Mozambique: HIV Infections Still Rising
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The number of adults infected by HIV has risen by more than 350,000 in six years, according to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Health on 1 December. Data is from the 2021 Survey on Assessing the Impacts of HIV/AIDS (INSIDA). (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 5, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Ministry Says HIV Spread Reduced Nationally As MDs in Tigray Report High Prevalence
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Lia Tadesse (PhD), Minister of Health, said the spread of HIV in Ethiopia has seen reduction over the past years with a prevalence rate standing at 0.93% for 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 5, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: UNAIDS Welcomes South Africa's Call to End Criminalisation of Sex Work
[UNAIDS] Responding to the decision of South Africa's Cabinet to propose a Bill that will repeal criminalisation of sex work, UNAIDS Country Director Eva Kiwango said: (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 4, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: World Aids Day 2022 - Choice, Convenience, and Respect Should Be the Cornerstone of SA's HIV Response
[spotlight] In Spotlight's analysis of South Africa's HIV response in recent years, two issues have stood out consistently. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 2, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: World Aids Day - Nigeria Launches Five-Year HIV Prevention Campaign
[Premium Times] "The campaign seeks to empower the Adolescents and Young People (AYP) with the life skills to stay free of HIV. " (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 2, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Museveni Roots for Prevention As the Best Way to Fight HIV/Aids
[Nile Post] President Museveni has said prevention is the best way for the country to fight HIV/AIDS. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 2, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Fighting Gender-Based Violence Will Help Reduce HIV - Activists
[Nile Post] Activists from Care International Uganda, have urged Ugandans to join the fight against gender based violence which in return will help reduce the risk of HIV infection. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 2, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mauritius: World Aids Day 2022 - First Community Sexual Health Centre Inaugurated At Pils By Health Minister
[Government of Mauritius] The first community sexual health clinic namely the Banian Centre, aiming to provide a panoply of services to further support individuals suffering from Human ImmunoDeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), was inaugurated, today, in the context of the World AIDS Day 2022 by the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal, at PILS Nou Lavi in Port Louis. The World AIDS Day, observed annually on 01 December is being marked this year under the theme Equalize. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 2, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Scores Another First Against HIV in Africa
[VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- In October, Zimbabwe became the first African country to approve the use of the injectable HIV prevention drug called cabotegravir. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 2, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Liberia: Liberia - HIV Rates Soar in Montserrado, Margibi, Gr. Bassa
[Observer] .... ..... Says National Aids Commission, showing steep escalation in HIV prevalence in populated counties, with the disease unevenly distributed, with urban dwellers being affected the most. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Govt Reviews Its HIV/Aids Treatment Plan - South African News Briefs - December 1, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Covid Deepened Inequalities in HIV Treatment - What We Learnt in Nigeria
[The Conversation Africa] The 2022 World AIDS Day theme is Equalize. The reason for this focus is that HIV reflects economic and social inequity. People with low socio-economic status are worst affected by the epidemic. Also, the worst impacts of the HIV epidemic are found in the least developed countries and the most impoverished neighbourhoods. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Driving On the Road to an Aids-Free Uganda
[Independent (Kampala)] Comment -- In the mid-1980s to early 1990s, the new NRA government of Uganda was grappling with the uphill task of reorganising a country ravaged by instability, economic adversity, and human capital inadequacies, among which a sick and unproductive population was a significant concern. HIV/AIDS prevalence peaked at 18%, a disease the populace barely knew how to manage, let alone acknowledge its existence. Families were decimated, and children were orphaned at the hands of this disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Namibia: Creatives Speak Out On World Aids Day
[Namibian] NAMIBIA has joined the rest of the world in celebrating the World Aids Day, which aims to stop the spread of new cases of HIV-AIDS, secure the rights of people living with HIV, and fight HIV stigma and discrimination. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ghana: Residents of Ablekuma North Municipality Schooled On HIV/Aids
[Ghanaian Times] Residents in the Ablekuma North Municipality in the Greater Accra Region have been urged to take the necessary precaution to prevent them from contracting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) the virus that causes AIDS. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 1, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
