Malawi to host international AIDS Candlelight Memorial
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi becomes the first country outside of the US to host the international AIDS Candlelight Memorial, one of the world's oldest such events. The event has been US-based for the past 25 years but early this year the Global Health Council decided to launch the global ceremony of the campaign in Malawi's capital Lilongwe on Sunday May 18, 2008. 14 May 2008 08:50

Concentrate on reducing partner numbers and on male circumcision
A commentary published recently in Science calls for HIV prevention efforts to be focused on reducing the number of sexual partners and on male circumcision. 13 May 2008 10:18

Kenya: Muslim clerics declare war on condoms
Muslim leaders in Kenya's North Eastern Province have resolved to campaign against the promotion of condoms as a means of preventing HIV. 13 May 2008 07:51

Major boost for early detection of HIV in infants
Innovative Dry Blood Sample (DBS) technology enables state-of-art testing from a simple heel or finger prick for early diagnosis of HIV infection in infants. 10 May 2008 15:01

Free antiretroviral therapy in Malawi is effective
Adult mortality from HIV in Malawi has been significantly reduced after the introduction of free antiretroviral treatment. 9 May 2008 12:47

AFRICA: Reality TV takes on HIV
The reality TV show "Imagine Afrika", about to begin its second season, pits 12 young Africans against some of the most serious problems facing their continent, including how to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 8 May 2008 10:17

UGANDA: Hard labour for HIV-positive IDPs
Melia Alanyo, 46, left northern Uganda for the capital city, Kampala, in the late 1980s when the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) started abducting, attacking and killing people in her village. 3 May 2008 15:38

KENYA: ARV programmes slowly recovering from post-election crisis
Thousands of Kenyans who dropped out of HIV treatment programmes in January as a result of the country's post-election violence are gradually returning to clinics and the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that help prolong their lives. 29 Apr 2008 11:34

Tanzania AIDS candlelight memorial event
[Kahabi Isangula, National Coordinator] The 25th Anniversary of the historic International AIDS Candlelight Memorial - one of the world's first public events against HIV/AIDS that continues to be led by communities worldwide - commemorates a quarter century of remembrance, community mobilization, and global solidarity May 18, 2008. 28 Apr 2008 10:17

South Africa: Chakras and children
Twenty years into the pandemic, people are looking for new ways to live with HIV, and for some alternative medicine has become part of the answer. 21 Apr 2008 09:21

Kenya: When there's no excuse not to use a condom
When the music's pumping, drinks are flowing and hormones are raging, condoms don't often spring to mind, until it's too late. By then, the shops are closed and a packet of three is hard to come by. 16 Apr 2008 06:45

Kenya: Government to roll out male circumcision
The Kenyan government has embarked on an ambitious national programme to fast track the national rollout of male circumcision as a means of preventing HIV. 11 Apr 2008 07:46

Nigeria: No condoms for Anambra State
It is now illegal to encourage the use of condoms in southeast Nigeria's Anambra State. The state government has also banned the advocacy and distribution of other forms of contraceptives including IUDs (intrauterine device) and any other “un-natural” birth control. 9 Apr 2008 05:36