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Lack of “lube” hurts HIV prevention
21 February 2013
(IRIN
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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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Bringing HIV/AIDS out into the open in Liberia
22 January 2013
(IRIN
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Stigma, discrimination and difficulty in reaching health clinics has led over half of new HIV cases in Liberia to go untreated, says the National AIDS Control Programme of Liberia, which calls the situation “alarming”.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97307/Bringing-HIV-AIDS-out-into-the-open-in-Liberia
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HIV/AIDS: Low prevalence, high stigma in Bangladesh
31 December 2012
(IRIN
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Even though HIV prevalence in Bangladesh is as low as 0.1 percent of the 160 million population, experts fear that widespread discrimination towards people who test positive for HIV may leave infections unreported.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97153/HIV-AIDS-Low-prevalence-high-stigma-in-Bangladesh
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Briefing: Vietnam’s move away from detaining sex workers
20 December 2012
(IRIN
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Sex workers in Vietnam are struggling to figure out their next steps after the government’s decision earlier this year to release them from compulsory detention centres that have been widely condemned for alleged human rights abuses.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97087/Briefing-Vietnam-s-move-away-from-detaining-sex-workers
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HIV/AIDS: New WHO guidelines urge decriminalization of sex work
18 December 2012
(IRIN
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The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines - titled 'Prevention and Treatment of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections for Sex Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries' - recommending, among other things, that countries should work towards decriminalizing sex work.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97077/HIV-AIDS-New-WHO-guidelines-urge-decriminalization-of-sex-work
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How to: Map sexual networks
30 November 2012
(IRIN
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With whom did you last have sex? When? Where? How? At crowded food stalls and in dimly lit bars, Kelvin Parker carries out what HIV researchers call “sexual networking mapping”.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96941/How-to-Map-sexual-networks
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KENYA: Rita, "I feel cheated of my right to decide whether to give birth or not"
30 November 2012
(IRIN
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In August 2012, the African Gender and Media Initiative, a Kenyan NGO, released a report documenting cases of forced and coerced sterilizations of HIV-positive women, carried out by both private and government-run health facilities.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/96932/KENYA-Rita-I-feel-cheated-of-my-right-to-decide-whether-to-give-birth-or-not
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UGANDA: Sex workers missing out on HIV care
14 November 2012
(IRIN
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Sex workers in Uganda's capital, Kampala, are reluctant to seek HIV testing and treatment services, putting their health in jeopardy, preliminary results of a new study reveal.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96779/UGANDA-Sex-workers-missing-out-on-HIV-care
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UGANDA: Anti-gay bill could be passed before Christmas
13 November 2012
(IRIN
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Uganda's parliament will, before Christmas, pass a highly controversial bill which seeks more stringent punishments for people engaging in homosexual acts and those perceived to be "promoting" homosexuality, says the speaker of the house.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96765/UGANDA-Anti-gay-bill-could-be-passed-before-Christmas
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SWAZILAND: HIV stigma still a barrier
12 November 2012
(IRIN
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Stigma against HIV-positive people is hobbling national efforts to encourage testing, and to get more people to access antiretrovirals (ARVs), according to findings from a stigma index compiled by Swazis living with HIV.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96761/SWAZILAND-HIV-stigma-still-a-barrier
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KENYA: Media still need training on HIV
1 November 2012
(IRIN
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Scourge. Plague. Killer disease. All are terms still routinely used by Kenya's media to describe the HIV epidemic more than thirty years after it was first identified. Experts say the media needs to step up to promote a better understanding of the illness.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96684/KENYA-Media-still-need-training-on-HIV
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KENYA: Study finds high acceptability, challenges with PrEP use
31 October 2012
(IRIN
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Among populations at high risk of HIV, there is a high acceptance of pre-exposure prophylaxis - antiretroviral drugs used by HIV-negative people to reduce the risk of their acquiring HIV - a new Kenyan study has found.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96672/KENYA-Study-finds-high-acceptability-challenges-with-PrEP-use
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UGANDA: Worrying HIV levels among civil servants
12 October 2012
(IRIN
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HIV prevalence among public servants in Uganda is 16.3 percent, more than twice the national average, according to a recently released assessment of the epidemic among the country's various sectors.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96525/UGANDA-Worrying-HIV-levels-among-civil-servants
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HIV/AIDS: Free ARVs for all in England
8 October 2012
(IRIN
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On the first day of October, a law change enabled everyone in England, regardless of their immigration status, to obtain free treatment for HIV and AIDS. This marks a victory for advocacy groups that have long argued that the health system restricted access to HIV treatment for some of the country's most vulnerable people.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96483/HIV-AIDS-Free-ARVs-for-all-in-England
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UGANDA: HIV trust fund in the works
3 October 2012
(IRIN
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The government of Uganda is planning to establish a US$1 billion-dollar HIV trust fund to finance local HIV programmes.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96443/UGANDA-HIV-trust-fund-in-the-works
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UGANDA: Decades later, HIV stigma lingers
20 September 2012
(IRIN
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Ugandans have grown familiar with HIV over the past three decades, but new research suggests that many are still scandalized by it; according to the 2011 National AIDS Indicator Survey, released on 18 September, many people still attach shame and blame to people living with the virus.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96349/UGANDA-Decades-later-HIV-stigma-lingers
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KENYA: Study shows HIV stigma a barrier to health facility births
10 September 2012
(IRIN
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When the time came for 24-year-old Jane Atieno to deliver her second child, she sought the services of a traditional birth attendant rather than the local clinic so she wouldn't have to be tested for HIV or agonize over how to tell her husband that health workers wanted him to attend her antenatal check-ups.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96279/KENYA-Study-shows-HIV-stigma-a-barrier-to-health-facility-births
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ETHIOPIA: Safe water critical to health of HIV-positive people
27 August 2012
(IRIN
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Beletu Hailemariam, 32, is HIV-positive and knows she should avoid contracting opportunistic infections that could further compromise her immune system. But she lives in one of poorer suburbs of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, and has to share a toilet with dozens of people and walk long distances to access clean water. A year ago, she was diagnosed with typhoid.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96187/ETHIOPIA-Safe-water-critical-to-health-of-HIV-positive-people
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HIV/AIDS: Religion not a barrier to HIV treatment
22 August 2012
(IRIN
),
Preachers who promise divine healing have often been blamed for turning desperate HIV-positive people against their life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) medication and risking their health, but recent research suggests that religious beliefs may not be a barrier to treatment after all.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96152/HIV-AIDS-Religion-not-a-barrier-to-HIV-treatment
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KENYA: Leah, "I don't want to get to third-line ARVs"
2 August 2012
(IRIN
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An estimated six million HIV-positive Africans are receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral treatment - a critical component in the management and control of HIV infection - but new studies show that resistance to the drugs is growing, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/96008/KENYA-Leah-I-don-t-want-to-get-to-third-line-ARVs
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