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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – Poor ventilation, overcrowding and HIV co-infection make prison an ideal breeding-ground for tuberculosis (TB), but a new study will be among the first in South Africa to quantify TB among inmates and personnel.
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DAKAR: (IRIN) – Military forces from 20 countries in West and Central Africa have launched a regional HIV network to share information on combating HIV within their ranks and communities, following the example of other military-led efforts to fight the spread of HIV.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – Sexual abuse is widespread in South Africa’s prisons, but the provision of health services to this vulnerable population remains problematic.
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – In the first case of its kind in Botswana, a woman has successfully sued another woman for publicly revealing her HIV status.
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NAIROBI: (PlusNews) – As Kenya prepares its third National AIDS Strategic Plan, several high-risk groups are calling on the government to give them more say in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
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Kidney problems can affect anyone, but it mainly afflicts those who suffer from hypertension and diabetes. In some cases it is hereditary. Those diagnosed with kidney failure are required to undergo treatment until they receive a kidney transplant.
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Most South Africans are not aware that they can donate organs to save the lives of others. Many are simply not willing to. This leaves those needing organ transplants at risk of desperate illness or loss of life.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – A UN assessment has revealed that flooding in northern Namibia during March severely disrupted HIV and AIDS treatment, care and prevention services.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – A new maternal mortality study names HIV and AIDS as the cause of one in four maternal deaths in Zimbabwe.
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – The quality of health care, including access to HIV prevention and testing services, depends to a large extent on which of South Africa’s 52 districts you happen to live in.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – When it comes to incorporating gender-related policies and interventions into their HIV/AIDS programmes, three of the largest global AIDS donors talk the talk, but have largely failed to walk the walk.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – Risky sexual behaviour has a language of its own on the University of Zimbabwe’s (UZ) campus in the capital, Harare.