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South Africa'€™s youth have given the animated Scrutinize HIV prevention campaign the thumbs up.
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DHB: Poor monitoring of PMTCT but improved HIV testing rates
South Africa'€™s flagship prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme is not being monitored properly, indicative of management neglect of the plan from national to facility level.
Free State – First no ARVs, now no condoms
The Treatment Action Campaign has reported massive condom stockouts and shortages in the beleaguered Free State.
Knowledge gap about risk of multiple sexual relationships Living with AIDS # 395
While South Africans are aware that using condoms can prevent HIV infection, the majority do not understand that having more than one sexual partner increases the risk of infection.
Health workers report rise in HIV
YAMBIO: (PlusNews) - Healthcare workers in Yambio, capital of Sudan's Western Equatoria State, have warned that the number of HIV-positive people receiving treatment has risen, and they cannot keep up with the demand for medication.
Getting the love test
MBABANE: (PlusNews) - A new campaign in the tiny kingdom of Swaziland is looking to get couples to get tested for HIV together. They are calling it the "Love Test" - an act by two intimate partners showing their devotion to each other.
Insensitive health workers drive pregnant HIV-positive women away
KISUMU:(PlusNews) - Lillian Awiti*, 19, from Kisumu, on Lake Victoria in western Kenya, began her pregnancy optimistically, but soon stopped going for antenatal check-ups after a nurse at her local clinic insulted her.
Overburdened KZN hospital suspends ARV programme
Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg has suspended its HIV/AIDS treatment programme as it simply doesn'€™t have the staff or space to cope with more patients.
Routine HIV testing can save children’s lives
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - The routine offer of an HIV test to children admitted to a hospital in Lusaka, Zambia's capital, resulted in more than 3,000 being diagnosed with the virus over an 18-month period.
Earlier ARV treatment saves lives
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - Findings from a clinical trial in Haiti bring the first conclusive evidence that HIV-positive people in developing countries have a significantly better chance of survival if they start antiretroviral (ARV) treatment earlier.
A window into Tender’€™s life Living with AIDS # 393
Last week we heard how Tender Mavundla, a musician who showed her mettle in Idols 2007, is on a mission to warn the youth about HIV. This week, Tender answers some questions about her own life with HIV.
What you need to know about Influenza
Strains of Influenza have baffled researchers ever since the first human flu virus was isolated for research purposes in the 1930'€™s. We spoke to an expert to try and explain the behaviour of the virus that causes Influenza.
Domestic workers often do more than housework
NAIROBI: (PlusNews) - When Nora Adhiambo, 21, started working as a housekeeper for a family in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, she expected to cook, clean and look after their young children; not that she would have to regularly have sex with her employer.
Prevention efforts and infection patterns mismatched
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - In at least five African countries, scarce resources are being spent on national HIV prevention campaigns that do not reach the people most at risk of infection, new research has found.
Is HIV self-testing the future? Living with AIDS # 391
Between 5% - 15% of the South African population has ever tested for HIV. This is despite the fact that testing services are widely available in the public health sector. A recent pilot study in KwaZulu-Natal has shown that South Africans would rather test themselves than go to a clinic.