Zambia Daily Mail, 3 July 2014

PRISONERS should not be left out in Zambia's fight against HIV and AIDS, Swedish ambassador to Zambia Lena Nordstrom has said.

"In order to continue working towards reducing higher incidence of HIV and AIDS in Zambia, reaching the population in the prison is important.

"These people are the most vulnerable and at the highest risk of HIV and AIDS infection in this country," Ms Nordstrom said.

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All Africa, 3 July 2014

Lilongwe — The re-invigorating HIV prevention symposium which took place in Lilongwe has high lightened the need to accommodate the discriminated sex workers and men having sex with fellow men in order to reduce prevalence rate in the country.

The Principle Secretary in the Department of Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in the Office of the President and Cabinet Edith Mkawa has advised young people in the country to take an active role in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

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Business World, 3 July 2014

OVER the past 10 years, the Philippines has recorded a steady -- and alarming -- rise in the number of cases of HIV-AIDS. According to UNICEF, while the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the country is still low, there was a 79% increase in the number of newly reported cases in 2013 compared to 2012.

Dr. Rossana A. Ditangco, head of the AIDS research group of the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) said that there are now 14 new infections a day -- roughly one person is infected with HIV every two hours.

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Alt Media, 3 July 2014

On Wednesday, June 18th, David Shoebridge MLC of the NSW Greens and Alex Greenwich, Independent Member for Sydney, co-hosted a fundraiser to support Sydney's HIV/AIDS Legal Centre.

"The HIV/AIDS Legal Centre provides an essential missing link in legal advocacy. For well over a decade it has been fighting discrimination in public health," Mr Shoebridge said.

The centre's Principal Solicitor, Indraveer Chatterjee also highlighted the importance of tackling discrimination surrounding HIV and AIDS.

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Science 2.0, 2 July 2014

How do you shape your hopes, ambitions and expectations when growing up in an environment devastated by HIV/AIDS?

For her doctoral thesis, epidemiologist Ellen Blommaert looked for answers in Winam, a rural area of western Kenya where HIV/AIDS wreaked havoc among the population but where sexuality is very important. She found that young people between 16 and 25 do modify their approach to sexual risks - but not in ways the western world understands. Sexuality plays an important role in their quest for a better future but because of the instability of social networks due to HIV and other factors, some of the youngsters increase their sexual networks, including, sometimes, sexual liaisons with multiple, concurrent partners.

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