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Accra — The Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) in collaboration with IDASA Governance and AIDS Programme (GAP) of South Africa is undertaking two researches. The studies are part of a multi-country research project being conducted in Burundi,2010-03-15 06:59 -
- Knowledge Management Specialist (HIV/AIDS)
Purpose of the Position
UNICEF’s place as the global leader on children affected by AIDS demands a strong capacity around information generation and management to inform evidence based programming and policy. Under the general guidance of the Senior2010-03-16 12:10 -
- Africa: Maps Point Truckers to HIV/Aids Help
Nairobi/Dar es Salaam — New maps pin-pointing the exact location of "wellness centres" in sub-Saharan Africa are improving truck drivers' access to treatment and care for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Oil giant Shell, with risk2010-03-16 08:25 -
- Kenya: Country Acts to Stem Cross-Border HIV Spread
Nairobi — Kenya's fight against the spread of HIV/Aids among people crossing into its borders is on course, a new report by a regional body says.
With the prevalence rate of HIV infection among migrant and displaced populations about 20 per cent, Kenya2010-03-15 09:50 -
- UN: HIV increasing among homosexuals
New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the UN AIDS agency said on Monday.
Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, said it was2010-03-16 20:20 -
- batterynews: New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals
Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS , said "it is unacceptable" that 85
countries still have laws criminalizing same sex relations among
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for homosexual practices.
He called2010-03-17 19:25 -
- AFRICA: Talking about climate change
NAIROBI, 17 March 2010 (IRIN) - God, not global emissions, is to blame for climate change, according to a survey conducted in 10 African countries. A close second, however, came deforestation, underlining the argument that there is information2010-03-17 07:49 -
- Annie Lennox speaks out on AIDS
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Annie Lennox: "This has been a killer for years and it's not getting any better."
Annie Lennox speaks out on on HIV virus and condition it causes, AIDSHIV and AIDS are leading killers of women of reproductive age in world,2010-03-13 10:50 -
- Annie Lennox speaks out on AIDS
Part of complete coverage on
Annie Lennox: "This has been a killer for years and it's not getting any better."
Annie Lennox speaks out on on HIV virus and condition it causes, AIDSHIV and AIDS are leading killers of women of reproductive age in world,2010-03-13 10:50 -
- Youths told to 'Live Up' ahead of ICC World T20
With the ICC World Twenty20 2010 in mind, the 'Live Up' public service announcement is about to be aired by Caribbean broadcasters committed to making HIV a business priority as part of the Global Media AIDS Initiative. This celebration of cricket will2010-03-16 05:37 -
- AIDS in America -- Forgotten but Not Gone
Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.
Over the past decade, limited attention has been paid to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in the2010-03-17 13:55 -
- New female condom adds to anti-AIDS arsenal
When Zoe Lehman talks about the newest version of the female condom, she's equal parts women's health care advocate ("It's an incredible prevention tool that empowers women") and sex therapist ("we tell women the double rings are amazingly pleasurable")2010-03-14 15:54 -
- Annie Lennox trying to get world to see changing face of AIDS
Part of complete coverage on
Annie Lennox: "This has been a killer for years and it's not getting any better."
Annie Lennox speaks out on on HIV virus and condition it causes, AIDSHIV and AIDS are leading killers of women of reproductive age in world,2010-03-13 10:12 -
- HIV rise blamed on anti-gay laws
HIV infections are rising among homosexuals in countries with repressive laws, the UN has warned
Those people infected do not seek help because they fear persecution, said Michael Sidibe, head of the UN Aids agency.
In China and Africa, about 332010-03-16 12:20 -
- Also In Global Health News: Profiles Of CDC, USAID Leaders; HIV/AIDS In Kenya; Food Aid In Tanzania; Hunger In North Korea; More
The New York Times examines the recent changes at the CDC - "considered one of the world's premier public health agencies, responsible for tracking the spread of infectious disease, distributing vaccines and monitoring the causes of sickness and deaths"2010-03-17 08:30 -
- People Living With HIV/AIDS: India Must Not Sacrifice Us In Trade Agreement With Europe
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As the final round of closed-door negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU) is2010-03-15 08:50 -
- Donor HIV/Aids Funding Declines
Published by the government of Zimbabwe
Harare — HIV AND Aids funding from the donor community has decreased by more than 50 percent since 2006, the National Aids Council has said.
