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Uganda: Country Gets $1.6 Billion From Global Fund [New Vision]
The global fight against Aids, Tuberculosis (TB) and malaria has received a major boost of $1.6b in investment funds to projects aimed at saving lives for the period 2012 -14. Zimbabwe: 'When Care Is Missing, It's Suicidal' [The Herald]
Tariro had not taken an HIV test all her life because, apart from the occasional headache and flu, she did not suffer from any life-threatening illnesses. Nigeria: Benue, Borno Record 616,396 HIV/Aids Cases, 2,384 TB, 158 Lepers [Vanguard]
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Benue and Borno states have expressed alarm over the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the areas put at 616,396. Benue State Government made this known as the Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Dr. Mathias Oyigeya, asked the Federal Government to establish more hospitals to handle the issue in the state, while Borno State blamed the high incidence of the disease on the past administrations' lack of interest in combating its spread. Uganda: 460 Circumcised in Red Cross Week [Observer]
The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), on May 8, marked the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day in memory of the organisation's founder, Henry Dunant. Uganda: Home-Based Saliva HIV Test Kit Coming [Observer]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States yesterday approved the worldwide use of a saliva test kit for HIV detection, just days after a panel recommended the use of Truvada in HIV prevention to the same body. Kenya: Funding Hitch Hampers HIV Tribunal Operations [The Star]
The operations of the HIV/Aids Tribunal have been hampered by lack of funds, Parliament was told yesterday. Special Programmes minister Esther Murugi said the funds for the Tribunal were not factored in the budget because it was inaugurated after the 2011/12 financial year. "The Tribunal was inaugurated in July 2011 after the budget allocations had been prepared and approved and thus the tribunal had no funds to carry out its mandate," she said. Africa: Migrants Living With Aids in South Africa [Health-e]
"Solidarity for Survival" is an exhibition that shows the difficult living conditions that African foreign nationals who have come to seek refuge in South Africa endure. It is currently showing at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg. Many of the difficulties these migrants face include the lack of access to health care. Uganda: 30,000 At Risk As Taso Closes Treatment Centers [New Vision]
An estimated 30,000 HIV/AIDS patients are at risk following the closure of The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) outreach centres countrywide. Africa: The State of the Media [RFI]
Zuma stands firm on SA's youth wage ... or does he? Are SA trade union's intolerant? Kenya lowers its growth hopes. And how safe are Uganda's anti-retrovirals? South Africa: Antiretroviral Therapy Fights Cervical Cancer in HIV+ Women [Health-e]
Antiretroviral therapy reduces the incidence of pre-cancerous cervical lesions in HIV-positive women, South African investigators reported in the online edition of AIDS. Their study also showed that HIV therapy was associated with a regression of pre-existing lesions.
