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		<title>US helps bridge gap in ARV supply</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/17/us-helps-bridge-gap-in-arv-supply/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US government has boosted its assistance to Uganda&#8217;s AIDS programme with an emergency supply of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs worth more than US$5.5 million to begin to put an estimated 72,000 HIV-infected people on the treatment over the next two years. Full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90454]]></description>
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		<title>Early HIV treatment may be cheaper than thought</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/17/early-hiv-treatment-may-be-cheaper-than-thought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research by South Africa&#8217;s University of the Witwatersrand and Boston University in the US, has found that starting HIV-positive people on antiretrovirals (ARVs) earlier, and at a higher CD4 count (a measure of immune system strength), may be cheaper than previously thought. Full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90459]]></description>
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		<title>Activists appeal for release of TB prisoners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenyan human rights activists have filed an appeal for the release of two men imprisoned for defaulting on their tuberculosis (TB) treatment, and are warning that the arrests could discourage other patients from seeking treatment. Full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90481]]></description>
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		<title>Targeting older people in HIV prevention</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/17/targeting-older-people-in-hiv-prevention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Older Kenyans, often neglected by HIV programmes that assume they are no longer sexually active and therefore not at risk, are slowly becoming more visible in the fight against the pandemic. Full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90501]]></description>
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		<title>Amendment to end dismissal based on HIV status</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/10/amendment-to-end-dismissal-based-on-hiv-status/</link>
		<comments>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/10/amendment-to-end-dismissal-based-on-hiv-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Botswana government has passed an amendment to its Employment Act that will bring an end to dismissal based on an individual&#8217;s sexual orientation or HIV status, but rights groups believe the legislation needs to go further. full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90437]]></description>
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		<title>Camel clinics bring condoms to nomads</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/08/31/camel-clinics-bring-condoms-to-nomads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAMBURU &#8211; 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. Access report online]]></description>
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		<title>New strains of HIV spreading in fishing communities</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/08/31/new-strains-of-hiv-spreading-in-fishing-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/08/31/new-strains-of-hiv-spreading-in-fishing-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Entebbe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENTEBBE &#8211; 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 &#8220;recombinant&#8221; viruses that might threaten both treatment and prevention efforts. Access report online]]></description>
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		<title>No single formula for HIV risk</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/08/20/no-single-formula-for-hiv-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/08/20/no-single-formula-for-hiv-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 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. full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90186]]></description>
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		<title>HIV threat exaggerated, says King&#8217;s brother</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/08/20/hiv-threat-exaggerated-says-kings-brother/</link>
		<comments>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/08/20/hiv-threat-exaggerated-says-kings-brother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remarks disparaging programmes to reduce HIV infections, made by Swaziland&#8217;s second top-ranking traditional leader, have sparked disbelief and anger among AIDS activists. full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90210]]></description>
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		<title>The condoms had the thickness and sensitivity of a tyre</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/08/20/the-condoms-had-the-thickness-and-sensitivity-of-a-tyre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manya 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&#8217;s male condom distribution campaign. full [...]]]></description>
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