The link between HIV and Depression
When HIV enters the body, it predisposes the person to several mental illnesses, one of which is Depression. This report explores the link between HIV and depression.
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Acyclovir fails to prevent HIV transmission Living with AIDS # 389
Acyclovir, medication used to treat herpes, has no effect on preventing HIV transmission, according to a new study.
South Africa reveals its ‘Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan’
Government has revealed the 'National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan' in the event of an outbreak of Swine Flu in the country.
Prepared for possible Swine Flu outbreak ‘ Government
The South African government has re-assured the nation of its ability to contain any Swine Flu outbreak. The flu first broke out in Mexico about two weeks ago.
What drives some men to multiple and concurrent partnerships ‘ Part 1 Living with AIDS # 387
Having multiple and concurrent partners, has been identified as one of the causes for rising HIV infections, particularly in southern Africa. Research has shown that the practice is considered as normal. In this report, we meet a man who tells us why he has more than one partner.
Swine influenza: Vigilance and not panic needed – The Lancet
Respected medical journal The Lancet this week released an editorial on the swine influenza A virus which is spreading around the world.
Hogan’s advisory committee faces serious challenges
Health Minister Barbara Hogan recently established an Interim Advisory Committee, to help the Health Department in improving quality of care, to guarantee patient safety and to strengthen infection control measures in the public health care system.
HIV-positive IDPs struggle as food aid dries up
GULU/AMURU: (PlusNews) - Stella Aceng, a mother of 10 living in Gulu district, northern Uganda, recently left the camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) that had been her home for the past 20 years and moved back to the village where she spent her childhood, but it has been a less than happy homecoming.
Help for positive job hunters
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - Customers who come into Matseliso Lebakae's shop in Maseru, capital of Lesotho, to buy nutritional supplements, can also browse for an employee or handyman services.
HIV programmes face funding crunch
KARACHI: (PlusNews) - Pakistan's efforts to combat AIDS face an uncertain future as funding for a major HIV/AIDS prevention and care project comes to an end this month.
Drug shortages raise resistance risk
GULU: (PlusNews) - People living with HIV in Uganda's northern region are facing critical shortages of essential medicines.
Dr Paul Onek, director of health services in Gulu District, said supplies of malaria, tuberculosis (TB) and antiretroviral (ARV) drugs had all run out.
"We last received TB drugs in January for only 400 TB patients."
A culture that encourages HIV/AIDS
MBABANE: (IRIN) - Anecdotal evidence that entrenched cultural beliefs among Swazis actively encourage the spread of HIV/AIDS has been confirmed by a joint government and UN report.
Taking testing to the people
BRAZZAVILLE: (PlusNews) - Seated at his cluttered desk in the offices of Congo's National AIDS Council (CNLS), Franck Fortuné Mboussou is a very happy man. In a country where barely 10 percent of the female population has ever been tested for HIV, the organisation finally has enough money to buy a mobile testing unit.
Real men don’t cry ‘ or do they?
RIO DE JANEIRO: (PlusNews) - Men don't cry. Men take risks. Men don't ask for help. Men are strong. Men have many sexual partners. These stereotypes of masculinity are contributing to the spread of HIV throughout the world, experts warned at a recent symposium on men and boys.
Lack of implementation hinders SADC HIV and human rights efforts
While SADC countries have made progress in addressing some aspects of HIV/AIDS and human rights laws, most countries are selectively applying international guidelines on HIV/AIDS and human rights.