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Zimbabwe: 'Move Away From HIV/ AIDS Stigmatisation'
Harare, 31 July 2009 (Herald) — Members of the community have been urged to move away from stigmatising and secluding people living with HIV and Aids, but instead embrace them in all development initiatives.
Africa: HIV Laws Do More Harm Than Good
Cape Town — In Sierra Leone, a mother who transmits HIV to her child can be fined, jailed for up to seven years, or both. Human Rights Watch reports that in 2008, several men were arrested in Egypt simply for being HIV positive. New legislation is currently being discussed in Angola that could lead to a three to ten year jail sentence for those who knowingly pass on HIV.
MALAWI: No money, no services
JOHANNESBURG, 1 July 2009 (PlusNews) - An inability to access adequate funding is crippling efforts by community-based organisations (CBOs) to help some of Malawi's most vulnerable children.
Ongoing viral replication during HIV treatment associated with lymphoma risk
Ongoing HIV replication when a person is receiving antiretroviral treatment increases the risk of AIDS-related lymphomas developing, German investigators report in the July 1st edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseses. The researchers found that the longer a patient had a detectable viral load, the greater the risk of lymphoma.
South African President Addresses Increased Access To Antiretrovirals, Reduction In HIV Incidence
South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday said he wants to have 80 percent of HIV-positive South Africans who need antiretrovirals (ARVs) on them by 2011, BuaNews reports
Zimbabwe: One Love - It is Possible
Harare (Herald) — AS Zimbabwe gears up to launch the "One Love" Campaign next week in Harare, I find it gratifying that so many of you out there do realise the importance of keeping your love under one roof by being faithful to your partners and spouses.
