HIV
Ivory Coast’s battle for antiretroviral drugs
The political situation in Ivory Coast remains complex and now the country is facing problems with the supply of medicines. Indeed, a serious problem...
Drug addicts turn to HIV drugs for lethal mix
Drug peddlers in South Africa have introduced a new deadly drug whose ingredients contain life-prolonging antiretrovirals for people infected with HIV, a move that...
Texting helps monitor HIV/AIDS in Kenya
Between May 2007 and October 2008, an experiment was conducted in Kenya that involved sending a weekly text message to patients on antiretroviral drugs...
SA HIV campaign condemned as Zimbabwe announces soaring rates
South African health authorities will soon lunch a highly criticised HIV testing campaign for schools. But Parents, backed by several groups, believe that the...
US moves toward universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment
The United States has just taken an important decision in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The American National Institute of Health has officially agreed to...
Medical management improves for HIV/AIDS babies
Efforts to provide children with better access to HIV/AIDS treatment are beginning to bear fruit. In 2009, more than 355,000 children benefited from such...
Mapona: An all-Black porn film to fight HIV/AIDS
Armed with condoms and HIV prevention tools, Tau Morena, a pornographic film producer from South Africa, has decided to take his battle against AIDS...
International Donors Must Fund Female-Controlled HIV Prevention Gel
After over twenty years of searching in the scientific wilderness, researchers have developed an effective vaginal microbicide gel that can block HIV transmission. ...
Intentional HIV infections in Angola raises heavy concerns
Proposed reforms to Angola's Penal Code have divided opinion in the country about whether HIV-positive people who intentionally infect others with the virus should...
Living with HIV and sexual bliss
contracting HIV is often viewed as an event that brings a sex life to a screeching halt, but Africans of diverse age groups have...
New improved disaster response tool
A new tool has been developed to help humanitarian agencies and donors analyse a disaster situation, make a comparison with another disaster that might...
Mogadishu residents trapped by violence – MSF
Increasing violence in parts of the Somali capital Mogadishu has trapped many residents, leaving them with no safe place to go, Médecins Sans Frontières...
HAITI: Children start getting specialised AIDS services
Erika, 17, (not her real name) is one of an estimated 17,000 children living with HIV in Haiti, the Caribbean island most affected by...
HIV-positive pastor shouts from the pulpit
Rev Maxwell Kapachawo is the only known pastor in Zimbabwe who publicly admits to being HIV-positive; he is also encouraging any of his peers...
Vaccine failure a setback for anti-AIDS efforts
News that one of the most promising and advanced HIV vaccine trials has been halted has dealt a serious blow to global AIDS prevention...