Though the council refused to give possible reasons for the decline, a2010-03-09 23:43 -
- New female condom adds to anti-AIDS arsenal
When Zoe Lehman talks about the newest version of the female condom, she's equal parts women's health care advocate ("It's an incredible prevention tool that empowers women") and sex therapist ("we tell women the double rings are amazingly pleasurable")2010-03-14 15:54 -
- London Meeting Looks at Road Ahead for HIV/AIDS Prevention
The British government hosted a meeting in London Tuesday to discuss the progress made towards achieving universal access to HIV prevention. Before the meeting, Selah Hennessy spoke to ministers, aid workers, and campaigners about the importance of2010-03-09 10:43 -
- Botswana: Polygamy and HIV/Aids
Francistown — The practice of polygamy by members of the Johane Apostle Church of God, a religious sect whose members are commonly known as Bazezuru, is often lambasted and demonised in this country.
It has been suggested that their practice of2010-03-09 01:57 -
- NIH Partners with PEPFAR to Strengthen Medical Education in Africa
The National Institutes of Health has announced a new initiative to strengthen
medical education in Sub-Saharan Africa, in collaboration with the Presidents
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR. The program, called the
Medical Education2010-03-15 10:25 -
- UN: HIV infections increasing in repressive countries
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A United Nations report said new HIV infections were increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes.
Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAids, told journalists at a luncheon hosted by the United Nations Foundation that in China2010-03-16 01:04 -
- SOUTH AFRICA: Between patients and prevention
JOHANNESBURG, 15 March 2010 (PlusNews) - New research suggests that the poor knowledge and attitudes of doctors and healthcare workers in South Africa are limiting access to preventative tuberculosis (TB) therapy.
The qualitative study by2010-03-15 09:46 -
- South Africa: Aids Activist Women Honoured
The Treatment Action Campaign's General Secretary Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola and Chairperson Nonkosi Khumalo have received the John M Lloyd Foundation Leadership Award in Los Angeles.
The two shared the award which endeavours to recognise, develop and2010-03-10 09:57 -
- Cell phones latest tool to beat HIV-AIDS in Africa
AFP - Mobile phones may be a key weapon in the war against HIV and AIDS in Africa, says to the UNAIDS chief.
The relatively new technology has a role to play in a continent plagued by inadequate health centres and dilapidated infrastructure, said2010-03-07 23:25 -
- Africa: HIV/Aids, TB, Malaria Mortality Rates Down
Pretoria — African countries have seen a decline in HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and malaria mortality rates, says the 2010 Result Report released by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
The report, which was released on Monday, shows an2010-03-09 00:15 -
- Africa: Straight Talk with Global Fund Director Michel Kazatchkine
Johannesburg — The executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Michel Kazatchkine, sat down with IRIN/PlusNews at the launch of the organization's 2010 report, where he answered some hard questions on what may be a2010-03-12 09:26 -
- Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countries, a new study suggests.
A number of studies in African2010-03-10 11:37 -
- South Africa: Zuma, Ministers Face HIV Tests in State's New Prevention Drive
Cape Town — President Jacob Zuma is to spearhead a new HIV-testing drive that aims to get 15-million people - about a third of SA - tested by June next year.
Zuma and some of his Cabinet ministers will undergo public HIV/AIDS tests as part of the2010-03-12 05:09 -
- More Funds Needed for HIV/Aids, Activists Say
Cape Town — AIDS activists in Cape Town yesterday called on global leaders to step up funding for HIV treatment, saying failure to do so would cost lives and devastate economies in countries hard hit by the pandemic.
SA has one of the world's biggest2010-03-09 04:51 -
- Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
A man points at an artwork at a conceptual art exhibition about HIV/AIDS in Tehran December 2, 2007.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do2010-03-09 12:16 -
- Cabinet gives thumbs-up to new Aids plan
The Cabinet has approved an implementation plan to scale up the HIV/Aids prevention and treatment programme recently presented by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
The new plan aims to reduce the rate of infection by 50% by 2011 and2010-03-11 02:57 -
- Country Director - Zambia
• Interested applicants should submit their Curriculum Vitae and covering letter to mothers2mothers by e-mail to cdzambia@m2m.org by no later than 6 April 2010.
