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As World AIDS Day approaches, activists and service providers in the non-governmental health sector have warned government that it will never turn the tide of AIDS if high risk groups such as men who have sex with other men are not brought into focus in..
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Catholic leaders in Australia have rushed to quell speculation of a sudden U-turn by the church over its policy on condoms.
Commenting on reports in a book published...
made popular Nov 22 2010
Few nations have as abysmal and grotesque sexual culture norms as South Africa.
Rape against woman in the nation is not some aberration committed only by deranged,...
made popular Oct 13 2010
No corner of the world has never heard of the deadly scourge known as HIV/AIDS, Shockingly new HIV/AIDS infections continue to rise steadily among the youth. Youths...
made popular Sep 18 2010
In the windblown hills of the Eastern Cape, boys from the Xhosa tribe are in a hurry to be men.
At 20, Siphelele Zweni was ridiculed in his village. They called him...
made popular Sep 6 2010
Here’s another Israeli achievement to make the “anti-Zionist” crowd grind their teeth.
After the western world has played around with AIDS research for three...
made popular Sep 4 2010
A singer from the German girl band No Angels has admitted to having unprotected sex with several partners without warning them that she was HIV-positive.
Nadja...
made popular Aug 16 2010
Those who are taking the HIV drug Videx (sold generically as didanosine) beware, it may cause fatal liver problems.
The United States Food and Drug Administration...
made popular Jul 21 2010
At least 56 children suffering from thalassaemia tested positive for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C after receiving blood transfusion at government-run Umaid hospital...
made popular Jul 13 2010
Authorities in Switzerland are investigating whether an acupuncturist intentionally infected at least 15 people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, an official said...
made popular Jun 11 2010
The UK government through DFID is to give Uganda 45 million condoms to avert 75,000 abortions and 250,000 unwanted pregnancies. Uganda has one of the highest maternal...
made popular May 25 2010
High school students and college-age adults have been complaining to District officials that the free condoms the city has been offering are not of good enough quality...
made popular May 25 2010
Men have double the risk of catching HIV if their partner is pregnant, say researchers.A study of more than 3,000 couples in Africa also backed previous research...
made popular May 25 2010
Uganda’s community of prostitutes has long been considered a weak link in the fight against Aids. Popular opinion holds that most of them are infected with HIV—that...
made popular Apr 28 2010
Most often performed by a girl’s mother, breast ironing attempts to rid young girls of the signs of puberty, producing a flat, nonsexual, childlike chest in the...
made popular Mar 10 2010
The host nation is tightening border controls ahead of a predicted influx of sex workers hoping to ply their trade with fans during the month-long tournament.
David...
made popular Mar 6 2010
She is young, 15 years, beautiful, extremely Iintelligent – ‘A’ Class Student – now a drop-out. She used to win races ranging from marathons, swimming. She...
made popular Jan 15 2010
The US Government has finally removed the ban on immigrants with HIV/AIDS that barred them from entering the country. The amendments would be followed by a bi-annual...
made popular Jan 6 2010
The number of AIDS cases in the North African Country has reached 3198 according to a statement said by the Health Ministry. The infection rate is less than 1% noting...
made popular Dec 28 2009
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Along with Thabo Mbeki, the former president, she bears key responsibility for the African National Congress government’s delaying for years the distribution of...
made popular Dec 19 2009
A 35-year-old HIV-positive man in New Zealand injected his blood into his wife while she was sleeping, thereby infecting her with the virus, court documents have...
made popular Dec 7 2009
The number of new cases of HIV in Northern Ireland rose by more than 50% in 2008, compared to the previous year.
Latest figures from the Communicable Disease...
made popular Dec 2 2009
The first day of school was a special one last month for the 15 children from the Mai Hoa orphanage here. They are infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, and...
made popular Oct 14 2009
South Africa’s health ministry has proposed a plan to make HIV test compulsory. The Ministry believes that the system would be a ‘major onslaught’ in the...
made popular Oct 1 2009
For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent...
made popular Sep 24 2009
We are fond of brushing off human interest stories and focus most of our discussions on political oriented debates that we fast catch up with any political gossip that...
made popular Sep 23 2009
A controversial plan to make HIV testing compulsory in South Africa has been criticised by campaigners who argue it would breach patients’ human...
made popular Sep 22 2009
AIDS is a widespread disease in Africa and has devoured millions. All the countries across Africa – and across the globe as well – are struggling to control the...
made popular Sep 17 2009
As African countries still struggle to control the deadly AIDS epidemic, they are also grappling with debates over what rights and duties to give those living with the...
made popular Sep 14 2009
After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies that can prevent...
made popular Sep 5 2009
Any attempt to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV around the world has to be a good thing, right?...
made popular Sep 3 2009
AIDS is spreading faster among Canada’s aboriginal people than in the general population, and a strong cultural stigma and links to rising drug use make the...
made popular Aug 27 2009
Under the dusty sun, the fathers of the bride and groom agreed to the marriage and this ancient Muslim tradition proceeded as it has for hundreds of years.
But unknown...
made popular Aug 20 2009
University of Utah scientists developed a new kind of “molecular condom” to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex,...
made popular Aug 11 2009
A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human...
made popular Aug 3 2009
All the right thinking people in this world should raise their voice in support of the around 1.4 million people living with HIV and AIDS in Kenya in their fight...
made popular Jul 11 2009
There is a myth which is doing rounds since the time HIV appeared in the modern world scenario. It must have been the outcome of some depraved thinking, if one has HIV+...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Women in Africa are being sterilised without their consent after being told the procedure is a routine treatment for Aids, a lawsuit will claim.
Forty HIV-positive...
made popular Jun 23 2009
The nationwide initiative — funded by the United States government and implemented by global charity ‘Population Services International’ (PSI) —...
made popular Jun 19 2009
The adult film industry said it was the first case since the 2004 outbreak, the LA Times reported.
In fact, 22 performers have tested positive, including last...
made popular Jun 13 2009
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In this photo taken on late night April 25, 2009, a Pakistani HIV-infected couple Rubina Naz, second left, and Mohammad Iqbal pose for photograph with relatives during their wedding ceremony in Karachi, Pakistan. Naz and Iqbal, both are HIV-infected and..
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