Tue, Jul 07, 2009
BULAWAYO , - Municipal health officials in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, are struggling to cope with growing waiting lists of people in need of HIV treatment and too few doctors to prescribe the drugs.
Mon, Jul 13, 2009
A planned urban clean-up campaign in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, motivated by health and safety concerns has evoked fears among some residents of a re-run of President Robert Mugabe's iron-fisted Operation Murambatsvina in 2005.
Wed, Jun 10, 2009
Food aid and plastic sheeting are the hallmarks of every disaster, but not always condoms and antiretrovirals, even though humanitarian agencies recognize the link between emergencies and the increased risk of HIV and AIDS.
Wed, Jun 10, 2009
Findings from a clinical trial in Haiti bring the first conclusive evidence that HIV-positive people in developing countries have a significantly better chance of survival if they start antiretroviral (ARV) treatment earlier.
Wed, Jun 10, 2009
A complex but critical issue is being raised at the UN climate change talks in Bonn, Germany: finding a scale that determines how vulnerable developing countries are to climate change, which will help allocating funds to adapt fairly.
Tue, Jun 16, 2009
KISUMU, - Lillian Awiti*, 19, from Kisumu, on Lake Victoria in western Kenya, began her pregnancy optimistically, but soon stopped going for antenatal check-ups after a nurse at her local clinic insulted her.
Tue, Jun 23, 2009
JOHANNESBURG- The special permit for Zimbabwean migrants, announced by the South African government, is being put on hold pending a review of the decision by cabinet.
Tue, Jun 23, 2009
Young boys rescued from an illegal initiation school in Orange Farm, South Africa
Wed, Jul 08, 2009
JOHANNESBURG, - A new maternal mortality study names HIV and AIDS as the cause of one in four maternal deaths in Zimbabwe.
Tue, Jul 14, 2009
JOHANNESBURG - Sexual abuse is widespread in South Africa's prisons, but the provision of health services to this vulnerable population remains problematic.
Wed, Jul 15, 2009
JOHANNESBURG, - Women who sleep with women (WSW) are not at risk of HIV transmission – or are they? AIDS advocates warn that it is time for a wake-up call about who is and is not at risk.
Sun, Aug 16, 2009
Johannesburg: HIV is the main cause of death among pregnant women in Johannesburg, South Africa's most populous city, according to a five-year study of maternal mortality at one of the city's largest public hospitals.
Sun, Sep 20, 2009
NAIROBI, - AIDS activists around the world have welcomed a new UN General Assembly resolution to create a single agency to promote the rights and wellbeing of women, which they say is good news for women, who are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS pandemic.
Wed, Oct 14, 2009
HARARE, - Janet Mpilime, 32, captain of the ARV Swallows, an all-woman football team based in the informal settlement of Epworth, 10km east of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, has just led her team to a 2-1 victory over Sporting ART.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
HARARE, (PlusNews) - An ambitious state plan that will almost double the number of people on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment by the end of 2010 has drawn mixed reactions from AIDS activists, but increased donor funding has made the government quietly confident.
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
HARARE, - AIDS activists in Zimbabwe have launched a major drive to ensure that the rights of people living with HIV are enshrined in the new constitution.
Fri, Feb 03, 2012
HARARE, (PlusNews) - With global funding for HIV/AIDS on the decline, Zimbabwe's innovative AIDS levy - a 3 percent tax on income - has become a promising source of funding for the country, with a dramatic increase in revenue collected in the past two years.
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