• Initial interviews will take place telephonically and only shortlisted candidates will be2010-03-15 11:42 -
- PSI Ambassador Debra Messing Testifies Before House Foreign Relations Committee
WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Actress and PSI Ambassador Debra Messing testified today before the House Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, highlighting successes from U.S. investments in HIV/AIDS while urging2010-03-11 09:40 -
- South Africa stockpiles condoms for World Cup
BRITAIN will give South Africa 42 million condoms in response to a request for an extra billion as part of an HIV prevention drive before the World Cup.
The request for British help in stockpiling sufficient condoms for the expected influx of football2010-03-09 06:25 -
- South Africa: Delayed drug registrations hard to swallow
-Delays in registering antiretroviral (ARV) medication may keep cheaper, more patient-friendly drugs out of reach as South Africa prepares to launch the world's largest tender for medicines.
In a letter to Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, the Minister of Health,2010-03-12 10:29 -
- Ugandan Doctor Fears Ground May be Lost Against HIV/AIDS if U.S. and other Funding is not Increased
A Ugandan doctor says ground may be lost in the fight against HIV/AIDS, if U.S. and other funding for treatment programs is not increased.
Dr. Peter Mugyenyi, director and founder of the Joint Clinical Research Center in Kampala, testified this2010-03-12 11:15 -
- R700m for circumcisions
The ANC is looking for a go-getter with a strong voice to fill a crucial role. [Satire]
Rebekah Kendal reckons that South African society is failing its medical professionals.
The KwaZulu-Natal department of health will need R700-million to
roll out2010-03-17 04:24 -
- S Africa spends $2m/yr on Zuma's wives, children
CAPE TOWN: South Africa is spending
more than $2 million a year to support polygamist President Jacob Zuma's wives
and children, almost double the budget from a year ago, a minister said on
Tuesday.
The 68-year-old Zuma, who currently has three wives,2010-03-17 13:39 -
- R700m needed for circumcisions
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Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal department of health will need R700m to roll out its male circumcision programme to help combat HIV2010-03-17 05:07 -
- Cell Phones Can Help Fight AIDS in Africa
Spreading information is critical to stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS, and one major tool to help accomplish that will be cell phones.
According to the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), 67 percent of all new HIV cases occur in2010-03-09 11:48 -
- Condoms for the World Cup and other ways to keep HIV at bay
MIAMI—In three months, hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are expected to descend on nine South African cities for the 2010 World Cup. But for so many visitors going to a country where more than 10 percent of the population is estimated to have2010-03-12 06:10 -
- HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA:
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 8, 2010 (IPS) - A world where all children are born free of HIV infection is possible in only five years if donors continue to fund global efforts to combat the virus.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS,2010-03-08 15:09 -
- Condoms for the World Cup and other ways to keep HIV at bay
MIAMI—In three months hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are expected to descend on nine South African cities for the 2010 World Cup. But for so many visitors going to a country where more than 10 percent of the population is estimated to have2010-03-12 05:15 -
- Motsoaledi stresses importance of HIV/Aids prevention
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he is worried that people still do not understand that the most effective weapon against HIV/Aids is prevention. There are about 920 000 people on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in South Africa. Motsoaledi says he2010-03-08 23:45 -
- Minister dismisses Aids criticism against Zuma
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Monday dismissed accusations that President Jacob Zuma damaged the fight against HIV/Aids after fathering a child out of wedlock.
"I am not sure why that statement is being made … people are playing2010-03-08 05:03 -
- AIDS rise may force India to spend more: World Bank
India will have to scale up prevention of HIV to avoid having to spend an increasing share of its health budget on treatment of AIDS patients, the World Bank has said.
India with 2.5 million patients is among the top three countries with the highest2010-03-09 22:51 -
- Southern Africa: Countries Not Keeping HIV Promises - Aids Activists
Human rights groups have called for political leaders to fulfil their commitments towards universal access for antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and keep their promises.
The AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa (ARASA), Treatment Action Campaign2010-03-09 14:35 -
- No Porn Channel for DStv Viewers
FANS of adult entertainment who were eagerly anticipating a possible porn channel on DStv have been disappointed.
The pay-TV service announced on Friday that the majority of its viewers had indicated that they were not ready to welcome blue movies into2010-03-17 04:25 -
- South Africa: Moves to Get More Citizens Tested for HIV
Pretoria — Government has scaled up its HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment plan with an emphasis on getting more South Africans tested.
