AIDS and STDs

News : AIDS and STDs

Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), yesterday in Abuja, said Benue still ranked highest in HIV prevalence in Nigeria. (AllAfrica)

Many Malawi enterprises are leading examples in bringing the fight against HIV/AIDS to the workplace, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) to be released nationally on 4th July 2008, at Crossroad Hotel, Cresta in Lilongwe. (AllAfrica)

The National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) has said that Federal Government's reduction of the HIV/AIDS funds by twenty-five percent this year could affect the campaign against the epidemic in the country. (AllAfrica)

Local and international researchers want government to move fast to implement the planned mass circumcision drive as part of efforts to curb the spread of HIV/Aids, RNA reports. (AllAfrica)

THE Federal Government is considering the creation of an internal funding mechanism in which all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) would create HIV/AIDS lines of budget to consolidate the World Bank's efforts at fighting the scourge in the country. (AllAfrica)

The development of a herbal HIV and Aids management product (anti-retroviral) based on hard scientific data is important for Kenya in several ways. (AllAfrica)

US Ambassador to Angola, Dan William Mozena last Thursday here reaffirmed his country's commitment to continue providing assistance to combat endemic diseases and reduce maternal-infantile death rate. (AllAfrica)

The Federal Government has allocated the sum of N1.115 billion to fight the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria during the current year. Out of this figure, the sum of N1.1billion is allocated to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) while N15 million is to be spent by the National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA). (AllAfrica)

A total of 45 field officials of the Epidemics Total Control (TCE) programme from the provinces of Cunene and Bengo will attend on 04-06 July in Changalane City, Mozambique, in a forum on sharing experiences of action in HIV/Aids prevention, in southern African countries, India and China. (AllAfrica)

More women are taking antiretroviral medication in Rwanda but more men are dying during the treatment, TRAC Plus - the agency managing the ARV program says. (AllAfrica)

THE health department has defended its awarding of a contract for the supply of antiretroviral drugs to Adcock-Ingram, a company which was recently fined for price fixing. (AllAfrica)

Microbicides - substances that scientists had believed could reduce transmission of the HIV/Aids virus in women may not come that soon, a senior official from the partnership that is developing the substances said on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

Faced with overcrowding, hunger and social isolation, Rwandan prisoners have resorted to risky behaviours for comfort rendering them vulnerable to spread of HIV/Aids, research presented at a stakeholders workshop on Wednesday shows. (AllAfrica)

Women entrepreneurs from across the country showcased their goods and crafts at a week-long National Women's Exposition that ended at the weekend. (AllAfrica)

Up to 183 nurses have so far been trained in a project to dispense or prescribe ARV drugs after a policy change in the country's health sector. (AllAfrica)

Special Notice (AllAfrica)

If the Guinness Book of Records ever decided to reward a bumbling act of brute stupidity, the Voice of Hindu's (VOH) illegal raid of Candos Hospital would surely be a shoe-in for the accolade. It is often said that idle hands do the devil's work. I thus suggest that members of this outfit get a job, or a life, or both. This might give them a more constructive way of occupying their Friday mornings. (AllAfrica)

Call it an obsession, dream or illusion but the importance of virginity is back and with a loud bang. More and more young people are deciding to remain chaste until marriage. (AllAfrica)

ZIMBABWE has already submitted a US$500 million application to fight HIV and Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria to the Global Fund under round 8. (AllAfrica)

Faith Based Organisations have been challenged to open their doors and take part in TB and HIV campaigns to prevent the spread of the diseases and offer support to infected people and their families. (AllAfrica)

THE level of HIV infection amongst women in Cross River State and the entire country is increasing, says the First Lady of Cross River State, Mrs. Obioma Imoke. (AllAfrica)

The HIV epidemic has struck prisons, jails and other places of detention around the world with particular severity. As a result, prisons have grossly disproportionate rates of HIV infection and confirmed AIDS cases. (AllAfrica)

The National Commission for the fight against HIV/AIDS (CNLS) donated Frw6 million to Genocide survivors in Kagasera Sector, Bugesera District in the Eastern Province, to help them start an income generating project. (AllAfrica)

Refugees and migrants do not have adequate access to health care services in South Africa, aid organisations and NGOs say. (AllAfrica)

In Gisagara district - Southern province - bordering Burundi, Daphroza, 45, looks frail with a visible rush on her face and arms. She has a CD4 count or the immune system's strength at 180 - less than the 200 minimum. According to doctors, Daphroza's CD4 level is very worrying. (AllAfrica)

The HIV/AIDS policy for the education sector, which was drafted by the Ministry of Education through its HIV/AIDS Management Unit (HAMU) has reached an advanced stage. (AllAfrica)

The executive secretary of the Angolan Network of AIDS Service Organisations (ANASO), António Coelho, on Wednesday here said there has been a poor participation of young people in activities centred on the combat against HIV, as well as a low turn up for voluntary testing. (AllAfrica)

Participants to the workshop intended to improve the capacities and co-ordination activities to fight against HIV/Aids, which is taking place in Luena since Tuesday, are debating on Wednesday the instruments to get information and the use of indicators, ANGOP has learnt. (AllAfrica)

He dreams of a HIV-free Uganda, a place where Karuhanga and Nalumansi can enjoy their love worrying about anything but the AIDS virus. "Tragedy," he likes to call it. But 20 years later and billions of dollars spent, his dream has not come true. (AllAfrica)

Science & Medicine (AllAfrica)

The Red Cross of Angola (CVA) is holding, as from the second fortnight of June, a campaign of information and sensitisation on HIV/AIDS, designed to prevent people from various ways of transmitting this disease. (AllAfrica)

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