Topic: Africa
Prisons are excellent breeding grounds for HIV, enabling the AIDS virus to propagate swiftly and stealthily, yet many options exist for tackling the problem, the world AIDS conference heard. Incidence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) runs far higher among the 30 ...
Auma Obama, the half-sister of US President Barack Obama, called Tuesday for more help for Africa's poorest women in the fight against AIDS, but warned against campaigns becoming "boring". "In Africa, it is necessary above all to learn to say no," she ...
A breakthrough test of a vaginal gel to protect women against HIV unleashed a wave of optimism at the world AIDS conference on Tuesday after two days of rows over funding. Hearty applause broke out in the main hall of the Vienna ...
Thomas Mukone wonders exactly how he would tell his wife that he wants a circumcision at age 41, even with the government in Zimbabwe urging adult men to get snipped to slow the spread of AIDS. "It's not easy to discuss this ...
Taking a breather after a heavy training session, Elizabeth Maseswa recalls how she was kicked out of her Harare home for revealing her HIV status before finding a new family on the football field. "Five years ago, my own mother disowned me ...
Zimbabwe may not have enough anti-AIDS drugs to comply with World Health Organisation recommendations on providing treatment to people with HIV, a top health official said Sunday. Zimbabwe is currently treating about 200,000 people whose immune systems have been severely weakened by ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Thursday named David Wilson, a Zimbabwean national who has written extensively about AIDS in the developing world, to head the poverty-fighting institution's global HIV/AIDS program. Wilson, who joined the Bank in 2003, has advised governments ...
In the sandy streets of Namuskekende village in remote western Zambia, hundreds of people gathered Saturday around a giant projection screen to see television for the first time. The three-metre (10-foot) screen, powered by a generator and receiving broadcasts by satellite, flickered ...
World Cup trip for Zimbabwe's HIV Positive Ladies Football ClubFor members of the Positive Ladies Football Club, playing soccer is much more than just a way to have fun. All its members are women infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. In this impoverished ...
Thousands of protesters marched Thursday against what they say is a softening commitment to fighting AIDS in Africa by the United States and other developed countries. Protesters wore bright green shirts that said "HIV positive" and carried signs calling on US President ...
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