Government spokesperson Themba Maseko said the new up scaled plan will see a shift from voluntary counselling and2010-03-11 06:49 -
- ETHIOPIA: Real-life drama
ADDIS ABABA, 12 March 2010 (PlusNews) - On stage in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Mestihet Temane, 27, enacts the story of how, after the death of her parents, a young woman winds up alone on the streets with no money, no confidence and no2010-03-12 02:16 -
- Country Welcomes HIV/Aids Assistance from Britain
Pretoria — The Department of Health has welcomed the support by a British department to buy additional condoms for the country.
British Minister for International Development, Gareth Thomas said his department will assist in providing 42 million2010-03-10 07:20 -
- AIDS rise may force India to spend more
New Delhi spends about 5% of its $5,4 billion healthcare budget on treating AIDS patients.
India with 2,5 million patients is among the top three countries with the highest number of HIV cases, alongside South Africa and Nigeria.
But with HIV cases2010-03-08 00:02 -
- HEALTH: U.S. AIDS Fund Flat-Lining, Groups Complain
Source: IPS
WASHINGTON, Mar 12, 2010 (IPS) - The debate between those who favour investment in AIDS treatment and those who favour investment in its prevention came to the forefront Thursday at a U.S House of Representatives hearing on U.S. investments2010-03-13 00:14 -
- CHABHA founder stepping down
Saturday March 13, 2010
we could never have predicted," she said.
BRATTLEBORO -- Seven years after founding a Brattleboro community-based charity at her kitchen table, Susanna Grannis is stepping down from her role as executive director.
Grannis, of2010-03-12 23:23 -
- S.Africa announces plans to ramp up HIV testing
AFP - The South African government on Thursday announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world's worst affected country by next June.
President Jacob Zuma's cabinet, which approved the scaled up programme on2010-03-11 06:06 -
- WFPA: Enhancing the Lives of Women Living With HIV - Video
LONDON, EMBARGOED UNTIL: 00:01 GMT Thursday 4 March 2010/PRNewswire/ — To mark International Women's Day (March 8, 2010) Women for Positive Action are launching a series of tools to raise awareness of the challenges facing women living with HIV/AIDS2010-03-08 09:51 -
- Country Director
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- Africans 'take blame for climate change'
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Africans are uncertain how to approach climate change issues
Many Africans blame themselves for climate change even though fossil fuel emissions there are less than 4% of the global total, a new2010-03-17 07:57 -
- HIV among newborns could be "eradicated by 2015"
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OHANNESBURG (AFP) Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
But2010-03-08 21:33 -
- [Press Release] People Living with HIV/AIDS: India Must Not Sacrifice Us in Trade Agreement with Europe
Geneva/New Delhi, March 12, 2010 – As the final round of closed-door negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU) is about to start this month, people living with HIV/AIDS are protesting to ensure Indian2010-03-12 10:39 -
- Experts Discuss PEPFAR Funding In Congressional Hearing
At a recent hearing of the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, "[i]nternational health organisations working to help check the spread of AIDS in Africa said meagre increases in funds from the U.S. government this year would be a step2010-03-16 06:20 -
- Absa allows mortgage skip
Johannesburg - It might be slick PR or altruism, but South Africa's largest retail bank, Absa, is allowing HIV-positive clients to skip mortgage payments if they are taken ill.
According to Absa, it has sourced insurance to cover mortgage instalments2010-03-15 09:40 -
- SA 'ignoring Aids prevention'
Johannesburg - Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Monday said he was worried that South Africans did not appreciate that prevention was the best treatment against HIV/Aids.
"President [Jacob] Zuma made two far-reaching statements on World Aids Day, he2010-03-08 03:11 -
- AIDS rise may force India to spend more: World Bank
India with 2.5 million patients is among the top three countries with the highest number of HIV cases, alongside South Africa and Nigeria.
But with HIV cases showing signs of rising in the capital New Delhi, in the financial hub of Mumbai, in the north2010-03-08 08:59 -
- Africa: Something New Out of Africa: A Global Player
The sense of African energy and dynamism that I described during my visit to Kenya is reinforced strongly here in South Africa. And it’s not just World Cup fever—though there are plenty of signs of that too.
