World Bulletin, 25 July 2014

Ishmael Baya is a street beggar who calls an old shack and waiting shelter at Blantyre's Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital home.

"In the morning, I go to the streets and ask for alms," he told Anadolu Agency (AA) on a cold Wednesday.

"I have no place to call my own, no food and no clothes," said Baya, wearing only a shirt and a torn pair of trousers.

He is one of over 40 street beggars who live in the hospital's abandoned waiting shelter and who survive on alms from passersby and Muslims who attend prayers at a nearby mosque only a stone's throw from the government hospital.

"We have been receiving a lot of help from our Muslim brothers. They give us a lot of food and clothes," said Baya before running over to a passing car to ask for small change.

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Kompas, 24 Juli 2014

KUPANG, KOMPAS.com - Sebanyak 196 warga di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) positif terinfeksi virus mematikan Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Data resmi yang dikeluarkan Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS (KPA) Provinsi NTT itu, adalah data terbaru, terhitung mulai dari bulan Januari 2014 sampai bulan Mei. "Data terbaru yang kita himpun sampai Bulan Mei 2014, untuk yang terjangkit HIV sebanyak 92 orang, sementara yang positif AIDS 104 orang. Semua penderita tersebar di 22 Kabupaten dan Kota di Provinsi NTT," kata Pengelola Program Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS (KPA) Provinsi NTT, Gusti Brewon, Kamis (24/7/2014).

Menurut Gusti, jumlah penderita HIV AIDS terbanyak yakni Kota Kupang 41 orang, disusul Kabupaten Belu sebanyak 33 orang dan Kabupaten Sikka 28 orang. Sementara itu, kabupaten lainnya jumlah penderitanya tidak lebih dari 20 orang.

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the Dominican Net, 24 July 2014

Kingston, St Vincent (TDN) -- The Caribbean is second in the world to Sub-Saharan Africa in the rate of HIV infection. The primary mode of transmission in the region is heterosexual intercourse with high risk groups to include men who have sex with men (MSM) and there is intersection between the two.

Public health academia has known for decades that to effectively curb the global crisis of HIV/AIDS we have to remove institutionalized oppression that re-enforces homophobia. It is not a panacea but it is a major part of the solution.

Countries that criminalize homosexuality marginalize MSM which pushes them underground and helps to fuel the HIV epidemic. Treating people with dignity and respect facilitates effective HIV education and prevention. It reduces the discrimination many Caribbean Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender experience when accessing health services.

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the Guardian, 24 July 2014

THE International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said the 2.6 million people living with HIV in Benue and Cross River States are to benefit from improved access to qualitative treatment.

To this end, the Red cross in collaboration with United Nation Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS), called on stakeholders in the health sector and partners to join them in the implementation of an intensive Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) campaign to improve access to service for 2.6 million people in the two states.

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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.

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