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NAMIBIA: Partial victory for HIV-positive sterilized women
30 July 2012
(IRIN
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The Namibian High Court has ruled that the human rights of three HIV-positive women were violated when they were coerced into being sterilized while they gave birth, but the judge dismissed claims that the sterilization amounted to discrimination based on their HIV status.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95983/NAMIBIA-Partial-victory-for-HIV-positive-sterilized-women
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HIV/AIDS: Growing old with HIV
26 July 2012
(IRIN
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It's hard enough dealing with the aches and pains that usually come with getting older, but when you're HIV-positive, ageing brings more chronic illnesses and even more medication; many health systems are not ready to cope with this relatively new phenomenon.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95959/HIV-AIDS-Growing-old-with-HIV
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HIV/AIDS: "End of AIDS" in sight
23 July 2012
(IRIN
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There is no cure or vaccine yet, but "the end of AIDS" was the buzzword at the opening ceremony of the International AIDS Conference in Washington DC on 22 July.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95932/HIV-AIDS-End-of-AIDS-in-sight
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INDONESIA: Condom controversy continues
20 July 2012
(IRIN
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Rizki, 29, is wooing passers-by outside a bar in a red-light district near Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. In her five years as a commercial sex worker she has always urged clients to use a condom to avoid HIV infection. "About 70 percent of my customers use condoms," she said. "Some men get angry when I ask, but most comply."
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95909/INDONESIA-Condom-controversy-continues
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HIV/AIDS: WHO issues guidelines on PrEP
20 July 2012
(IRIN
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Days after US officials gave unprecedented approval for the use of an antiretroviral drug by HIV-negative people to reduce the risk of their acquiring the HI virus, the World Health Organization has issued guidance to governments on so-called pre-exposure prophylaxis.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95913/HIV-AIDS-WHO-issues-guidelines-on-PrEP
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UGANDA: A timeline of events affecting LGBTI
11 July 2012
(IRIN
),
Uganda has made international headlines in recent years for its strong anti-homosexuality stance, but health experts have warned that more must be done to include LGBTI in HIV prevention services. IRIN has put together a short timeline of key events in the struggle for their inclusion.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95847/UGANDA-A-timeline-of-events-affecting-LGBTI
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UGANDA: New LGBTI clinic faces fierce government criticism
11 July 2012
(IRIN
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Gay rights activists have opened Uganda's first clinic for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in the capital, Kampala, where it will provide testing, counselling and treatment for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95844/UGANDA-New-LGBTI-clinic-faces-fierce-government-criticism
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HIV/AIDS: Criminalization of drug use fuelling HIV
27 June 2012
(IRIN
),
The war against drugs is hurting the fight against HIV, according to a new report by the Global Commission on Drug policy, an international panel that advocates science-based strategies to reduce the harm caused by drugs.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95746/HIV-AIDS-Criminalization-of-drug-use-fuelling-HIV
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KENYA: Needles to be distributed to injecting drug users
7 June 2012
(IRIN
),
The Kenyan government will begin distributing free syringes and needles to more than 50,000 injecting drug users across the country in the next month. Policy-makers and experts said the decision was reached following concerns over the spread of HIV and other blood-borne illnesses through injection drug use.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95601/KENYA-Needles-to-be-distributed-to-injecting-drug-users
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UGANDA: Inadequate healthcare and rising HIV prevalence in Karamoja
30 April 2012
(IRIN
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The nomadic Karimojong ethnic group, once regarded as a low-risk HIV population because regional instability in northeastern Uganda and strong adherence to their culture kept them relatively isolated, have not been a priority on the country's HIV agenda, but recent statistics show prevalence among this community is now 5.8 percent, up from 3.5 percent five years ago.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95383/UGANDA-Inadequate-healthcare-and-rising-HIV-prevalence-in-Karamoja
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