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HIV news from around the world
Latest news
- Indonesian youth advocate for family planning but are denied rights January 27, 2016
- Lessons on midwifery from Indonesia January 27, 2016
- Youth voices stand out as family planning conference roars to life January 25, 2016
- Harmful cultural practices resurface and threaten Malawi’s HIV response January 14, 2016
- Ethiopia in “strong position” to end AIDS by 2030 January 4, 2016
- UK Labour MP learns from community response to HIV in Uganda December 22, 2015
- Zimbabwe: first free 24-hour clinic for survivors of sexual violence December 11, 2015
- Hope for sexual minorities’ access to HIV services in hostile contexts December 7, 2015
- New report on violation of women’s sexual and reproductive health rights December 4, 2015
- India’s desert communities struggle to access healthcare December 3, 2015
- Largest HIV self-testing project launches in Africa December 2, 2015
- Stock out of HIV meds threatens UNAIDS’ treatment targets in Uganda December 2, 2015
- Kenyan professor receives prestigious award for HIV research in Africa December 1, 2015
- World AIDS Day: Malawi’s same-sex laws hinder prisoners’ access to HIV services December 1, 2015
- How Ethiopia will end mother to child transmission of HIV November 27, 2015
- Malawi government plays double standards on same-sex relations November 18, 2015
- SMS project empowers people living with HIV November 13, 2015
- Routine viral load tests must be accessible for all November 10, 2015
- Why women must be at the heart of an integrated HIV response November 6, 2015
- Stigma deters young people from accessing contraception November 2, 2015
- Zimbabwe: new survey will give accurate picture of HIV epidemic October 22, 2015
- The journey towards an AIDS vaccine October 15, 2015
- How will the world be held accountable for achieving its new goals? October 6, 2015
- United Nations officially agrees on the sustainable development goals September 29, 2015
- UNGA: “Adolescent girls are the new face of HIV” September 29, 2015
- The voices of young people living with HIV must be heard September 28, 2015
- Partner violence hinders HIV prevention, treatment and care September 26, 2015
- UNGA: Young people unite over sexual and reproductive health rights September 25, 2015
- Leave no one behind: participation is key to achieving the sexual and reproductive health targets of the SDGs September 23, 2015
- How will young sex workers benefit from new development goals? September 23, 2015
- Hydro power proves life changing for people with HIV in Zimbabwe September 9, 2015
- How young people in Burundi are tackling HIV September 4, 2015
- Adolescents on HIV: our time to be heard August 12, 2015
- Misuse of antiretrovirals poses threat to HIV success story August 10, 2015
- Kenya must protect human rights to attain zero HIV infections August 7, 2015
- Knowledge is power: young people learn about sexual health rights August 4, 2015
- Zambia: 23 babies born with HIV daily says UNAIDS July 30, 2015
- Uganda’s vulnerable children have brighter future thanks to SUNRISE July 7, 2015
- Global Fund approves $17 million for new HIV programmes in Africa July 6, 2015
- Microbicides: new HIV prevention technology empowers women June 24, 2015
- Ugandan government warns against complacency in HIV response June 17, 2015
- Malawi inmates living with HIV appeal for supplementary food June 15, 2015
- Malawi mayor: personal responsibility key to HIV fight June 11, 2015
- Fishing communities in Uganda at high risk of HIV June 5, 2015
- AIDS levy raises millions to fund Zimbabwe’s HIV response June 2, 2015
- New African center to tackle infectious diseases May 19, 2015
- Homophobic violence hinders HIV response in Kenya May 17, 2015
- Video: campaign for medical outreach to school for the deaf May 15, 2015
- Hope for women in the fight against HIV May 8, 2015
- Key Correspondent receives Malawi media award May 6, 2015
- Health minister: HIV response can help tackle malaria in Southern Africa May 1, 2015
- Zambia: traditional tales support sex education April 27, 2015
- Thousands of students reached with life-saving HIV information April 15, 2015
- Zimbabwe’s female condom success story takes new form April 9, 2015
- Latent TB: a time bomb among people living with HIV in Kenya March 24, 2015
- Global Fund work falling short on gender-related issues March 13, 2015
- Zimbabwe to see first HIV vaccine trial March 11, 2015
- Youth must be central to new campaign to end AIDS February 18, 2015
- Malawi confronts challenges in prioritising HIV response February 9, 2015
- Zimbabwe: shortage of health workers threatens health delivery February 6, 2015
- Zimbabwe launches new plan for voluntary male circumcision February 3, 2015
- Bolivian minister breaks citizen’s HIV status confidentiality January 15, 2015
