HIV and wider development issues
From weak transport networks to food shortages, a country’s wider context has a huge part to play in how individuals and communities are able to respond to HIV.
Key Correspondents document the links between HIV and wider development as a way to advocate for the economic, social and cultural empowerment of those most at risk of and living with HIV.
Hydro power proves life changing for people with HIV in Zimbabwe
Shupi is an unemployed widower with three children, living in a remote village. She is also living with HIV and a new hydro power project has helped change her life. more
Malawian song fuels HIV stigma
A recently released Malawian song mocking people living with HIV shows the extent to which some people can go to achieve fame, money and power. more
Uganda: midwives shortage hinders efforts to prevent HIV in children
Every day Mercy Nanyonga wakes up, she knows that she is going to help a pregnant woman bring new life into the world. more
Zimbabwe: economic decline drives single mums to sex work
Poverty and the need to provide for their children, is causing a rise in women turning to sex work in Zimbabwe, despite the fact the profession places them at higher risk of contracting HIV. more
Health minister: HIV response can help tackle malaria in Southern Africa
Sibongile Ndlela-Simelane, Swaziland’s minister of health and social welfare, has called for lessons learned from the HIV response in Southern Africa to be applied to the response to malaria. more
Latent TB: a time bomb among people living with HIV in Kenya
On World TB Day, Lucy Maroncha asks why people living with HIV in Kenya are not being offered effective diagnostic tests which mean they could receive early treatment on tuberculosis. more
Zimbabwe: shortage of health workers threatens health delivery
Health workers in Zimbabwe are overburdened and the health delivery system, in particular HIV-related issues, is under threat. more
“My children will not starve while I have my body to sell”
At Katwe-Kabatoro landing site on the shores of Lake George in Uganda’s Kasese district, the HIV epidemic is taking another twist. more
Ice hockey strategy needed to tackle TB-diabetes co-infection
Health experts have called for international action against a looming co-epidemic of diabetes and tuberculosis, in a new report published on 29 October. more
Fear causes media to self-censor on sexual minorities in Africa
What is it about lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people that ties broadcasters’ tongues? more
Ebola outbreak puts access to HIV treatment under threat
“I am safe, don’t worry.” This is how my friend Wilhemina, from Sierra Leone, always ends our mails. Whenever she says so, I smile with relief. more
Young HIV positive women’s woes deepen as Zimbabwe economy slumps
As Zimbabwe’s economy continues to decline, young women living with HIV are facing major challenges to health and well-being due to increasing poverty. more
Hepatitis C and HIV: the time has come for new advocacy
As I write this, Alberto, one of my patients with HIV is dying because of lack of treatment for his hepatitis C. By the time you read this, he will be gone. more
Malawi: Village chiefs unknowingly sleep with sex workers
Some chiefs in Rumphi district in northern Malawi risk contracting HIV because they unknowingly sleep with hired sex workers during chief installation ceremonies. more
Tour guides at higher risk of HIV Infection
Guides working in Malawi’s top tourist destinations face an increased risk of HIV infection, according to a spokesman from the Cape Maclear Tour Guides Association. more
Young Ethiopians support themselves through condom distribution
After high school Zinash Kidanu* dreamt of a college education, but her dream went unfulfilled until a job selling condoms changed her life. more
Our correspondents are writing for change on HIV issues relating to young people, as well as drug use.