25th August, 2010
How to Worsen Africa's Health Crisis
Wall Street Journal (August 30, 2010)
Faced with Africa's devastation by HIV/AIDS, people are looking for scapegoats. Global pressure groups and now the World Health Organization are targeting "Big Pharma." The drug companies do make easy targets but that doesn't make them villains. The life-saving treatments they create remain Africa's best hope. The misguided battle against pharmaceutical companies' patent rights will only make Africa's health crisis worse.
Full Article at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703578104575396931433315508.html
AIDS Patients Hurt by South African Strike
The Associated Press (August 26, 2010)
Doctors and activists say AIDS patients aren't getting treated because of a nationwide civil service strike in South Africa, the country with the most people infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
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The HIV Shift
The Independent (August 25, 2010)
New studies in Uganda show that married or co-habiting couples today stand a higher risk of contracting HIV than single or young people. This marks an astonishing shift in the pandemic's infection patterns in the country.
Full Article at: http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/features/features/42-features/3379-the-hiv-shift
South Africa Becomes a Victim of its ARV Treatment Success
IPS News (August 24, 2010)
South Africans are already on life long antiretorviral (ARV) Treatment and this number is supposed to triple in the next decade if the South African government keeps to its implementation plan. But the proepect of the government being able to meet its target is being threatened by a lack of funds.
Full Article at: http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=52572
South Sudan State Blames Spread of HIV/AiDS on Ignorance
Sudan Tribune (August 23, 2010)
A branch of southern Sudan's HIV/AIDS Commission says that ignorance and communication breakdown is hindering the efforts to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS.
Full Article at: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article36048
