HIV and AIDS
From local meetings to advocacy campaigns, KCS document the way in which communities are currently responding to HIV and AIDS. KCs will also report announcements of new HIV testing and prevention schemes and highlight the successes and failures of existing programmes. The impact traditional healers, ARV stock-outs and expired medication have on the lives of those living with HIV is also reported, as are spikes and declines in HIV prevalence rates. KCs also document what life is like for people living with HIV and the impact culture and religion has on their choices around treatment and care. KC stories often examine the links between poverty and HIV, as well as the links between maternal health and HIV, told through the lenses of community campaigns and individual stories.
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The Gays and Lesbians Association in Zimbabwe has supported the move by the government of Zimbabwe to provide condoms in prison due to escalating cases of homosexuality and spread of TB.
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Men who have sex with men in Africa have welcomed the launch of the world’s third rectal microbicide trial launched in Pittsburgh, US, last week. This follows news that a Kenyan minister is backing LGBT rights activists and calling for an end to stigma and discrimination against people with differing sexual orientation.
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Kenya has a shortage of condoms and there are fears new HIV infections may temporarily rise as a consequence.
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When a pharmacy has no medicine on the shelf, it is known as a drug stock out. It may happen for one medicine or, in the worst case scenario, for all medicines. Therefore essential medicines will not be available for those who need them. In Uganda essential medicines are not available in 32-50% of Government health facilities across the country according WHO and HAI (2008).
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Old people have a key role to play in the fight against AIDS in our societies and that role should not be underestimated.
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What is an HIV test and how long should one wait after possible exposure before going for a test? Why, where and how confidential are tests?
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To address Uganda’s short term ARV needs, the American Government has donated new HIV funding above and beyond the current annual budget of $280m. This will afford free ARVs for 36,000 new patients this year and the same again next year.
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The Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe in partnership with the National Art Gallery in Harare will use film as a medium to fight the scourge of stigma in Zimbabwe’s society.
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