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HIV/AIDS – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:35:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg HIV/AIDS – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 ZIMBABWE: Still Struggling with Drug Shortages http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/zimbabwe-struggling-drug-shortages Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:34:14 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11268 HARARE, 11 January 2013 (PlusNews) – Chronic shortages of generic and antiretroviral drugs, stock-outs, high medication costs, and long distances to clinics are some of the hurdles people face in their quest to access essential medicines in Zimbabwe. At any given time, public health facilities in much of Zimbabwe have in stock only half of …

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]]> Uganda Still Behind on HIV/AIDS ARV target http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/uganda-hivaids-arv-target Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:44:59 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11229 KAMPALA, 7 January 2013 (PlusNews) – Uganda continues to fall short of achieving its goal of ensuring that 80 percent of people living with HIV receive antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) by 2015, according to the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC). Some 62 percent of those needing HIV treatment were on ARVs in March 2012, up from 50 …

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]]> Africa Domestic Investment in HIV Goes Up But It’s Uneven http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/africa-domestic-investment-in-hiv-goes-increases Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:20:04 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10907 NAIROBI, 19 July 2012 (PlusNews) – Many sub-Saharan African nations – traditionally the beneficiaries of international HIV funding – are gradually increasing their financial contributions to the fight against the virus, boosting the number of people on treatment to record highs according to a new UNAIDS report, Together We Will End AIDS, released on 18 …

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]]> Zimbabwean Members of Paliament to be Circumcised to Fight HIV http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/paliazimbabwean-membersment-circumcised-hiv-prevention http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/paliazimbabwean-membersment-circumcised-hiv-prevention#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:58:03 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10792 A group of Zimbabwean MPs is getting circumcised as part of a campaign to reduce HIV and Aids cases. A small makeshift clinic for carrying out the procedures was erected in Parliament House in the capital Harare. Blessing Chebundo, chairman of Zimbabwe Parliamentarians Against Aids, said his main objective was to inspire other citizens to …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/paliazimbabwean-membersment-circumcised-hiv-prevention/feed 2 SOUTH AFRICA: Decentralizing care and treatment for drug-resistant TB http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/south-africa-decentralizing-care-and-treatment-for-drug-resistant-tb Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:18:18 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10762 DURBAN, 14 June 2012 (PlusNews) – South Africa’s move to decentralize the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) has given rise to a crop of nurses equipped not only to initiate patients on HIV treatment, but also to prescribe for and monitor drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) patients. However, experts and government officials say the need for specialist …

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]]> Jaboya:Helping women to end sex-for-fish culture http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/jaboyahelping-women-to-sex-for-fish-culture Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:50:02 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10384 "When you are a woman and you want to get into the business of selling fish, you must be ready to lose your pride and use your body for bargaining," "Being ready to give sex as and when it is needed by the fishermen... it guarantees your survival here on the beach."

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]]> Greater Local Ownership of HIV Research Needed in Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/greater-local-ownership-of-hiv-research-needed-in-africa Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:29:10 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10375 ADDIS ABABA, 9 December 2011 (PlusNews) – Unless African governments increase their funding for and engagement in HIV research, the continent cannot hope to attain equal status in determining its research agenda and priorities, speakers said at the 16th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Africa. “In most low-income or poor …

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]]> HIV-positive Women in Africa Still Confused About Infant-feeding Choices http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/hiv-positive-women-in-africa-still-confused-infant-feeding-choices Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:24:21 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10372 ADDIS ABABA, 9 December 2011 (PlusNews) – The latest guidelines on infant-feeding options for HIV-positive mothers in Africa have not been disseminated in many countries, leaving women dangerously confused about the best nutritional path to protect their children from contracting the virus, a new report shows. The UN World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2010 guidelines recommend …

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]]> Depression Often Overlooked in Treating HIV Patients http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/depression-often-overlooked-in-treating-hiv-patients Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:55:08 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10363 HIV patients in Africa frequently suffer shame and depression but the continent’s health systems are ill-equipped to handle the issue, which not only affects their quality of life, but can lead to poor adherence to HIV treatment regimens.

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]]> HIV/AIDS: Countries Feeling the Funding Pinch http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/hivaids-countries-feeling-the-funding-pinch Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:13:34 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10347 JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI, 1 December 2011 (PlusNews) – Faced with the global economic downturn and less money from donors, national HIV programmes in East and Southern Africa – the region hardest hit by HIV/AIDS – are struggling to stay afloat. IRIN/PlusNews brings you a wrap of countries feeling the biggest pinch. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) According …

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