All Africa, 26 August 2014

THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is elated with the strides Zambia has scored in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

USAID acting Mission Director Patrick Diskin said in Lusaka during the launch of the three orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) Rising Activities, that there have been a lot of developments in the fight against HIV and AIDS since 2002.

"One change that particularly strikes me is the great progress that Zambia has made in the fight against HIV and AIDS during this period," he said.

Solo Pos, 26 AGustus 2014

Ilustrasi (JIBI/Harian Jogja/Reuters) Solopos.com, SRAGEN – Sebanyak 14 bayi di Kabupaten Sragen terdeteksi mengidap HIV/AIDS. Para bayi tersebut tertular dari ibu mereka yang sebelumnya terjangkit HIV/AIDS.

Hal itu disampaikan Koordinator Kelompok Dukungan Sebaya (KDS) Sukowati, Ririn, saat ditemui wartawan di sela-sela Workshop Kewaspadaan Bahaya HIV/AIDS dan Upaya Pencegahannya di Pendapa Sumonegaran, Rumah Dinas Bupati Sragen, Selasa (26/8/2014). "Ada 14 bayi [mengidap HIV/AIDs] di Sragen yang tertular dari ibunya," jelas dia.

Ririn menjelaskan bayi-bayi tersebut berusia antara satu tahun hingga tujuh tahun. Para bayi itu, lanjut dia, saat ini menjalani pengobatan di rumah sakit yang ada di Sragen serta Solo. Disinyalir, jumlah bayi yang tertular HIV/AIDS lebih banyak ketimbang data saat ini tercatat oleh KDS Sukowati.

VOA, 24 August 2014

FILE - Samruei, a 35 year-old terminally ill Thai woman rests with her cat at a hospice for those dying of AIDS at a Buddhist temple Wat Prabat Nampu in Lop Buri. FILE - Samruei, a 35 year-old terminally ill Thai woman rests with her cat at a hospice for those dying of AIDS at a Buddhist temple Wat Prabat Nampu in Lop Buri.BANGKOK—Thailand's young people are facing a new rise in HIV infections - the virus that causes AIDS. Researchers say they are finding it tougher to reach at-risk populations with messages about safer sex.

In a report released Monday, UNICEF says 70 percent of all sexually transmitted HIV infection cases in Thailand are occurring among people between the ages of 15 and 24.

The report says despite a gradual drop in the overall prevalence of HIV in the country during the past two decades, new infections are now rising -- especially among young people involved in the sex trade, injecting drugs and young men having unprotected sex with men.

Health activists in Thailand note that one of the current challenges in HIV prevention is reaching those engaging in higher-risk behavior.

the Jakarta Globe, 24 August 2014

Balikpapan. Andi Muhammad Aslam's journey of activism began 11 years ago, when he sought an escape from routine by visiting a house of a relative in Bontang, East Kalimantan.

The resource-rich city is known as one of the richest regions in Indonesia thanks to its natural gas production, but Aslam happened to stay near one of the darkest corners of the "city of gas," namely the red-light district of Prakla.

He was alone in those days in 2003, wandering aimlessly around nearby fishing villages, ports and tourist sites, when he stumbled upon the prostitution area.

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