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Uganda: Home-Based Saliva HIV Test Kit Coming[Observer] The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States yesterday approved the worldwide use of a saliva test kit for HIV detection, just days after a panel recommended the use of Truvada in HIV prevention to the same body.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 11:59
Kenya: Funding Hitch Hampers HIV Tribunal Operations
[The Star] The operations of the HIV/Aids Tribunal have been hampered by lack of funds, Parliament was told yesterday. Special Programmes minister Esther Murugi said the funds for the Tribunal were not factored in the budget because it was inaugurated after the 2011/12 financial year. "The Tribunal was inaugurated in July 2011 after the budget allocations had been prepared and approved and thus the tribunal had no funds to carry out its mandate," she said.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 19:15
30,000 At Risk As Taso Closes Treatment Centers
[New Vision] An estimated 30,000 HIV/AIDS patients are at risk following the closure of The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) outreach centres countrywide.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:55
Africa: Migrants Living With Aids in South Africa
[Health-e] "Solidarity for Survival" is an exhibition that shows the difficult living conditions that African foreign nationals who have come to seek refuge in South Africa endure. It is currently showing at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg. Many of the difficulties these migrants face include the lack of access to health care.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:03
Africa: The State of the Media
[RFI] Zuma stands firm on SA's youth wage ... or does he? Are SA trade union's intolerant? Kenya lowers its growth hopes. And how safe are Uganda's anti-retrovirals?
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:01
Poly Hosts HIV/Aids Awareness Campaign
[New Era] Windhoek - The Polytechnic of Namibia (PoN) last week held its two day 16th HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Awareness Campaign under the theme: No Youth No Future.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 15:41
South Africa: Resubmit Proposals for Sex Actually 2012
[Biz-Community] Drama for Life is requesting artists to resubmit proposals for Sex Actually 2012. This is due to technical problems on the website. Drama for Life apologises for the inconvenience and has consequently extended the entry deadline to 21 May 2012.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 11:12
Nigeria: 'HIV/AIDS On the Increase in Abia'
[Daily Trust] Umuahia - Project Manager of the Abia State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS in the state, Dr Sam Ohaeri yesterday said the HIV/AIDS prevalence in the state has increased from three per cent to almost ten per cent.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 11:08
Kenya: Bunyala Gets Relief Food
[The Star] THE Ministry of Special Programmes through the Bunyala District Disaster Management Committee has distributed relief food to people living with Hiv/Aids and orphaned vulnerable children from Ruambwa sub location in Bunyala East location.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 18:04
Africa: GBCHealth Conference Introduces MDG Health Alliance
[GBCHealth] NEW YORK CITY (May 15, 2012) - The MDG Health Alliance, an innovative new private sector organization created and led by eminent business leaders to tackle urgent global health problems, was introduced today in the United States at the GBCHealth Conference.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 15:59
Nacs ARV Programme Not Free Entitlement for Those Affording
[The Herald] The National Aids Council is worried about the growing gap in funding anti-retroviral drugs for people living with HIV.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 15:29
Nigeria: 252,000 Persons to Get HIV Treatment for Five Years
[Daily Trust] A new project run by FHI 360 is to help provide antiretroviral therapy for 252,000 people living with HIV/AIDS over the next five years, including completing ARV treatment for an estimated 41,220 pregnant women across Nigeria.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 13:21
Namibia: It Is Worth Investing in an HIV Positive Child
[Namibian] THERE is delight for any prospective student who reads the word "scholarship" within a box advert in our local newspapers.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 12:55
South Africa: Antiretroviral Therapy Fights Cervical Cancer in HIV+ Women
