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Africa: Male 'Cut' Boosts Drive against AIDS
NAIROBI, 2 August 2010 (allAfrica.com) — A multi-universities study shows a 66 per cent reduced risk of HIV infection among circumcised men compared to uncircumcised ones
AFRICA: Addressing the role of religion in HIV response
NAIROBI, 30 July 2010 (PlusNews) - At a church compound in Nairobi's Mathare slum, women and their children line up for food rations. Among them is Zipporah Mueni, an HIV-positive mother of five.
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.
