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Hiv in Africa

African HIV-Carriers Should Be Branded: Swaziland Legislator

Raw Story | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv Infections, Swaziland, Foreign Affairs, Africa, HIV Prevention, HIV in Africa, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Africa, Timothy Myeni, Advocacy, World News

A legislator in the African nation of Swaziland has called for all those infected with the HIV virus to be branded on the buttocks....

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32 Cents for AIDS Prevention

Josh Ruxin | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Tropical Diseases, Neglected Tropical Diseases, HIV in Africa, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Africa, Aids Epidemic in Africa, Schistosomiasis, World News
Josh Ruxin

Schistosomiasis may triple the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. However, the cost of treating this Neglected Tropical Disease is a mere 32 cents per treatment.

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Making Life a Little Easier for HIV Orphans

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hunger, World Hunger, Orphans, HIV in Africa, Aids, Tanzania, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Orphans, World News
Catholic Relief Services

Across Tanzania, 1.1 million children have been affected by HIV, with many losing one or both parents to the virus.

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Ugandan Spy Arrested For Stealing Thousands From AIDS Fund

BBC | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: AIDs Epidemic, Foreign Affairs, AIDS Funding, Hiv, Ugandan Spy, Aids Epidemic in Africa, HIV/AIDS, Africa, HIV in Africa, HIV Prevention, Aids, Uganda, HIV/AIDS Africa, Aids Charity, Advocacy, World News

A Ugandan spy who set up a bogus charity and embezzled thousands of dollars of funding meant for Aids patients has been jailed for 10 years....

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A Sign that Family Planning is Desperately Needed

Josh Ruxin | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Public Health, U.S. Policies, Family Planning, Women's Health, Pepfar, President Obama, Rwanda, Public Schools, Women, Women's Issues, World, Sex Education, Catholic Church, Government, HIV/AIDS, Education, Economic Stimulus Package, Public Education Reform, Africa, HIV in Africa, Contraception, Global Gag Rule, HIV/AIDS Africa, Education Reform, Public Education, World News
Josh Ruxin

The so-called gag rule has been a tragic mistake in the real world, especially in Rwanda, where HIV/AIDS and unplanned pregnancies are rampant.

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Where Violence Against Women Is Rampant

Zama Coursen-Neff | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Papau New Guinea Woman Fire, Women's Rights, Usaid, Women, Rape, Women's Issues, Crazy, World, Children, Forced Sex, Papau New Guinea Fire, Hiv, Obama Administration, Aids Epidemic in Africa, Papua New Guinea Witchcraft, Papua New Guinea, Murder, HIV/AIDS, Witchcraft Africa, Women's Health, Law Reform Commission, Kids, HIV in Africa, Assault, HIV/AIDS Africa, Killings, Sorcery, World News
Zama Coursen-Neff

In Papua New Guinea, research indicates, two-thirds of women experience domestic violence, and 50 percent of women have experienced forced sex.

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PEPFAR's Shortcomings: What is to Be Done?

Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.17.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abstinence Only, Pepfar, Millennium Development Goals, Health, President Obama, Africa, HIV in Africa, Abstinence Education, Bush Legacy, HIV/AIDS Africa, Development, Foreign Policy, World News
Josh Ruxin

While it is beginning to look old and creaky, PEPFAR is a progressive and productive program that provides an excellent base of experience on which the Obama administration can build.

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Scientists Pinpoint HIV's Arrival In US

Washington Post | Rob Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: HIV in Africa, Early HIV History, HIV History, Hiv, Aids, HIV's Arrival in US, Home News

In the decades since young gay men in the United States started dying from a mysterious syndrome in the 1980s, scientists have wondered how and when t...

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