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Africa: Time for Joint Action on HIV/Aids and Violence

15.10.2008 15:56    allafrica.com
The war against HIV/AIDS, it is emerging, will not be won unless sexual and gender-based violence is tackled.


Uganda: Five Year HIV Plan Launched

15.10.2008 12:14    allafrica.com
THE Uganda AIDS Commission yesterday launched a five-year national HIV strategic plan aimed at reducing the infection rate by 40%.

Nigeria: People Living With HIV/Aids Decry Stigmatisation

15.10.2008 12:14    allafrica.com
Women living with the HIV/AIDS virus have expressed concern over the level of stigmatisation in their homes, offices, and the general society.

Uganda: 'Sharing Women Causing Aids'

15.10.2008 12:14    allafrica.com
SHARING women is one of the leading causes of the high HIV/AIDS prevalence among the fishing communities on Lake Victoria, a new report has revealed.


Namibia: Sendingplaas Wins Omaheke Health Groups' Competition

15.10.2008 12:14    allafrica.com
The recently held clinic health committee competition in the Omaheke Region was won by the Sendingplaas committee for its outstanding performance in community-based tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS control and management activities.

Nigeria: Funds May Stall HIV/Aids Awareness for Deaf Persons

15.10.2008 12:14    allafrica.com
Few days to the kick off of the awareness week on HIV/AIDS for deaf persons being organize by the Bayelsa State Association of the Deaf (BSAD) for its members; all appears not well as members of the body are worried

Nigeria: 'Teachers Are Key to HIV/Aids Mitigation'

15.10.2008 12:14    allafrica.com
Teachers are a critical factor in the fight against HIV/AIDs. They have therefore been advised to provide students with accurate information on issues of sexuality education and HIV/AIDS to stem the increasing rate of its prevalence among youths.

Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report

15.10.2008 12:14    allafrica.com
Global Challenges

Kenya: Firms Launch War On Aids

15.10.2008 12:14    allafrica.com
Sixty chief executives on Tuesday launched a campaign to encourage people to go for the HIV test.

Uganda: 'Circumcision to Prevent HIV' is Giving People False Information

15.10.2008 12:14    allafrica.com
There is research suggesting that circumcising men help reduce the chances to contract HIV. Dr. Francis Mwesigye Runumi, the acting Director of Health Policy Planning and Management in the Ministry of Health talked to Jennifer Bakyawa about the relevance of

South Africa: Pain Reliever

15.10.2008 12:14    allafrica.com
IT'S a privilege for us ... to say and feel confident that HIV causes AIDS without threats."

Nigeria: 'Maths Can Be Modeled to Tackle HIV/Aids, Others'

15.10.2008 01:01    allafrica.com
The menace of the HIV/AIDS and other life threatening diseases in the country can be effectively halted if the potency of mathematical variables is well harnessed.

Africa: Continent Has to Win Aids War - Kenneth Kaunda

15.10.2008 01:01    allafrica.com
FORMER Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda told Ugandan journalists yesterday that HIV/AIDS is a war Africa had to win.

Nigeria: 22,000 People Visit HIV Test Centres in 6 Months

15.10.2008 01:01    allafrica.com
Dr. John Osuyale, Programme Officer, the Delta Action Committee on HIV and AIDS, said 22,000 per-sons visited HIV and AIDS treatment centres in Delta between January and June, this year. The figure showed an increase of more than 15 per

Kenya: Medics Adopt New Strategy in Aids War

15.10.2008 01:01    allafrica.com
Medics in Nyanza have changed tact in the new drive on male circumcision among the Luo community.

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