All Africa, 24 July 2014
THE Minister of Industry and Commerce Mike Bimha has lamented the damage HIV and AIDS have had on the Zimbabwe workforce and said this devastation has reversed development and retarded the economic growth of the country.
Addressing business people at the National AIDS Council (NAC) Business Conference on HIV and AIDS at Holiday Inn Hotel in Bulawayo, Minister Bimha said regardless of "significant progress made in the response to HIV" the country was still grappling with problems brought about by the disease.
the Costa Rica News, 23 July 2014
The HIV-AIDS infections in Latin America descend lower than in other areas
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The number of HIV infections and AIDS in Latin America descends but does it to a lesser extent than in other regions of the world, something that worries the UN today which was presented today in a report on the overall state of the epidemic.
In Latin America, every hour 10 people are infected with the virus, the report says.
"Latin America worries me specifically. The rate of the decline of new infections with the virus of HIV-AIDS in Latin America is lower than in other regions and is lower than in Africa, and there are countries where we observe an increase in infections or do not observe the descent we should," Luiz Loures, deputy executive director of UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting the disease, affirmed.
Australia Network News, 24 July 2014
Experts fear Cambodia's well-earned reputation as a leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS could be undermined by government policy targeting the country's high-risk groups.
Over the past 15 years, government action and large amounts of money from donors have seen the infection rate drop from 2 per cent in 1998 to an estimated 0.7 per cent today.
The bulk of the $50 million the country spent tackling HIV in 2012 has come from donors such as the Global Fund, the United States Government and the Australian Government.
All those millions have allowed the Cambodian Government to target high-risk groups, to put in place a well-regarded prevention program and to ensure those who need treatment receive it.
All Africa, 23 July 2014
editorial
This week's lead story on how schools are dealing with the challenge of HIV-infected students, while encouraging, illustrates just how far we still have to go in the fight against the killer pandemic in our midst.
The story features the experiences of two HIV-positive students who had the courage to share their status with a teacher at school. As a result, both are afforded considerable flexibility in a number of areas of school life so that they can access proper medical attention without negatively impacting their studies.
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