GBCGhana, 14 April 2014

Dwindling funds from external sources is likely to halt successes attained by Ghana if internal financial resources are not secured to sustain the great efforts, Dr Fred Nana Poku, Technical Manager for Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), has said.

He said over 70 per cent of funds for HIV programmes in Ghana came from external sources, most especially the Global Fund, and with the gradual shifting of focus of the Fund, "it is likely to affect us heavily if serious attention is given to HIV activities".

Dr Poku said this at an HIV training workshop for editors from selected media houses in the Greater Accra Region on Saturday.

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ThanhNienNews, 14 April 2014

Sexual intercourse has surpassed intravenous drug use as the leading means of HIV transmission, a concerned Ho Chi Minh City official announced Saturday.

"Although HIV infections have fallen over the years, we saw double the number of new infections last year compared to 2010," Nguyen Tan Binh, director of the HCMC Health Department said.

Binh was speaking at a meeting held to review of anti-HIV/AIDS activities from 2011-2013 and present the 2014-2015 agenda.

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Kompas, 14 April 2014

KOMPAS.com — Stigma terhadap pasien pengidap HIV oleh tenaga kesehatan ataupun lembaga pelayanan kesehatan akan kontraproduktif terhadap upaya pencegahan HIV. Padahal, perubahan perilaku pengidap HIV akan terjadi jika tenaga medis memperlakukan pasien dengan baik.

Hal tersebut disampaikan Gabriel John Culbert, pengajar dari Yale School of Medicine, pada lokakarya HIV Prevention Science: Behavioral and Biomedical Approaches di Fakultas Ilmu Keperawatan Universitas Indonesia (FIK UI), Sabtu (12/4).

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Kompas, 13 April 2014

SEMARANG, KOMPAS.COM - Limbah kondom bekas pakai di Kabupaten Semarang menjadi masalah baru. Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS (KPA) setempat mencatat sedikitnya ada 13 ribu kondom bekas pakai yang berasal dari tiga kawasan yang mereka sebut sebagai "hotspot", yakni lokalisasi Tegalpanas, lokalisasi Gembol dan Kawasan Wisata Bandungan setiap bulan.

Ketiadaan tempat pembuangan khusus dan pengelohan limbah kondom bekas ini membuat khawatir banyak pihak karena akan mencemari lingkungan dan menimbulkan persoalan sosial.

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JamaicaObserver, 13 April 2014

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The seven acres of leased government land at Belretiro in Central Manchester is now a sprawling green space.

However, there is hope that the beginning of its transformation into a residential facility for children and women living with HIV/AIDS should be realised by year-end.

The flagship project of international volunteer organisation, Projects Abroad Jamaica and the BrigIT Water Foundation in Australia is slated to provide — in a family and home setting — health care and meet the social and psychological needs of 40 children without legal guardian and support, and 20 women who have been ostracised by their families.

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