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Africa: Women, the Silent Bearers of HIV Burdens
30 July 2010 (allAfrica.com) - When it comes to HIV, silence suffocates the women of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Zimbabwe: Empowerment Deputy Minister Raises Eyebrows on HIV
HARARE, 29 July 2010 - Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Deputy Minister Tongai Matutu has said more money should be channelled to people living with disability than to those living with HIV who may have contributed in getting the virus.
Africa: Need for African Governments to Increase Health Spending
JOHANNESBURG, 29 July 2010 (allAfrica.com) - At the recent International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi appealed to donors to desist from cutting aid to support AIDS programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The irony of his call, however, is that countries in Africa are not increasing their spending on health.
AFRICA: Mapping health budgets and child deaths
JOHANNESBURG, 29 July 2010 (PlusNews) - As many African countries battle to bring down staggering rates of maternal and child mortality, maternal and child health made for a fitting theme at the African Union (AU) Summit this week in Kampala, Uganda.
Press Release: African AIDS and Health Activists React to Conclusion of AU Heads of State Summit
28 July 2010 - At the close of the African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit, health experts and activists from across Africa expressed grave concern that leaders are not delivering on fundamental commitments to expand investments in maternal and child health and other life saving health services, including treatment and prevention for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.
Zimbabwe: Rural Children with HIV a 'Lost Cause'
GURUVE, 28 July 2010 (allAfrica.com) - Eleven-year-old Irene Thembo* lies curled like a foetus on a white wooden bench for outpatients at a clinic in rural Zimbabwe. The orphan, whose parents died of HIV-related illnesses, is terribly sick.
