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Africa: Breaking Down Legal Barriers to HIV Information Access
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:55:22 GMT
[PlusNews]
Bangkok -
While a number of Asian and Pacific countries are addressing legal barriers to accessing HIV information and treatment, there is still a gap between policy and implementation, say officials.
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South Africa: Seeking Justice for HIV-Positive Journalist
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:33:29 GMT
[Health-e]
Human rights and civil society groups will picket the Qatari news network, Al Jazeera, next week to call for the reinstatement of a South African journalist who was thrown out of Qatar after it was found that he has HIV.
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South Africa: Global Fund Crisis - Govt Projects Face Closure
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:33:24 GMT
[Health-e]
South African recipients of money from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) have pleaded with the health minister to intervene as they continue to wait for overdue funds.
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Uganda: Three Held Over Defective Drugs
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:52:26 GMT
[Monitor]
Kampala -
A month after two ladies were arrested for selling fake ARVs, three people are in custody for allegedly selling drugs that were phased out of the country under the World Health Organisation's directive.
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Mozambique: 130,000 Workers Benefit From HIV and Malaria Activities
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:21:41 GMT
[AIM]
Maputo -
About 130,000 workers employed in 840 Mozambican private companies have benefitted over the last five years from the activities of the Association of Businesses against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis (ECOSIDA), according to the Association's chairperson, Natividade Bule.
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Uganda: Naton Makes New Aids Drug
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:15:37 GMT
[New Vision]
Quality Chemicals, a Ugandanbased pharmaceutical company, will next month start producing a new anti-retroviral(ARV) drug, Tenofovir.
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Zimbabwe: Majority Living With HIV/Aids Are in Unions - Report
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:27:21 GMT
[The Herald]
THE majority of people living with HIV and Aids in Zimbabwe are in unions, a recent report compiled by stakeholders involved in HIV and Aids work has said. The report, which is the first of its kind to be conducted in the country, is meant to update Zimbabwe's evidence base for the formulation of the Zimbabwe National Aids Strategic Plan (ZNASP) 2011-2015, and to look back and learn from what has been achieved.
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Angola: Students, Teachers Urged to Join Sensitisation on HIV/Aids
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:55:28 GMT
[ANGOP]
Luanda -
Teachers and students were urged to join sensitisation and monitoring rogrammes on serious endemic diseases, such as hiv/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis, ANGOP has learnt.
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Namibia: Longest HIV Survivor Rides Through Erongo
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:51:22 GMT
[Namibian]
THE longest known survivor of HIV in the world, Andre van Zijl (62) of South Africa, visited the coast recently to speak to high school learners about HIV and abstinence.
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Southern Africa: New President for HIV Clinicians Society
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:01 GMT
[Health-e]
The Southern African HIV Clinicians Society has appointed a new President, Dr Francesca Conradie.
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