Full Coverage: AIDS

07.11.2009 A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organisations and individuals says in a new report.

12.10.2009 A BBC analysis takes Uganda as a case study to examine the Africa-wide problem that generous funding for HIV/AIDS programmes has not been matched by the broader health insfrastructure. BBC News

07.09.2009 Elizabeth Pisani, author of Wisdom of Whores, discusses how the Obama administration might influence the direction of spending on HIV/AIDS. Global Health

31.08.2009 The characteristics of HIV/AIDS and climate change could not be more different. But there are remarkable similarities in the reluctance to change human behaviour that both crises have encountered.

23.08.2009 The Kenyan food crisis provides a reminder of the importance of adequate nutrition in sustaining ARV regimes. IRIN PlusNews

17.08.2009 More news of the difficulty in lifting rates of HIV testing and treatment in South Africa. Maternal mortality figures tell the story. IRIN News

19.07.2009 I've been confused by the enthusiasm for male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy. Here's confirmation that it doesn't offer any benefits to women. Kaiser Family Foundation

11.07.2009 It's no use piling money into specific illnesses such as HIV and malaria if there is no health system to deliver the programme. Rumours abound that the big agencies need to talk to each other. Center for Global Development

20.11.2008 For the first time in recent memory, activists are marking World AIDS Day not by risking arrest in protests at the White House, but by lauding the next president for the hope he brings to those affected by the AIDS crisis.

07.05.2008 Considered a taboo and anti-Islamic during Taliban regime, condom usage in Afghanistan is slowly increasing. The government however feels a need to boost its demand to achieve public health targets on STD prevention and reduction in maternal mortality.

01.05.2008 For N.Nandadevi, a dedicated health activist in Manipur in north-eastern India, mere counseling on HIV/AIDS is not enough to tackle the fatal disease. A believer in pragmatic solutions, she distributes disposable syringes among drug users to prevent transmission through shared needles.

18.04.2008 Co-authored by UNICEF, UNAIDS and WHO, Children and AIDS: Second Stocktaking Report, is a review of progress on how AIDS affects children and young people. Focusing on low and middle income countries, the report reveals that there is a strong need for more evidence-based information for HIV/AIDS prevention efforts.

15.04.2008 NEW YORK, Apr 15 (OneWorld) - A new coalition of U.S.-based rights groups says it plans to spend over $1 billion on projects to help women fight poverty in many parts of the world.

15.04.2008 A new International Labour Organization report says the workplace is helping tackle HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination through greater tolerance and improved attitude towards affected co-workers. The report, which covers 650 workplaces in 24 countries, also notes an increased acceptance of condom use.

14.04.2008 In India's business capital, an NGO Sanmitra helps HIV positive women ensure a life of independence and dignity by making them re-enter the mainstream workforce. The organisationÂ’s thrust is on HIV prevention, care and support to the affected and infected people.

14.04.2008 Indian Institute of Health Management Research, in collaboration with WHO and UNFPA, is organising a training course on ‘Programming for HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health of Young People in South and South-East Asia’ in Jaipur, India. The programme, aimed at strengthening management capabilities, addresses the concerns of younger generation about the disease.

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11.04.2008 NEW YORK, Apr 10 (OneWorld) - From New York to Johannesburg to Manila, rights advocacy groups are making fresh calls for the Egyptian government to rein in its functionaries who mistreat people living with HIV/AIDS.

02.04.2008 Asia may have 8 million more new cases of HIV/AIDS by 2020, according to a new report by the independent Commission on AIDS in Asia. The report, presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is the first ever comprehensive study in the region and calls for immediate priority interventions.

02.04.2008 The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis & Malaria (GFATM) has launched its Round 8 funding to scale up health systems across the world. The India – Country Coordinating Mechanism for the GFATM invites proposals from government agencies, civil society networks and private sector for receiving grants.