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Getting married in Nigeria often requires more than just the bride and groom turning up at the altar, and having witnesses and wedding rings present: many Christian churches also require an HIV test certificate. It may not seem particularly compassionate, but in an era when sex before marriage is the norm, several orthodox and some pentecostal churches are promoting mandatory testing as clear-eyed thinking.
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Burkina Faso's national AIDS Council has published a nutrition guide to help people living with HIV to identify nutritious local foodstuffs: guavas, cassava and cashew apples are identified as being rich in vitamins; other foods like baobab leaves, dried okra and fish are rich in iron. Besides using local produce, organisations are searching for innovative ways to provide food to vulnerable communities affected by HIV.
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U.S. Department of State. September 2006.
Summary - Systemic and chronic food insecurity have long plagued many parts of the world most severely affected by HIV/AIDS, and there is a complex relationship between the two issues. The Emergency Plan has a clear responsibility to support prevention, treatment and care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), but comprehensively addressing issues of food insecurity is beyond the scope of the Emergency Plan. The purpose of this policy is to clarify th more...
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U.S. Department of State. April 2006.
Summary - The prevention of HIV infection in children and the care and treatment of HIV-infected children are important priorities of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The purpose of this document is to describe preventive care interventions the Emergency Plan can support for children born to HIV-infected mothers (HIV- exposed children), including children in whom an HIV diagnosis has been confirmed (HIV-infected children). This document does more...
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Kaiser Daily HIV Report [Nov 19, 2008]. People living with HIV/AIDS in China continue to experience discrimination based on public misconceptions of the disease, Bernhard Schwartlander, UNAIDS China country coordinator, said on Tuesday, Xinhuanet reports. Commenting on the results of a survey about HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and behavior among the Chinese -- which indicated that misconceptions and discrimination remain high despite years of public education efforts -- Schwartlander said tha more...
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Kaiser Daily HIV Reports [Nov 19, 2008]. An HIV testing campaign launched in Lesotho in 2005 has failed to meet its goals because of a lack of funding and administrative issues, according to a report released on Tuesday by Human Rights Watch and the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa, AFP/Yahoo! News reports. The campaign aimed to test 1.3 million people over age 12, but as of August 2007, about 25,000 people had been tested for HIV. Training counselors and expanding support services more...
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Province-wide shortages of vital medicines, including ARVs, continues in South Africa's Free State province and AIDS lobby groups are calling for government to be held accountable as at least 400 people remain without medication.
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