By some estimates, close to 10 million2010-03-10 16:24 -
- South Africa's Youth Leader Convicted of Hate Speech
JOHANNESBURG A court convicted the governing party's youth leader of hate speech Monday after he said the woman who once accused South Africa's president of rape had had a "nice time" because she stayed the night and asked for taxi money.
A gender2010-03-15 06:53 -
- AIDS the leading cause of death among women–report
Women all over the world had nothing to be proud of this International Women’s Day as far as the statistics of HIV virus and AIDS are concerned.
According to the latest report ‘Women and Health: Today’s Evidence for Tomorrow’s Agenda’ released by the2010-03-09 00:35 -
- South Africans ignoring Aids prevention
The minister said prevention was the mainstay of fighting against any disease and only once that had failed should treatment become paramount. "The treatment we announced is because of the load we are having, but we want to stop that from happening2010-03-08 07:20 -
- SA welcomes Britain's 42 million condom aid
South Africa's Department of Health has welcomed Britain's decision to provide the country with 42 million condoms to scale up HIV treatment. The announcement was made at an emergency meeting held in Westminster in London to re-energise global efforts2010-03-10 23:21 -
- Aids - an ongoing emergency in which lives will continue to cost money
Antiretrovial drugs to suppress the replication of HIV. Photograph: Corbis/Krista Kennell
There was a bit of a party atmosphere in London last night as HIV/Aids experts and campaigners arrived for today's "emergency meeting" - why did the department2010-03-09 10:52 -
- WHO Approves Luzira HIV Drug Factory
Kampala — The World Health Organisation (WHO) has finally approved the antiretroviral drugs manufactured in Kampala by Quality Chemicals Industries, a local pharmaceutical giant.
This means the company can produce for export and can benefit from2010-03-11 02:07 -
- Also In Global Health News: WFP In Somalia; South Africa's HIV/AIDS Plan; Zimbabwe's Food Needs; Medical Personnel, Vaccines In Bangladesh; More
The World Food Program (WFP) "said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a report found that up to half the food aid intended for the nation's hungry people does not reach its destination," the2010-03-12 09:16 -
- South Africa: Serious About Fighting HIV And Aids
Increased measures aimed at reducing HIV transmission from mother to child by 2015 have been put in place throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and with bold and life changing policies set to come into effect in South Africa as of April this year, this target2010-03-12 00:58 -
- Pub's taking shirts off customers' backs
Wednesday, 5pm - A BOSTON pub is taking the shirts off its customers' backs - in a bid to give youngsters a World Cup to remember.
As Fabio Capello leads his English Lions to South Africa this summer, the Spirit of Endeavour and its regulars are hoping2010-03-17 02:32 -
- HEALTHRIGHT INTERNATIONAL APPOINTS JULIE BECKER AS NEW VICE PRESIDENT FOR PROGRAMS
NEW YORK, NY - HealthRight International has announced the addition of a new member of the organization's senior management team - Julie Becker, who will join HealthRight on March 31, 2010 as Vice President, Programs.
Ms. Becker comes to HealthRight2010-03-15 12:19 -
- South Africa: Debunking Denialism
It is fitting that one of the sharpest minds and committed leaders of South Africa's illustrious AIDS activist movement has documented not only the atrocities perpetuated by the Mbeki-Manto reign, but also the evolution of one of the greatest civil2010-03-10 09:57 -
- Country Director
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Columbia University is an equal opportunity and2010-03-12 14:29 -
- The German Medical Aid Organization action medeor e.V. Has Become an Official Partner of the Global GOALS for SOUTH AFRICA Campaign!
COLOGNE, Germany, March 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The GOALS for SOUTH
AFRICA campaign, a global effort to raise awareness and money for the fight
against HIV/AIDS in South Africa and the rest of the world, is teaming up
with German medical aid2010-03-11 09:59 -
- Africa: Funding Shortfalls Foil New Treatment Guidelines
Nairobi — Global funding shortfalls for fighting AIDS could make it impossible for developing countries to implement new World Health Organization treatment guidelines, activists have said.
WHO released new guidelines on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in2010-03-09 14:31 -
- Deputy Chief of Party
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- UNAIDS Fears HIV "Nightmare"
(AP) Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV "nightmare," the United Nations' AIDS agency chief warned Monday.
