GMA News, 24 August 2014

Two faith-based groups launched on Saturday a "healing" conference that seeks to help people suffering from the negative effects of physical and emotional illnesses or what they call "life-altering conditions" such as cancer, lupus, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, depression, and anxiety.

"The spirit of death, for our purposes, is the influence of death, a shadow over our days that subverts our perceptions and produces a fatalistic mindset," said Benji Cruz, one of the organizers of the "Pagyakap sa Buhay: Breaking free from the spirit of death" healing conference sponsored by the Living Waters Philippines and the Embracing Life Ministries.

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Merdeka.Com, 24 Agustus 2014

Merdeka.com - Usai tutup kantor, Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS (KPA) Kabupaten Badung, Bali, menggelar aksi sosial bagi-bagi kondom di areal Pasar Beringkit, Mengwitani, Minggu (24/8). Selain kegiatan bagi-bagi kondom, juga memberikan pemahaman tentang HIV/AIDS.

Setidaknya ada 500 orang mendatangi stand KPA Badung. Mereka serius mendengarkan tentang informasi HIV/AIDS.

"Aksi sosial ini rutin dilakukan setiap minggu. Hari ini, ada 50 orang datang ke stand KPA Badung untuk meminta informasi HIV/AIDS," ujar Pengelola Program KPA Badung, Ayu Cempaka Raniputri.

Selain mensosialisasikan bahaya HIV/AIDS, pihaknya bekerja sama dengan Yayasan Kesehatan Bali membagikan sebanyak 1.300 buah media KIE (komunikasi, informasi dan edukasi) serta 750 buah kondom secara gratis kepada pengunjung pasar.

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Spy Ghana, 22 August 2014

President John Dramani Mahama on Friday said Ghana had the potential to reduce the incidence of HIV and AIDS new infections to zero per cent if proper regulations are adhered to.

He said currently, government had managed to reduce the prevalence rate of new infections from 12,000 to 7,000 new infections for the past few years, whiles the national prevalence rate had also reduced from four per cent to 1.3 per cent at the same period.

President Mahama said this when Mr Michel Sibide, United Nations Executive Director called on him at the Flagstaff House, Kanda.

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JPNN, 23 Agustus 2014

BEKASI - Ratusan orang pecinta sesama jenis di wilayah Kota dan Kabupaten Bekasi, dinyatakan positif terserang virus HIV/AIDS. Penularan penyakit yang belum memiliki obatnya saat ini akibat hubungan seks sesama jenis.

Perlu diketahui komunitas homoseksual dan lesbian di Kabupaten Bekasi mencapai 1.000 komunitas dan Kota Bekasi mencapai 500 komunitas.

Dan kini yang positif mengidap HIV AIDS untuk komunitas homoseksual di Kabupaten Bekasi sebanyak 70 orang, sedang dari komunitas homoseksual di Kota Bekasi ada 50 orang yang mengidap penyakit tersebut.

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All Africa, 22 August 2014

Gaborone — Today, the Botswana High Court ordered the government to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to HIV-positive, foreign prisoners at state expense.

The court held that the denial of ARV treatment to foreign prisoners violated their constitutional rights.

"This court decision has affirmed that the government is legally obligated to immediately provide life-saving ARV treatment to foreign prisoners living with HIV.

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