments Off

Photo: James Hall/IRIN
Striking health workers, disrupted HIV treatment
JOHANNESBURG, 24 August 2010 (PlusNews) – A strike for better wages by South African health workers is putting the lives of HIV-positive people on the line as …

SOUTH AFRICA: Strike jeopardizes HIV treatment
Saturday, 28 Aug, 2010 – 5:04 | Comments Off

Photo: James Hall/IRIN
Striking health workers, disrupted HIV treatment
JOHANNESBURG, 24 August 2010 (PlusNews) – A strike for better wages by South African health workers is putting the lives of HIV-positive people on the line as …

SOUTH AFRICA: Strike jeopardizes HIV treatment
Friday, 27 Aug, 2010 – 2:10 | Comments Off

Photo: James Hall/IRIN
Striking health workers, disrupted HIV treatment
JOHANNESBURG, 24 August 2010 (PlusNews) – A strike for better wages by South African health workers is putting the lives of HIV-positive people on the line as …

KENYA: TB patients held in police cells for defaulting on treatment
Friday, 27 Aug, 2010 – 2:05 | Comments Off

Photo: Eric Kanalstein/UNMIL
Activists say poor prison conditions could be detrimental to the men’s health
NAIROBI, 24 August 2010 (PlusNews) – Kenyan government officials have defended the arrest and incarceration of two men infected with multi-drug …

SOUTH AFRICA: Strike jeopardizes HIV treatment
Friday, 27 Aug, 2010 – 1:05 | Comments Off

Photo: James Hall/IRIN
Striking health workers, disrupted HIV treatment
JOHANNESBURG, 24 August 2010 (PlusNews) – A strike for better wages by South African health workers is putting the lives of HIV-positive people on the line as …

SOUTH AFRICA: Pholokgolo Ramothwala, "You can never hide HIV forever"
Friday, 27 Aug, 2010 – 1:03 | Comments Off

Photo: Positive Convention
“I have two children who are HIV-negative and a partner that is HIV-negative, and it all happened because of the knowledge that I had”
JOHANNESBURG, 26 August 2010 (PlusNews) – Journalist and …

SOUTH AFRICA: Pholokgolo Ramothwala, "You can never hide HIV forever"
Thursday, 26 Aug, 2010 – 10:05 | Comments Off

Photo: Positive Convention
“I have two children who are HIV-negative and a partner that is HIV-negative, and it all happened because of the knowledge that I had”
JOHANNESBURG, 26 August 2010 (PlusNews) – Journalist and …

KENYA: TB patients held in police cells for defaulting on treatment
Thursday, 26 Aug, 2010 – 6:01 | Comments Off

Photo: Eric Kanalstein/UNMIL
Activists say poor prison conditions could be detrimental to the men’s health
NAIROBI, 24 August 2010 (PlusNews) – Kenyan government officials have defended the arrest and incarceration of two men infected with multi-drug …

SOUTH AFRICA: Strike jeopardizes HIV treatment
Thursday, 26 Aug, 2010 – 1:05 | Comments Off

Photo: James Hall/IRIN
Striking health workers, disrupted HIV treatment
JOHANNESBURG, 24 August 2010 (PlusNews) – A strike for better wages by South African health workers is putting the lives of HIV-positive people on the line as …