[Health-e] Antiretroviral therapy reduces the incidence of pre-cancerous cervical lesions in HIV-positive women, South African investigators reported in the online edition of AIDS. Their study also showed that HIV therapy was associated with a regression of pre-existing lesions.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 08:42
Africa: Board of Global Fund Speeds Up Implementation of Its Strategy
[Global Fund] Geneva - The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria concluded its 26th Meeting today with broad agreement to direct more than $1.6 billion in available funding into effective programs that save lives, accelerating implementation of the Board's ambitious strategy.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 16:37
Africa: The Global Fund Turns the Tap Back On
[GFO] $1 billion available to fund new grants
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 15:31
Africa: Aidspan's 2011 Annual Report Now Available
[GFO] Aidspan has published its Annual Report for 2011. The report describes how Aidspan performed against its 2011 Annual Plan.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 15:29
Africa: Secretariat Re-Organisation Was Hindered By Weak Performance Management System, Jaramillo Says
[GFO] "A silo culture had become pervasive"
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 15:29
Africa: Global Fund Launches Process to Select New Executive Director
[GFO] List of 20 "high-impact" countries revealed
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 15:27
Zambia: Media Reforms to Help End HIV Stigma
[Times of Zambia] INFORMATION, Broadcasting and Labour Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga has prodded the media to continue playing a key role in the HIV response by providing the public with sufficient information on the pandemic.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 15:13
Africa: U.S. Moving Towards a-Pill-a-Day HIV Prevention
[Health-e] HIV prevention groups in the United States have hailed the recommendation by an FDA Advisory Committee that emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF/FTC or Truvada) be approved for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among sexually active adult men and women.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 14:55
Namibia: HIV Scholarship Discrimination Condemned
[New Era] Windhoek - The Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has condemned countries that make HIV testing a pre-condition for awarding scholarships.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 14:39
Namibia: No Youth, No Future - PoN
[New Era] Windhoek - The Polytechnic of Namibia (PoN) last week launched its 16th annual HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Awareness Campaign, under the theme: No Youth, No Future to highlight the link between HIV and alcohol.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 14:39
Zimbabwe: Towards Zero New HIV Infections
[Zimbabwe Standard] "Getting to Zero" stands for the hope that we have for eliminating HIV. We can get to zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero Aids-related deaths, but the challenge is how to get there and how to hold on to the gains made so as not to roll backwards.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 14:19
Over 350 000 Might Fail to Access ARVs
[The Herald] More than 350 000 people living with HIV and Aids might fail to access anti-retroviral drugs as Zimbabwe could face a US$227 million deficit by 2018, it has been revealed.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 11:45
Uganda: How a Sex Worker Keeps It Up
[RNW Africa] Prostitutes are good for Uganda's economy. They spend a fortune on clothes, shoes and make-up. They also keep a certain section of the population happy. Yet sex workers are discriminated against and deprived of HIV/AIDS education. Some hope to change that.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 09:57
Mutual Partnerships in the Health Sector Help Fight and Manage HIV/Aids
[Daily News] By 2007, about 2 million people in Tanzania were estimated to be living with HIV and AIDS with approximately 600,000 (30 per cent) in need of antiretroviral Therapy (ART).
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 07:26
MDC-T Senator Wants Women to Dress Shabbily
[The Herald] WOMEN should always have bald heads, lose weight and dress shabbily to reduce their attractiveness as part of measures to curb the spread of HIV, MDC-T Senator for Chikomo, Morgan Femai said yesterday. Addressing Zimbabwe Parliamentarians on an HIV sensitisation workshop here yesterday, Sen Femai proposed that women should also be circumcised. He said HIV is spreading at an alarming rate because men find it difficult to resist women because they are becoming more attractive.
