HIV and care
Key Correspondents report issues relating to how the care of people living with HIV and AIDS affects individuals, families and communities.
Stories about the challenges, successes and short comings around community and home-based care are also documented as are people’s ability to access essential health services.
Grow your own scheme to help people living with HIV in coastal Uganda
People living with HIV in harbour landing sites of Kaberamaido district, eastern Uganda are set to benefit from an agriculture project that will enable them to grow their own food. more
Cambodia: Lack of home-based care in Ratanakiri causing problems for people living with HIV
People living with HIV in Ratanakiri province, Cambodia are unable to access home-based care in their area which is making it hard for them to stay healthy, an official has said. more
Uganda: The HIV positive group giving hope to hundreds
Of the seven Ugandans who founded Nyimbwa Multi Purpose Organization of People Living With HIV/AIDS, only three are still alive yet they are giving hope to hundreds.
Yet the three have carried on the mantle of this organization, more
Family planning in Uganda
Family planning is when or when not to have children, and the use of birth control and other techniques to implement such plans. Other aspects of family planning include prevention, sexual education, management of sexually transmitted infections, pre conception counseling … more
Potential ‘game changer’ for HIV prevention for women
A vaginal ring containing an antiretroviral drug, which could provide women with an easy-to-use alternative to vaginal microbicides to help reduce their risk of getting HIV, is being tested in Africa. more
AIDS 2012: Older women living with HIV
Achieving the goal of an AIDS free generation is not possible without reaching out to older women living with HIV. more
Uganda: Living 24 years with HIV and hopeful to live longer
Kagumba, whose name literally translates to ‘bone’, is indeed a bone that is unbreakable in the lives of the people living with HIV and AIDS within the two HIV positive organisations, OBOTH- PLHIV and Bukuma PLHIV, in which he works. more
AIDS 2012: Mapping the progress, seeing the gaps on access to treatment
Here at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington (AIDS 2012), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released an important report tracking progress on access to anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in 23 countries. more
Our correspondents are writing for change on HIV issues relating to young people, as well as drug use.