- Who’s to blame for misuse of HIV drugs in Kenya? January 5, 2015
- Young people must ‘rise up and be counted’ in HIV response December 17, 2014
Opinion, comment and analysis on HIV issues
Latest articles
- Family planning: women and young people need access and choice January 29, 2016
- Family planning is more than rights to sex January 26, 2016
- “Eating banana with its cover” – misconceptions about condoms January 13, 2016
- Why young Kenyan men should be part of family planning January 11, 2016
- Criminalisation of LGBT people increases risk of HIV transmission December 23, 2015
- Sex and relationships in the lives of young women living with HIV December 22, 2015
- Nigeria: society must embrace sex education December 21, 2015
- Faith healing claims can damage your health December 16, 2015
- Couples HIV testing during antenatal care: a good idea? December 14, 2015
- Violence against women is both cause and consequence of HIV transmission December 10, 2015
- Charlie Sheen tackles HIV stigma but perpetuates stigma against sex workers November 20, 2015
- Uganda: young people’s sexual health and rights must improve with new global goals October 14, 2015
- Zimbabwe: faith healing puts young people living with HIV at risk October 12, 2015
- LGBT rights must be protected to ensure healthy lives for all September 15, 2015
- Young people in desperate search for safer sex September 14, 2015
- Malawian song fuels HIV stigma September 2, 2015
- Communities and families neglected in HIV programmes August 26, 2015
- Towards a sustainable future: creating room for youths August 20, 2015
- Amnesty International policy: sex workers v Hollywood stars August 11, 2015
- The HIV epidemic: a glass half empty? August 6, 2015
- How empowering women helps HIV response July 14, 2015
- Uganda: midwives shortage hinders efforts to prevent HIV in children June 22, 2015
- Women demand investment in global HIV response June 3, 2015
- International community must act to end violence against women May 28, 2015
- Male involvement crucial to prevent HIV infection of babies May 26, 2015
- Decriminalising homosexuality in Kenya will help reduce HIV May 15, 2015
- Hearing impaired adolescents excluded from sexual health education April 29, 2015
- Progress and missed opportunities at World Health Congress April 20, 2015
- Uganda: women and girls bear burden of HIV caregiving April 2, 2015
- Kenya: churches’ claims to heal HIV put lives at risk March 16, 2015
- Africa must lobby for development goal on HIV March 9, 2015
- African American history month: from civil rights to HIV February 26, 2015
- Nalia’s story: adolescents who sell sex in Ethiopia February 23, 2015
- Are adolescents an invisible generation in HIV response? February 21, 2015
- New platform for action on adolescent AIDS must tackle disclosure February 17, 2015
- “Why I am not scared of knowing my HIV status” February 16, 2015
- Where do prayers and food stand in HIV treatment? February 12, 2015
- Condom advert – HIV prevention or infidelity promotion? January 27, 2015
- The final push for HIV in new global development agenda January 15, 2015
- “My children will not starve while I have my body to sell” January 12, 2015
- Addressing inequality is major health challenge of our time January 8, 2015
- Discriminatory laws hinder Burundi’s response to HIV December 10, 2014
- Steps towards an HIV-free generation in Uganda December 8, 2014
- Why we should all get tested for HIV in 2014 December 3, 2014
- Lesbians: the forgotten sexual minority in the HIV response December 2, 2014
- Female condom empowers Ethiopian sex workers to prevent HIV December 1, 2014
- Ugandan government must make CD4 testing accessible in rural areas November 19, 2014
- Daily pill should be part of a combined approach to preventing HIV November 12, 2014
- Young people: the key to ending AIDS by 2030 September 26, 2014
- The right to health: a post 2015 dream or an achievable goal? September 25, 2014
- Invest in women and girls for a better world by 2030 September 24, 2014
- Criminalising HIV will stop people knowing their status September 15, 2014
- Properly equipped health facilities needed to address maternal mortality in Ivory Coast September 5, 2014
- How HIV stigma silences people living with HIV in Barbados August 28, 2014
- Human rights must be central to HIV prevention efforts August 27, 2014
- Kenya needs to step up game with 500 days to MDG deadline August 18, 2014
- Young people must play leading role in HIV advocacy July 24, 2014
- Police must play role in preventing HIV among criminalised groups July 23, 2014
- We must step up the pace to end AIDS July 23, 2014
- Communities must remain at the forefront of HIV response July 22, 2014
- Polygamy in Kenya: a legal way to spread HIV? May 1, 2014
- Elongating the labia minora: a right or a health risk? August 6, 2013
- A major paradigm shift is needed in the politics of HIV July 3, 2013