AllAfrica | 12-May-2012 15:26
The Cut for Boys to to Tame HIV
[The Star] THE Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation will soon introduce circumcision programme for children under the age of 15 to help curb HIV/Aids in the country. Homa Bay branch DASCOP coordinator Alice Nyambai said they hope to introduce the program to children under 15 years, as a way of supplementing the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) exercise.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 17:47
Majority in North Eastern Not Aware of HIV Status, Says NACC
[The Star] Only about 10 per cent of the 2.3 million residents of North Eastern know their HIV/Aids status. North Eastern National AIDS Control Council coordinator Julius Koome attributed the low awareness of HIV status among the residents to retrogressive cultural practices.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 17:44
Uganda: Shs257.91 Billion for Treatment of Children Living With HIV
[New Vision] Government has been asked to approve the shs257.91 billion proposed budget for the elimination of HIV/AIDS in children in the financial year Sh2012/2013.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 16:34
Demand for Enquiry Into Drug Stockouts
[Health-e] HIV activists and health workers are demanding an enquiry into continuing drug shortages, specifically a number of critical antiretrovirals that are central to government's treatment programme.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 14:41
Nigeria: Donors Threaten Withdrawal of HIV/Aids Funds to Akwa Ibom
[Daily Trust] Uyo - Chairman, House Committee on Health, Elder Friday Iwok yesterday said that donor agencies are threatening to withdraw their support if the Akwa Ibom State government does not establish an HIV/AIDS control agency.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 14:00
Africa: Less Global Funds, More Problems
[OSISA] Fund medicines or fund the programmes that support uptake and adherence? That's the choice countries are now facing amid Global Fund shortfalls. With money tight, countries are slashing civil society-led HIV and TB programmes - treatment supporters, community-based volunteers, support for people living with HIV - to safeguard essential services, according to preliminary research being conducted by the Open Society Foundations.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 12:27
Namibia: Testing Students for HIV for Bursaries - Silly
[New Era] I WILL concur with the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) in condemning countries that attach going for HIV testing as a pre-condition for awarding scholarships.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 12:10
Zimbabwe: Raw Deal for HIV+ Renal Patients
[The Herald] Hepatitis B and renal failure remain a threat to people living with HIV.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 11:50
Africa: Members of Congress Champion Efforts to Prevent and Treat HIV
[E.G. Pediatric Aids Foundation] Washington, D.C. - In advance of Mother's Day, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and mothers2mothers (m2m) today welcomed the announcement of a House resolution reaffirming U.S. leadership in efforts to achieve an HIV-free generation.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 08:38
Gender Based Violence Campaign Launched in Serengeti
[Daily News] ON May 5, hundreds of people from all walks of life gathered at Maburi village in Serengeti district of Mara Region to witness the official launch of a fresh programme aimed at cutting down gender based violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS in the area.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 07:11
Nigeria: Governor's Wife Advises Pregnant Women on HIV/Aids
[Leadership] A call has gone to pregnant women in Abia State to access the services of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV by going to the centres nearest to them for counseling.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 05:22
Africa: Global Fund Has More Money
[Health-e] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) estimates that more than U.S. $1.6-billion in additional funding will be available in the next two years.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 19:23
Africa: New Structure At Global Fund Will Reduce Influence of Civil Society
[GFO] The dismantling of the Global Fund's Civil Society Team will reduce the influence of civil society organisations at the country level in governance, oversight and grant implementation, says Angela Kageni. "The restructuring may also lead to fewer channels for local partners to vent, voice fears, share, learn and consult."
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 16:24
Africa: Global Fund Forecasts U.S.$1.6 Billion in 'Additional Funding' for New Grants
[GFO] The Global Fund says that it expects that $1.6 billion "in additional funding" will be available to invest in new grants for the period 2012-2014. This figure includes up to $616 million for the Transitional Funding Mechanism.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 16:22
Africa: Global Fund Vows to Stay Committed to Civil Society Involvement After Restructuring
[GFO] Under the new structure at the Secretariat, civil society has many entry points to the Global Fund despite the breakup of the Civil Society Team, says Christoph Benn, Director of Resource Mobilisation and Donor Relations. Civil society organisations have expressed concerns about the restructuring.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 16:18
Africa: Global Fund Forecasts $1.6 Billion in Available Funds for 2012-2014
[Global Fund] Geneva - A new financial forecast by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria estimates that more than $1.6 billion in additional funding will be available in the 2012-14 period for investment in projects that save lives.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 16:13
OIG Releases Audit Report On 10 Grants
[GFO] There were no findings of fraud or of funds having been misappropriated in the audit conducted by the Office of the Inspector General on all ten grants awarded by the Global Fund to Ethiopia. However, the OIG identified $7 million in disbursements and expenditures that it says should be reimbursed to the Global Fund, involving two of the four principal recipients. This article provides a summary of the audit's findings, as well as comments from the PRs and other entities mentioned in the audit report.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 16:12
Uganda: Civil Society Asks Government to Increase HIV-Aids Funding
[Independent] Civil society organizations working in the field of HIV/AIDS have urged government and donors to honour their pledges toward eliminating HIV/AIDS in children. The activists are also rooting for scaling-up of HIV treatment among children by ensuring appropriate funding levels within the next two months.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 16:05