By Nangayi Guyson – Harare -Serious and urgent investigation has been called on by Human rights activists on the high death rate of babies in communities resettled by Zimbabwe’s government after a widely condemned slum clearance drive. On Thursday, Amnesty International said that 21 babies have recently died in a community in southern Harare because of a lack of basic care facilities but those living in the new, inadequate government housing and adjacent shacks were better off in their former shanty dwellings, the group said on Thursday. Simeon Mawanza, a spokesperson for the rights group, said that expectant mothers now... Continue Reading
NAROK, 2 December 2010 (PlusNews) – Correct and consistent condom use is one of the bedrocks of Kenya’s HIV/AIDS prevention programme but many people in rural areas have limited access to condoms. “Condoms are good and I use them with girls – they have taught us how to use them. but here in the rural area there is a problem because we walk very far to get the condoms,” said Lemeo Ntalel, a 21-year-old Maasai moran – warrior – in rural Narok, in Kenya’s Rift Valley. “At times you want to use one and you don’t have it near so... Continue Reading
By John Zyombo – The DRC is among the countries that have managed to stabilize the spread of infection. This stabilization remains fragile due to the reduced funding for some partners in the fight against HIV. In Eastern countries, the virus is spreading rapidly in rural areas considered high risk area with 3.3% prevalence. That’s the conclusion of a study conducted by the national fight against HIV / AIDS PNLS with the support of UNAIDS in 2009. According to Dr. Jean Paul NSIBULA Bisimwa, NACP Coordinator who presented the epidemiological situation, the rate of infection has stabilized considerably in city... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson (KAMPALA UGANDA) – Kampala – The government of Uganda on Monday launched a programme to circumcise over a million men every year in a bid to stem the increase in HIV/Aids infections. “Uganda still has a big epidemic of HIV and last year, we had 123 000 new infections,” Dr Christopher Oleke, an official with the project under the health ministry told reporters. “We are launching this programme to target over one million males aged 14-55 years.” Mobile health units will be used to reach outlying areas of the country under the voluntary exercise, which aims to... Continue Reading
Helen Ngoh – Buea, Cameroon, Nov 29 2010 – Free HIV counseling and testing is going in major towns and cities in Cameroon, as part of activities leading to World AIDS Day on Dec 1. Cameroon’s AIDS control agency and several local and international partners are setting up temporal testing units in neighbourhoods in these towns to test as many people as possible for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. “We are planning to test at least 7500 people in the Southwest Region”, says Dr. Pascal Atanga, Coordinator of the government-controlled Regional Technical Group against HIV/AIDS (RTG) in the Southwest... Continue Reading
