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Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in Africa

Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in Africa

AFP - Monday, February 8 05:23 pm

KAMPALA (AFP) - A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed. More »

  • South African President Jacob Zuma laughs as he attends the swearing-in ceremony of his Mozambican counterpart Armando Guebuza for a second term in office in the capital Maputo, January 14, 2010. REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg

    Zuma told 20th child harms safe sex drive 

    Reuters - Tuesday, February 2 08:22 am

    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African opposition parties accused President Jacob Zuma on Monday of a cavalier attitude to safe sex that is hurting the HIV/AIDS campaign after news that a woman not one of his wives had had his 20th child. More »

  • South African President Jacob Zuma (C) arrives for his traditional wedding to Tobeka Madiba, his fifth wife, at the village of Nkandla in northern KwaZulu-Natal January 4, 2010. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

    Zuma told 20th child harms S.Africa safe sex drive

    Reuters - Monday, February 1 12:49 pm

    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African opposition parties accused President Jacob Zuma on Monday of a cavalier attitude to safe sex that is hurting the HIV/AIDS campaign after news that a woman not one of his wives had had his 20th child. More »

  • Circumcising babies could help Africa AIDS fight

    Reuters - Tuesday, January 19 06:08 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - Circumcising newborn boys to stop them becoming infected with the AIDS virus in later life is more cost-effective than circumcising adult men, Rwandan health experts said on Tuesday. More »

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