Besigye fired with water cannon, arrested day after return from Geneva

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was on Monday arrested following running battles with police. His arrest comes a day after he returned from...

Besigye

Progress toward ending HIV/AIDS epidemic is receding

By Wambui Kihara,

A report issued on the eve of an international AIDS conference in Mexico finds progress in combating the global HIV/AIDS epidemic is receding.  The j...

HIV/AIDS , UNAIDS

U.N. wants more urgency in AIDS fight as gains and funding fade

By Reuters,

The global fight against AIDS is stalling due to lower investment, marginalized communities missing vital health services, and new HIV infections risi...

AIDS , HIV , UNAIDS , United Nations

International charities work to brighten Malawi girls’ future

By VOA,

Two international charities have launched a program in southern Malawi to help girls in rural areas remain healthy and stay in school. The charities a...

Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance , HIV/AIDS , Malawi , UNAIDS

As Tanzania LGBT fear for their lives, HIV will thrive

By CNN,

In one day, everything changed. One day, she could walk down the street like anyone else. People still stared and often judged but in their own min...

bisexual and transgender (LGBT) , Christine Stegling , International AIDS Alliance , Paul Makonda , President John Magufuli , Rapid Response Fund , UNAIDS

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta decries rising HIV infections among youth

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has said the world needs to unite to reverse the trend of rising HIV/AIDS infections affecting the youth, especially girl...

HIV , Margaret Kenyatta

New HIV Infections Climb Among Young Women in South Africa

By VOA,

Among the people socializing in a tavern in Alexandra township in Johannesburg is Karabo Sathekge, who asked that VOA not give her real name. She is a...

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For Ugandan children, hunger and HIV make a deadly mix

By Reuters,

Seven-year-old Esther Agutti weighs 7 kilos - a third of the weight of the average child her age. She has been in hospital in Katakwi, eastern Ugan...

FAMINE , health , HIV , uganda

Prince Harry and Rihanna undergo HIV test

By Reuters,

Prince Harry and music superstar Rihanna took HIV tests in Barbados on Thursday (December 1) as part of a campaign to demonstrate the test's simplicit...

Barbados , Prince Harry , rihanna

Texting young Kenyan women about sex boosts HIV testing – Report

By Reuters,

Texting young women in Kenya with regular information about sex, contraception, and sexually transmitted diseases could encourage more to get tested f...

kenya

HIV-positive Ugandan women complain of forced sterilisation

By Reuters,

Ida, 29, was six months pregnant when she suddenly felt abdominal pains and went to a government hospital in Kampala. Like all pregnant women in Ug...

AIDS , HIV , sterilisation , uganda

Stigma “killing” people living with HIV

By Reuters,

Tania has to shout to be heard over music blasting out of a brothel in downtown Durban, South Africa, where dozens of sex workers slouch in chairs und...

HIV/AIDS , stigma

Optimism about Ending AIDS misplaced- Experts Say

By VOA,

Everyone agrees it sounds like a wonderful goal: The U.N. AIDS agency aims to end the deadly epidemic by the year 2030. The agency’s “90-90-90�...

AIDS , HIV , Optimism about Ending AIDS misplaced- Experts Say

U.S. pledges $410 million to fight AIDS in South Africa

By Reuters,

The United States on Monday pledged $410 million towards ending the AIDS epidemic in South Africa, the country hardest hit. South Africa has the wo...

Botswana gets modern HIV drug in largest ever Africa deal

By Reuters,

A HIV drug first approved less than three years ago is being rolled out in Botswana as a core medicine for newly diagnosed patients, following the lar...

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First Lady in Ghana for Sexual Health and Rights Conference

By Agencies,

By PSCU, Accra, Ghana First Lady Margaret Kenyatta arrived in Accra, Ghana Tuesday afternoon where she will join 12 other First Ladies attending th...

Zimbabwe children still at great risk of HIV/AIDS

By Agencies,

Janet Dube knows the pain of raising a child born with HIV. Her four-year-old son is one of an estimated 170,000 children living with HIV/AIDS in Z...

africa , HIV , HIV/AIDS , kenya , Zimbabwe

UNICEF pledges Ksh 25M for Beyond Zero

By Agencies,

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has committed $250,000 (over Sh25million) to support the Beyond Zero secretariat host a regional conferenc...

beyond zero , First Lady , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta , kenya , Margaret Kenyatta , SDG's , UNAIDS , unicef

UNICEF: AIDS now top Killer of Africa’s teens

By Agencies,

As a child in Cameroon, Mani Djelassem never knew why she was constantly falling ill. It was only after her mother died that her father told her: she ...

africa , AIDS , HIV/AIDS , Hiv/Aids Report , World Aids Day

Kenya to join world in marking World Aids Day tomorrow

By Gathoni Jemimah,

Kenya will join the world as it prepares to mark the 27th World’s AIDS Day on Tuesday, 1st December 2015 with the international theme of “Gettin...

antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) , antiretroviral therapy (ART) , HIV/AIDS , World Aids Day