- To criminalise or not criminalise people who use drugs: that is the question June 28, 2013
Personal stories and features on HIV
Latest blog posts
- International Conference on Family Planning – before we commit, let’s act! January 25, 2016
- “It hurts”: when Uganda runs short of HIV drugs January 20, 2016
- Angela’s story: How I ended up pregnant and with HIV at 15 January 18, 2016
- In this storm we’ve learned to dance: young people speak out about HIV December 17, 2015
- Junior: “I fled Cameroon following homophobic persecution” December 10, 2015
- Peer counseling vital to young people living with HIV November 30, 2015
- How I overcame low self-esteem to help young people living with HIV November 25, 2015
- Men in rural Zimbabwe embrace circumcision November 20, 2015
- 952: three digits that change the lives of many Ethiopians November 16, 2015
- Young people need access to quality family planning services November 9, 2015
- One man improving maternal health, one woman at a time October 28, 2015
- Peers help young woman counter HIV stigma in Malawi October 8, 2015
- Young sexual minorities face increased HIV risk at university October 5, 2015
- My dreams when I was growing up with HIV October 1, 2015
- Chifamba’s story: “circumcision made me a happy man” September 29, 2015
- The consequences of female genital mutilation: a Kenyan perspective September 22, 2015
- Young people must play active role in new global development goals September 21, 2015
- Researchers put lens on sexual violence and sex work September 18, 2015
- Life after HIV status disclosure: good or bad? September 18, 2015
- The inside scoop with organiser of Delhi’s first LGBT flash mob September 7, 2015
- Young people lead on HIV response in Burundi September 1, 2015
- Uganda: Eliminating mother to child transmission of HIV August 28, 2015
- Don’t give up hope: Amina’s story August 24, 2015
- Video: I’m a transgender sex worker, but only God can judge me August 18, 2015
- Does my profile picture hurt you? August 13, 2015
- Susiku’s passion for HIV mitigation and education August 10, 2015
- Dorothy’s story: living with HIV and unmet family planning needs July 27, 2015
- Zimbabwe: economic decline drives single mums to sex work June 19, 2015
- My story: standing strong with HIV June 10, 2015
- Photo story: life as a gay man in Kenya May 21, 2015
- Bangladesh: Photo Voice helps young people tell their stories May 18, 2015
- Homophobia in Cameroon: “We felt like prey hiding from a predator” May 17, 2015
- The cost of living: young Burundians pay for friend’s surgery May 12, 2015
- Parental advice can fill gap in HIV response April 17, 2015
- Aine’s story: addressing stigma and ignorance about HIV April 13, 2015
- Sex workers unite to defy stigma April 7, 2015
- Blame game doesn’t help address sexual vulnerability of girls March 30, 2015
- The legacy of one woman’s dream to help people with HIV March 27, 2015
- Women Deliver honors journalists speaking out for women and girls March 17, 2015
- Kenyan fisherwomen empowered to fight HIV March 6, 2015
- Civil society to step up action on HIV treatment March 4, 2015
- Born with HIV, grappling with adolescence March 2, 2015
- HIV stigma drives sex work in Northern Kenya February 27, 2015
- How the HIV response is failing teens across Southern Africa February 22, 2015
- How poverty and stigma are hindering HIV treatment for Uganda’s adolescents February 20, 2015
- Indian school takes a stand against HIV discrimination February 19, 2015
- Youth at risk of HIV: whose responsibility anyway? January 30, 2015
- Ethiopia: coffee ceremony used to educate on HIV January 22, 2015
- When hours turn to days: a ridiculed HIV woman stands strong January 20, 2015
- The impact of stigma on healthcare workers living with HIV January 14, 2015
- Adolescents born with HIV must be told their status December 12, 2014
- Young Zimbabwean spreads the word on living positively December 11, 2014
- Young LGBT people in Kenya fight the odds and make life better for their peers November 7, 2014
- My turning point as an HIV activist: the death of my brother October 28, 2014
- Scovia’s story: HIV stigma in rural South Sudan October 16, 2014
- Born with HIV: 30 years and still going strong September 29, 2014
- Why I’m a citizen journalist September 19, 2014
- My sister’s story: growing up with HIV, stigma and discrimination September 8, 2014
- One child’s story of living with HIV in a South Sudan camp September 1, 2014
- My story of living with HIV for more than 30 years August 13, 2014
- “How I turned stigma into an opportunity to educate my neighbours” August 5, 2014
- Children living with AIDS, that’s where it hurts the most August 1, 2014
- Beyond AIDS 2014: hoping for a revolution July 31, 2014
- Kenya: Teenagers with HIV rebel against drug regimen July 1, 2014
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