afrol News, 19 December - Kenyan Medical Services has rejected media reports quoting Human Rights Watch that over 40, 000 children are in need of life prolonging medication and that their denial could make them die before their second birthday. The government has however admitted to having 10, 000 children who might be
afrol News, 17 December - International human rights group has accused the Kenyan government of neglecting children in the roll out of life saving drugs, saying half of all children born with HIV will die before their second birthdays. A 100-page report by Human Rights Watch released on Tuesday has warned that about 40
afrol News, 5 December - A group of homosexual activist groups from more than 25 African countries has united, demanding an urgent response to the HIV pandemic affecting their communities. In some countries, the HIV prevalence among gays is more than 20 times higher than among the population average. At a pre-conferenc
afrol News, 4 December - The United Kingdom has set new tough targets for the UN if more lives are to be saved with UK donor money. Speaking to the UN and Government figures at the end of a fact finding mission in Africa to assess the UN s work, International Development Minister Gareth Thomas set out tough new per
afrol News, 7 November - Zimbabwean government has repaid US $7.3 million unspent money, which was geared at fighting diseases, Global Fund said today. International aid agency had accused Zimbabwean government of misusing $7.3 million out of $12.3 million it deposited into Zimbabwe s Reserve Bank last year for distrib
afrol News, 7 November - Swaziland has resorted to scale up male circumcision to avert worsening HIV/AIDS infection in the country. The country joined ranks of hundreds of Swazi men who have opted for circumcision, after United Nations announcment last year that it could cut risk of contracting HIV virus by at least 60
afrol News, 23 October - More Namibians are living up to the challenge to stop spread of HIV by getting tested for virus, with young people waiting longer to start sexual activity and use of condoms increasing, according to new 2006-07 Namibia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) just released today. Survey shows that a
afrol News, 13 October - Malawian government has dropped dishing out an extra US$35 per month to its civil servants living with HIV, to buy food and is instead giving out food handouts, media reports say. The money may not be spent on what you intended it for, Mary Shawa from president s office told media. New policy i
afrol News, 7 October - A recent study has developed a new hypothesis that linked the spread of the AIDS virus to colonisation, which has played a major role in the spread of the disease in some parts of Africa. The study published in the British science magazine, Nature, has reported the spread of the AIDS virus in to
afrol News, 22 September - Top South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (aka: Zapiro) is once again under legal threat from African National Congress (ANC) presidential candidate Jacob Zuma for a cartoon he ran in SA Sunday Times newspaper issue of 7 September, which depicted Mr Zuma about to rape country s justice sy
afrol News, 17 September - Lesotho s resolve in uprooting corruption, especially in implementation of large projects should be testimony to its cooperating partners, of its capacity and commitment to development. Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, left no stone unturned today at the launch of entry into force of US$362
afrol News, 12 September - South African court has today dismissed corruption charges against leader of ruling African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, clearing his way to run as country s next president. A judge in Pietermaritzburg High court said there was reason to believe decision to charge him was politically
afrol News, 10 September - United Nations Deputy Secretary General has pleaded with HIV and AIDS experts to focus their efforts on studies contributing in fight against deadly disease in Africa. Addressing social and economic dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa conference held in New York yesterday, Ms Asha Rose Migiro sa
afrol News, 26 August - Malawi has witnessed a 75 percent decline in HIV/AIDS related deaths in the past four years having embarked on greater access to free anti-retroviral drugs. Senior government official, Ms Mary Shawa, said AIDS has been leading cause of deaths for adult population in Malawi, but added that since
afrol News, 13 August - Ugandan government has launched mass circumcision campaign in its bid to reduce HIV/AIDS infections in the east African country. Government officials in Kampala have decided to take advantage of a month-long traditional circumcision season practiced by some tribes in the country to attract more
afrol News, 5 August - Although recent worldwide records show a significant decline in HIV infection, reports indicate that Southern Africa is by far the most affected region and across all age groups. According to a new publication, HIV Prevalence Estimates from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), HIV tests amon
afrol News, 4 August - Multi-stakeholders in global response to HIV and AIDS have been encouraged to prioritise activities that would create a world where people infected can lead full lives with dignity, purpose and access to opportunity. This was put across at Ford Foundation s meeting ahead of international AIDS con
afrol News, 28 July - One of Uganda s key gay rights activists who had led demonstration at an AIDS international conference in the country was arrested, tortured and dumped with bruises on his body in the capital Kampala on Saturday. Usaam Auf Mukwaya was among the three activists arrested at the HIV/AIDS Implementers
afrol News, 28 July - As nations around the world grapple with the impact of high food and energy prices, strategies by International Monetary Fund (IMF) target to work with African countries to protect spending on health, education, and other services while at the same addressing inflation and balance of payments repe
afrol News, 28 July - The first-ever HIV surveillance programme in the self-declared republic of Somaliland has been launched. The surveillance is set to explore key findings of the earlier research, with a focus on most-at-risk populations. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the UN s World Health O
afrol News, 22 July - Criticism is increasing against the many giant programmes to particularly tackle the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, which are said to deplete other African health programmes that may have a much greater effect on public health. So-called vertical health programmes - that is to say, programmes design
