Prague Post, 10 August 2014

New statistics about HIV and AIDS in the Czech Republic reveal that, although still relatively rare, infections have spiked again in recent years

Prague, Aug. 10 (ČTK) — Doctors registered 129 new patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Czech Republic in the first six months of the year, which was the highest number since 1985, when tracking of the infection started, the national reference laboratory for HIV/AIDS has told the Czech News Agency.

The number of patients with AIDS increased tenfold in the same period, the lab said.

Four children were born to HIV-positive mothers, and seven patients died.

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Al Jazeera, 10 August 2014

Southern African nation dragged to court by foreign prisoners who say they have been deliberately denied AIDS treatment.

Gaborone, Botswana - Dickson Tapela and Mbuso Piye are two of nearly 1,000 foreign prisoners languishing in Botswana's 23 state prisons.

The pair, from Zimbabwe, are both serving 10-year prison sentences for armed robbery. They shot to fame after filing a court case challenging the Botswana government's policy of denying AIDS treatment to foreign inmates.

Both men have been living with HIV/AIDS for several years and have no access to anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs).

Tapela says that after being sentenced to a decade behind bars, his girlfriend informed him that she had been diagnosed with HIV and advised him to go for a test, which turned out to be positive.

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Shanghai Daily, 9 August 2014

CAPE TOWN, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- All pregnant HIV positive women will be able to access lifelong anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, beginning from January next year, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday.

All others living with HIV will be eligible for treatment at CD4 count 500, Zuma said at an event marking the country's Women's Day in the eastern port city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province. Currently HIV patients in the country obtain treatment at CD4 count 350.

CD4 refers to cells that send signals to activate one's body immune response when they detect "intruders," like viruses or bacteria.

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Nigeria Observer, 10 August 2014

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Cross River chapter, has organised a sensitisation workshop on the Human Immuno deficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HIV/AIDS as part of activities to mark the 2014 International Youth Week celebration.

Speaking at the workshop in Calabar the Chairman of the organisation, Mr. Okori Oko, described youths as the conscience of the society.

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