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Is the African AIDS pandemic a bluff?
Abuse of women escalates HIV infections in Africa


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afrol News, 10 November - The Ugandan government has formed an alliance with the media to focus on prevention programmes, in re-shaping its strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

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afrol News, 26 October - A new comparative report has found persistent high levels of sexual risk-taking, low levels of condom use, and inadequate coverage of voluntary counseling and testing in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Africa | Kenya
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African music awards to boost war against AIDS

afrol News, 9 October - Music stars at this weekend’s MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) in Nairobi, Kenya, can have a significant impact in educating young people about HIV and changing their behaviour, a top UNAIDS official said today.

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Report calls for HIV-sensitive laws and policing to combat AIDS

afrol News, 23 September - Violence against women, the transition from war to peace and the criminalisation of drug use and homosexuality are among the political, economic and social factors driving the HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to a United Nations-backed report released yesterday.

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» 22.09.2009 - New partnership to keep children free from HIV in Africa
» 10.09.2009 - Circumcision cost-effective means to prevent HIV - UN report
» 21.07.2009 - Activists urge health professionals to halt FGM
» 26.06.2009 - 10, 000 girls to be repatriated to Nigeria
» 19.05.2009 - Global health advocates call for African voices against Obama's budget cut
» 28.04.2009 - Global crisis impacting on HIV and AIDS treatment
» 08.04.2009 - Lesotho ready to roll out social cash grants
» 13.03.2009 - New partnership to increase funding for Africa's finght against AIDS
» 06.02.2009 - Include children in national AIDS strategies - HRW
» 16.01.2009 - UN calls for release of convicted gay men in Senegal
» 19.12.2008 - Kenya rejects HRW report on ARV roll out
» 17.12.2008 - Kenyan children neglected in life saving drugs - HRW says
» 05.12.2008 - African gays unite to demand AIDS treatment
» 04.12.2008 - UK sets tough new targets for UN Africa programmes
» 07.11.2008 - Swaziland promotes male circumcision
» 23.10.2008 - Namibians stand up to AIDS challenge
» 13.10.2008 - Malawi swaps HIV cash hand-outs for food
» 07.10.2008 - Spread of AIDS linked to colonialism
» 17.09.2008 - US disburse $362.6 million for Lesotho's development
» 10.09.2008 - AIDS experts urged to focus on studies fighting epidemic
» 26.08.2008 - AIDS deaths drop by 75 percent in Malawi
» 13.08.2008 - Uganda launches mass campaign to fight AIDS infection
» 05.08.2008 - Southern African HIV infection affects all age groups
» 04.08.2008 - Rights and opportunity critical for people living longer with HIV
» 28.07.2008 - Uganda police torture gay rights activist
» 28.07.2008 - First HIV surveillance programme in Somaliland
» 22.07.2008 - Massive AIDS projects threaten African health
» 18.07.2008 - Mandela frowns at gap between rich and poor
» 16.07.2008 - Rwanda starts male circumcision program in the army
» 27.06.2008 - Africa alone reels with heterosexual AIDS epidemic
» 25.06.2008 - Ethiopia AIDS patients pull out on treatment
» 19.06.2008 - Gay activists' arrest "shows African HIV response gaps"
» 12.06.2008 - US$ 10 million for Lesotho's orphans
» 10.06.2008 - Africa lagging behind on universal access and treatment - UN
» 09.06.2008 - Tanzania controls HIV/AIDS
» 06.06.2008 - South Africa's HIV prevalence decreases
» 05.06.2008 - Ugandan gay activists arrested at HIV meeting
» 04.06.2008 - Malawi successfully reducing HIV rate
» 03.06.2008 - 3 million on ARV's, millions still lagging behind
» 29.05.2008 - Egypt court upholds HIV sentences
» 08.05.2008 - Canada sells combined AIDS drugs to Rwanda
» 29.04.2008 - 'South Africa faces threat'
» 07.03.2008 - No-work-no-pay rule damned
» 08.02.2008 - Mbeki assures 2010 World Cup
» 07.02.2008 - 'Stop criminalizing HIV'
» 29.01.2008 - US leader tours Africa
» 24.01.2008 - SA urged to introduce PMTCT
» 23.01.2008 - Mass circumcision in Rwanda
» 22.11.2007 - Queen lauds Uganda peace
» 14.11.2007 - Gambia's health minister fired
» 05.11.2007 - Zambian First Lady urges women to demand safe sex
» 22.10.2007 - Mozambique ex-leader bags Africa leadership prize
» 16.10.2007 - Africa's ARV treatment fails
» 17.09.2007 - Kenya's Muslims oppose condoms
» 29.08.2007 - Sudan's booming town lacks AIDS education
» 24.08.2007 - ‘Nutrition no substitute for ARV’
» 22.08.2007 - Boom for Malawian HIV-affected fish farmers
» 14.08.2007 - Global Fund lifts Chad’s grant suspension
» 02.08.2007 - Africa: Falling HIV rates tell complex story
» 24.07.2007 - Libya: Bulgarian medics at home
» 18.07.2007 - Bulgaria requests convicted medics from Libya
» 12.07.2007 - Lesotho churches bolster HIV/AIDS fight
» 11.07.2007 - Court confirms medics' death penalty
» 26.06.2007 - Laura Bush emphasises nutrition for HIV/AIDS patients
» 07.06.2007 - Zambia questions men touting HIV/AIDS cure
» 01.06.2007 - Antiretroviral generics to be produced in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe
» 27.04.2007 - Gambia: Scientist Disputes 'Aids Cure' evidence
» 24.04.2007 - Uganda AIDS patients’ difficult access to treatment
» 18.04.2007 - Sex work thrives in Zimbabwe
» 02.04.2007 - More aid for Lesotho's numerous orphans
» 28.03.2007 - AIDS killed 193 Tanzanian teachers
» 16.03.2007 - "Alarming" HIV rise in young South African women
» 14.03.2007 - South Africa set to arrest HIV
» 05.03.2007 - Homophobia in Africa "accelerates AIDS spread"
» 26.02.2007 - FGM, circumcision "likely to spread HIV"
» 23.02.2007 - Gambia expels UN rep over AIDS cure grills
» 12.02.2007 - Gambia President continues "AIDS treatment"
» 15.01.2007 - 10,000 South African educators to die of AIDS
» 19.12.2006 - Libya court sentences medics to death
» 08.12.2006 - African Muslim clerics divided on condom use
» 07.11.2006 - Gambian women cannot negotiate safe sex
» 30.10.2006 - Sierra Leone only starting to battle AIDS
» 19.10.2006 - Senegalese AIDS community cries in silence
» 19.10.2006 - "Global Fund not for 1st ladies"
» 02.10.2006 - 91% of young Cape Verdean males have high-risk sex
» 07.09.2006 - Mortality for middle-aged South Africans doubled
» 06.09.2006 - "Sack SA Health Minister" - world's AIDS experts
» 02.06.2006 - Kenya announces free AIDS, malaria drugs
» 01.06.2006 - Tanzanian church still opposes condoms, sex education
» 07.04.2006 - Zimbabwean women now have world's shortest lifespan
» 24.03.2006 - Namibia considers legalising prostitution
» 20.03.2006 - Uganda's gays left out of HIV/AIDS strategy
» 30.11.2005 - Botswana meets national AIDS treatment targets
» 09.11.2005 - Regional AIDS policy meeting held in Lesotho
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