Michel Sidibe appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria,2010-03-08 10:47 -
- D.C. to give out female condoms to fight HIV
WASHINGTON – The District of Columbia will become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will make 500,000 of them available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in parts of the2010-03-07 01:33 -
- In Africa, a step backward on human rights
Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity - or because of their sexual orientation. Nor should anyone be excluded from health care on any2010-03-12 09:52 -
- South Africa: Fund Gets Results, but Will It Get Funding?
Johannesburg — Achieving targets to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and halve tuberculosis rates hang in the balance as donor commitments to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Fund come up for review.
For the past2010-03-08 14:32 -
- Malaria, AIDS, TB in retreat: Global Fund
Malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is now endemic, an international organization that funds the treatment and prevention of killer diseases said on Monday.
The elimination of2010-03-08 21:46 -
- Footballers turn red to save lives
Red balls will be used in Europe's three major leagues in England, Spain and Italy to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS.
In a unified show of support for Nike's global initiative called 'Lace Up. Save Lives', Barclays Premier League, Spain's La Liga and2010-03-11 20:34 -
- UNAIDS Director Cautions Against Funding Cuts To Global Fund
During an appeal to government and private donors to pledge money to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe warned of the repercussions tightening budgets could play in the global2010-03-10 08:00 -
- Study finds why HIV virus recurs after treatment
In a major scientific breakthrough that will better the treatment of AIDS, researchers have found how the HIV virus hides in the body and survives to become active again.
As per the report released by WHO and UNAIDS in November last year,2010-03-08 00:50 -
- Mainstreaming HIV in Education - Technical Assistant Placement
Placement: SPW Zambia seeks a Technical Assistant to create a Communication and Dissemination Strategy for capturing and sharing the lessons of SPW Zambia’s work on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in the education system
Context: SPW is a global leader in2010-03-08 19:12 -
- Art, music raise funds for AIDS project in Vail Valley
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado — Music from the Boxcar Daisies filled the air at Loaded Joe's on March 5 as people gathered for the third annual Women's History Month Art Show.
Food was prepared and donated by local chef and Colorado Mountain College2010-03-12 14:24 -
- New maps guide African truckers to AIDS clinics
AFP - African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
About 20,000 maps have been printed and distribution2010-03-10 09:06 -
- Also In Global Health News: Leishmaniasis Treatment; China's National Health Plan; Zimbabwe Food Security; HIV/AIDS Spending In India
"A heating device that uses radio frequency energy to heat parasites and kill them could provide a new way to treat ... cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, military researchers reported Monday," the Los Angeles Times' blog2010-03-10 07:52 -
- UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV "nightmare"
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- Regional Manager
Interested applicants should submit their detailed Curriculum Vitae and letter of motivation by e-mail to rmswazi@m2m.org on or before 19 March 2010.
Interviews will take place in Mbabane and/ or by phone from the 25th of March 2010.
Only shortlisted2010-03-16 11:50 -
- Premier League goes (RED)
One hundred per cent of the profits from Nike (RED) laces is split equally between two good causes.
A specially designed Nike (RED) ball will be used in all matches from Saturday 13th to Monday 15th March.
Cesc Fabregas, Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney,2010-03-11 00:50 -
- Zimbabwe: Local Lawyer Lands UN Post
A Zimbabwean lawyer and writer, Nyaradzai Gumbonzwanda has been appointed into a United Nations advisory team on ways to better protect women in conflict situations.
Gumbonzwanda who is also the general secretary of the Zimbabwean chapter of the World2010-03-15 03:59 -
- 'Quiet Corruption' Scourge of Poor
Johannesburg — THE "quiet corruption" of absenteeism and poor management is undermining service delivery and development in SA and other African countries, the World Bank has said.
Education and health were hit hard by this type of malpractice, which2010-03-16 04:56 -
- Britain donates one million pounds to S. Africa for condoms ahead of 2010 World Cup
LONDON - Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
The money, equivalent to $1.1 million euros or $1.532010-03-09 23:06 -
- Britain buys £1m of condoms for South Africa
With up to 1,000 Aids-related deaths and 1,500 new HIV infections a day, South
Africa is the world's worst affected country and one of those suffering a
hyper-epidemic.
And officials there have called for a boost in contraceptive supplies to deal
with2010-03-09 05:52 -
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