IPSNews, 7 May 2014
HAVANA, May 7 2014 (IPS) - All illusions of love, trust and dedication to a relationship flew out the window for Mayda Torres in 1992, when she found out she was HIV-positive while undergoing routine exams to start a new job.
"I had a stable relationship. I wasn't unfaithful. And I hadn't ever had a sexually transmitted infection [STI]," the 49-year-old resident of the Cuban capital told IPS.
"When I got to the hospital [of Santiago de las Vegas, in Havana], I was shocked to see my husband there. He was HIV-positive and he never told me," said Torres, who is now a sexual health outreach worker.
SpyGhana.Com, 7 May 2014
Since the first reported HIV and AIDS case in Ghana in the 1980s, there has been no let in steps to lower its spread.
Those steps, which included a 50 per cent reduction in prevalence each year, have paid off, enabling the country to record an all-time low prevalence rate of 1.3 per cent last year, from the 2003 rate of 3.6 per cent.
the Guardian, 7 May 2014
With prostitutes charging just 14p for sex – double for unprotected intercourse – some say social stigma has forced them to make false rape claims to access life-saving medication
In Kondele, sex is in high demand. Prostitutes charge clients as little as 20 shillings (14p), or provide sex on credit with the hope of being paid at the end of the month.
The area is a low-end red-light district in the western Kenyan city of Kisumu. The temptation for many women, given the low fees, is to make potentially dangerous concessions in order to earn more, such as forgoing condoms.
NigerianBulletin, 7 May 2014
In a bid to prevent new infections and curb further spread of HIV/AIDS, the Federal Government has released a new National HIV/AIDS Prevention Plan that stipulates compulsory HIV test before marriage in both Christian and Muslim religions.
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