'Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCBB: CEMI) ('Chembio' or the 'Company') joined AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) in the World AIDS Day 2008 global effort to test one million people from November 26 through December 1, 2008. Based in Los Angeles, AHF provides state-of-the-art medicines and advocacy to over 85,000 people in 22 countries and is the nation's largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care. Chembio is supporting these efforts by providing approximately 20,000 HIV 1/2 STAT-PAK® tests to testi more...
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A new excluvie social club has sprung up in Kenya catering exclusively to young HIV-positive people looking to meet people. More than 1,000 HIV-positive people have registered since the club started. PlusNews takes you inside - where only HIV-positive people get beyond the velvet rope.
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Countries are looking at a new way of preventing HIV infections: criminal charges. But experts argue that applying criminal law to HIV transmission will achieve neither criminal justice nor curb the spread of the virus; rather, it will increase discrimination against people living with HIV, and undermine public. PlusNews examines the different dimensions of the debate in its new in-depth: Crime and punishment: Criminalisation and HIV
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All Africa.com. 1 December 2008. Kigali — As the world today commemorated International AIDS Day, the National AIDS Control Commission (C.N.LS) announced that HIV testing for all will be a top government priority. Dr. Anita Asiimwe, the Executive Secretary of CNLS said it was up to every individual to fight against HIV and to integrate that fight in daily programmes and activities.
'This year we are particularly encouraging all people especially couples to go for HIV testing and counseling, more...
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All Africa.com, 1 December 2008. Maputo — Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Monday launched a new 'Strategy to Accelerate Prevention of HIV Infection'. Launched on World AIDS Day, this strategy is the government's response to the need to control the spread of AIDS in Mozambique, and to reduce the number of new infections. The latest statistics indicate that 16 per cent of Mozambicans aged between 15 and 49 are infected with HIV.
The epidemic shows signs of stabilizing in the centre a more...
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Zahira Kharsany, IPS News. 1 December 2008, Johannesburg. According to the United Nations Children's Fund, early diagnosis and treatment greatly increase survival rates for HIV-positive newborns. but fewer than one in ten infants born to HIV-positive mothers in 2007 was tested for HIV within two months of birth. 'Children and Aids: Third Stocktaking Report 2008', released by the United Nations Children's Fund on World AIDS Day, warns that without the right treatment, half of children with HIV wi more...
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ODI Briefing paper, December 01, 2008. In Eastern and Southern Africa, evidence is mounting of a vicious interaction between HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition insecurity. Households affected by adult illnesses and deaths, with a high proportion of dependents, such as the elderly or young children, are far more vulnerable to food security shocks than other households. They face reduced agricultural production and loss of income, resulting in dwindling food security. As impoverished families struggl more...
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