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Circumcision plans go awry in Swaziland
13 May 2013
(IRIN
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It was an ambitious plan to circumcise the majority of men in Swaziland, an effort to reduce the risk of HIV transmission in a country with the world's highest HIV prevalence. How could it have gone wrong?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98023/Circumcision-plans-go-awry-in-Swaziland
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Europe’s undocumented migrants struggle to access healthcare
25 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Europe's financial crisis and rising xenophobia are complicating access to medical treatment for undocumented migrants, according to a new report by the international NGO Médecins du Monde (MdM).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97922/Europe-s-undocumented-migrants-struggle-to-access-healthcare
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Shortages of new one-a-day ARV pills in South Africa
19 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Just days into the rollout of fixed-dose combination (FDC) antiretrovirals (ARVs) by South Africa’s HIV treatment programme - the world's largest - activists are raising fears of drug shortages.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97880/Shortages-of-new-one-a-day-ARV-pills-in-South-Africa
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Unwelcome side effects of mining in Mozambique
11 April 2013
(IRIN
),
It is 15.45 in the afternoon and two young women are already sitting outside the Night Clinic in Moatize, a small town in Mozambique's northern Tete Province, near one of the largest coal mines in the southern hemisphere, owned by Brazilian mining giant, Vale. The national 123 road cuts through the town, and the clinic lies just off it, intentionally located to bring its services as close as possible to its target patients: miners, truck drivers and sex workers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97822/Unwelcome-side-effects-of-mining-in-Mozambique
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Boost for healthcare in DRC
31 March 2013
(IRIN
),
The British government has announced a major new programme aimed at providing essential healthcare to six million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The five-year, US$270.7 million project will focus on rebuilding health facilities, training health workers, and supplying drugs and equipment.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97761/Boost-for-healthcare-in-DRC
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Activists fear less focus on HIV after 2015
28 March 2013
(IRIN
),
As a UN high-level panel completes worldwide consultations to pick development goals for 2015 and beyond, PlusNews consulted experts to see how HIV/AIDS might fit into this new agenda.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97750/Activists-fear-less-focus-on-HIV-after-2015
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Indonesia to override patents for live-saving medicines
25 March 2013
(IRIN
),
The Indonesian government hopes to implement one of the largest ever examples of “compulsory licensing”, which will enable the generic manufacture of drugs still under patent.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97728/Indonesia-to-override-patents-for-live-saving-medicines
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Tackling poverty and disease with innovative health financing
19 March 2013
(IRIN
),
Mozambique has become the latest African country to implement a financial transaction tax (FTT) and airplane levy to fund health services in developing countries, part of the UNITAID initiative. Philippe Douste-Blazy, board chairman of the international financing mechanism, spoke to IRIN about the state of play in innovative health financing.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97675/Tackling-poverty-and-disease-with-innovative-health-financing
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Mozambique’s first HIV vaccine trial heralds new era in local research
15 March 2013
(IRIN
),
Mozambique has completed its first HIV vaccine trial and is set to embark on a second, a demonstration of the country’s increased HIV research capacity.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97657/Mozambique-s-first-HIV-vaccine-trial-heralds-new-era-in-local-research
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Uganda government under pressure to boost ARV funding
14 March 2013
(IRIN
),
The Ugandan government's draft 2013/2014 budget allocates US$38.5 million to enrol a further 100,000 people living with HIV on life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. But activists say the money, while welcome in a country still largely dependent on donor funds for its HIV programmes, is not sufficient to meet treatment needs.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97651/Uganda-government-under-pressure-to-boost-ARV-funding
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In Brief: Condoms needed in PNG prisons
14 March 2013
(IRIN
),
A Papua New Guinea (PNG) study released today calls for condoms to be made more widely available in prisons.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97646/In-Brief-Condoms-needed-in-PNG-prisons
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Third-line ARVs could widen treatment gap in Zimbabwe
12 March 2013
(IRIN
),
HIV/AIDS activists in Zimbabwe have welcomed the government’s move to address the problem of HIV drug resistance by introducing third-line antiretroviral drug (ARVs). But it remains unclear how the cash-strapped government will finance this, as procuring the drugs will invariably be expensive and could divert resources away from other HIV treatment efforts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97627/Third-line-ARVs-could-widen-treatment-gap-in-Zimbabwe
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Has HIV funding revived lagging health systems?
6 March 2013
(IRIN
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic arrived in sub-Saharan Africa after decades of neglect had left healthcare systems dangerously weak, barely able to cope with the onslaught of patients. Then the money started pouring in - funding for HIV programmes rose from 5.5 percent of health aid in 1998 to nearly half of it almost 10 years later.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97601/Has-HIV-funding-revived-lagging-health-systems
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HIV/AIDS: Disappointment in HIV prevention trial
5 March 2013
(IRIN
),
A three-year clinical trial involving over 5,000 women in East and Southern Africa has found that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) - whether a vaginal gel or an oral tablet - is not effective at preventing HIV infection in young, unmarried women.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97593/HIV-AIDS-Disappointment-in-HIV-prevention-trial
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Analysis: Condoms continue to confound Uganda
1 March 2013
(IRIN
),
The condom has played a central role in Uganda’s official HIV prevention strategy for over two decades, but the country has yet to get it right, with condom use declining and the government unable to meet what demand does exist.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97573/Analysis-Condoms-continue-to-confound-Uganda
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Global Fund announces first new grants under new model
28 February 2013
(IRIN
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After spending more than a year reviewing and reforming its grant process, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is back in business, announcing the first handful of countries slated to receive up to US$1.9 billion in available funding over the next two years.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97567/Global-Fund-announces-first-new-grants-under-new-model
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Kenya’s HIV programmes steel themselves for elections
26 February 2013
(IRIN
),
When violence broke out following the announcement of Kenya’s poll results in 2007, Henry Mwiterere and his family fled to safety shortly before their house, in the Rift Valley town of Burnt Forest, was burned to the ground.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97545/Kenya-s-HIV-programmes-steel-themselves-for-elections
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Activists pressure Kenya's presidential candidates to act on HIV
25 February 2013
(IRIN
),
A small team of HIV/AIDS activists is trailing Kenyan presidential candidates as they crisscross the country, pressing them to increase their commitment to the care and treatment of people living with HIV.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97539/Activists-pressure-Kenya-s-presidential-candidates-to-act-on-HIV
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Lack of “lube” hurts HIV prevention
21 February 2013
(IRIN
),
Safer-sex messaging on condoms is universal but the generally poor availability of lubricants, and awareness of them, is hindering HIV prevention, health activists warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97517/Lack-of-lube-hurts-HIV-prevention
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Cervical cancer a major threat to HIV-positive women
8 February 2013
(IRIN
),
HIV-positive women are living longer, but are now dying of cervical cancer. In Zimbabwe, cervical cancer is now the most common cancer among women, particularly those living with HIV. Activists are urging the government to step up efforts to prevent deaths related to the disease, accusing it of paying lip service to the problem.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97429/Cervical-cancer-a-major-threat-to-HIV-positive-women
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