afrol News, 18 July - The former South African President and anti-apartheid icon on Friday celebrated 90th birthday at his rural home in the Eastern Cape province. Nelson Mandela, whose birthday celebrations took a national colour, used the event to express concern about the growing gap between rich and poor in South A
afrol News / PlusNews, 16 July - Rwandan soldiers will benefit from a government policy of using male circumcision as a way to respond to HIV/AIDS, health officials said. Early this year, Ministry of Health of Rwanda declared its intention to include male circumcision which reduces the risk being infected by HIV by 60
afrol News, 27 June - The head of the AIDS efforts at the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Kevin De Cock, has said the threat of a heterosexual AIDS pandemic is officially over and decades of predictions that the disease would spread through general populations across the globe were wrong except in sub-Saharan Afri
afrol News, 25 June - A quarter of Ethiopia s HIV/AIDS patients have pulled out on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in the country, blaming logistical problems and religious beliefs as cause for withdrawal, the National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (HAPCO) said. HAPCO representative Desalegn Tesfay said over 40
afrol News / Gender Links, 19 June - The arrest of three Ugandan activists protesting the exclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities from HIV/AIDS prevention efforts sparked hot debate among the 1,700 global participants of the HIV/AIDS Implementers Meeting held in Kampala earlier this mont
afrol News, 12 June - Lesotho is stepping-up its efforts in the fight against HIV and AIDS, making a huge turn-about and commitment of caring for the future - the country s children. US$ 10 million were made available today. Today, government of Lesotho signed a grant agreement with Global Fund to a tune of maluti 84 m
afrol News, 10 June - Unless the balance was made in closing the gap between available resources and actual need in the HIV prevention and treatment, sub-Saharan Africa could still remain the most affected region in the world. This is the warning of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, in a report to be p
afrol News, 9 June - A sharp drop of Tanzania s HIV/AIDS infection rate from 7.0% in 2003 to 5.8% in 2007 means the East African country s battle against the global pandemic is paying dividends. The Tanzanian Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda, who announced the good news in the capital Dar es Salam, said based on official
afrol News, 6 June - South Africa finally seems to be tackling its AIDS crisis. HIV prevalence among pregnant women aged between 15 and 19 in South Africa fell for the second time in the past two years, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang told parliament. According to preliminary findings of the latest survey show
afrol News, 5 June - Three local homosexual activists were arrested yesterday morning by the Uganda Police Force at the 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers Meeting currently taking place in Kampala, Uganda. Human rights groups now fear for the safety of the three activists. The three - a 28-year-old transgender person, a 27-yea
afrol News / PlusNews, 4 June - Against all odds, HIV prevalence rates in Malawi have dropped significantly during the last few years, indicating the country can avoid the pandemic spread of AIDS experienced by other Southern African countries. Openness and public education are seen as the main reasons for success.
afrol News, 3 June - Close to 3 million people have access to antiretroviral therapy in low and middle income countries, but access to prevention and treatment still lacking for millions in Africa. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNAIDS and UNICEF report published yesterday, end of 2007 was a great mi
afrol News, 29 May - A Cairo appeals court has decided to uphold the sentences imposed on five men jailed in a crackdown on people living with HIV/AIDS. A total of nine HIV positive men have been sentenced to prison so far, the courts seeing them as a threat to the public. The Cairo court yesterday ruled to uphold the
afrol News, 8 May - Canada s largest generic pharmaceutical company, Apotex, has won a tender to supply life saving triple combination AIDS drug Apo Triavir to the government of Rwanda . Apotex is the first company to provide this medicine to Africa under the provisions of the Canadian Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR)
afrol News, 29 April - The Democratic Alliance leader has told hundreds of people at the KwaZulu-Natal Freedom Day celebrations in Molweni, outside Durban that South Africa faced a new threat 14 years after the first democratic election. The threat is a ruling party that believes it is more important than the constitut
afrol News, 14 April - A Malawian court is expected to deliver a ruling on the adoption case involving the American pop star between 22 and 25 April, 2008. Malawian government had earlier endorsed Madonna s adoption of the two-year-old David Banda. Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have been adopting the young Malawian b
afrol News, 7 March - Nigerian government has been damned for issuing a directive to all heads of universities that it would apply no-work-no-pay rule. In this piece, an education rights campaigner of Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, Kola Ibrahim, wondered why the rule should be applied to all lecturers who parti
afrol News, 8 February - South African President Thabo on Friday delivered the much anticipated state of nation address, apologising the nation for the troubles caused by the power crisis. He allayed fears that the power crisis would hamper his country s hosting of the World Cup in 2010. President assured his governmen
afrol News, 7 February - Criminalisation of HIV/AIDs in Egyptian has been criticised by rights groups, fearing it would endanger public health, justice and human rights. Right activists have sharply reacted to a series of arrests in the Egyptian capital Cairo after one man admitted to police that he was HIV-positive.
afrol News, 29 January - US President George Bush and his wife Laura will next month embark on a five-nation tour in Africa. The one week tour, which takes the couple to Ghana , Liberia , Benin , Tanzania and Rwanda on 15 February.
afrol News / IRIN, 24 January - South African AIDS activists have called on doctors and nurses to act in the best interests of HIV-positive pregnant women and their unborn children by not waiting any longer for an official directive to switch from single antiretroviral (ARV) treatmentto more effective dual treatment fo
afrol News, 23 January - In their attempts to reduce the rate of HIV/AIDS infection in the country, Rwanda authorities have voluntarily asked all uncircumcised men to be circumcised. Health experts proved that circumcision reduces the risk of heterosexual infection of the disease. Most people wonder how the governm
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