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Italiano SAMBURU – In the remote and rural district of Samburu, northern Kenya, where paved roads are scarce and motorised transport hard to come by, reaching the mostly pastoralist and nomadic inhabitants with HIV/AIDS services requires an unusual approach.
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 IRIN  31/08/2010ENTEBBE – A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter have “recombinant” viruses that might threaten both treatment and prevention efforts. Continue reading New strains of HIV spreading in fishing communities IRIN 20/08/2010In southern Africa, prevention campaigns highlighting the HIV risks of having more than one partner at the same time have largely targeted heterosexuals and ignored the fact that men who have sex with men also have multiple partners. IRIN 20/08/2010Remarks disparaging programmes to reduce HIV infections, made by Swaziland’s second top-ranking traditional leader, have sparked disbelief and anger among AIDS activists. Continue reading HIV threat exaggerated, says King’s brother IRIN 20/08/2010Manya Andrews is a health communications consultant and former head of the international reproductive health organization, Populations Services International, in Togo. At a recent conference on HIV and couples, she spoke to IRIN/PlusNews about how she and her team had to rethink what they knew about sex to kick-start Togo’s male condom distribution campaign. Continue reading The condoms had the thickness and sensitivity of a tyre IRIN 20/08/2010One of the cheapest and most commonly used drugs for treating HIV in Africa – nevirapine – has been associated with an increased risk of treatment failure in a retrospective South African study. IRIN 19/08/2010JUBA – Humanitarian needs in Southern Sudan, where some 4.3m people already need food assistance and fewer than one in 10 earns more than US$1 a day, are likely to escalate after next year’s referendum on secession, says a government minister. Continue reading Referendum will increase humanitarian needs IRIN 19/08/2010AWASH – In the northeastern Ethiopian region of Afar, more than 91 percent of women undergo one of the most severe forms of genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Reproductive health education however, seems to be paying off, with the number of girls affected reducing, albeit gradually. IRIN 18/08/2010MKINGA – Regina Joseph was beaten up by a group of young men for “dressing indecently” on her way to the local market in northeastern Tanzania’s Mkinga District. IRIN 30/07/2010At 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. Continue reading Addressing the role of religion in HIV response |
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