the Jakarta Post, 25 July 2014

A new joint initiative has been launched to increase HIV testing and treatment uptake in Indonesia, where government efforts to roll out universal access to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy have been hampered by low numbers of people presenting for HIV testing.

The project is funded by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with AU$2 million over four years. It is a collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO), the Kirby Institute, the Indonesian Health Ministry and the National AIDS Program, as well as three leading Indonesian universities — Padjadjaran University in Bandung, Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta and Udayana University in Bali.

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VOA, 25 July 2014

ABUJA — Nearly a month into a nationwide doctor's strike, HIV/AIDS patients in some parts of northern Nigeria say health care is rapidly declining, and they have become largely dependent upon foreign aid organizations. Doctors say the strike is the only way they know to rescue Nigeria's flailing healthcare system, but nurses accuse strikers of abandoning public care in favor of more lucrative private practices.

The Nigerian Medical Association said about 30,000 members have been on strike since the beginning of July, breaking the strike only to provide emergency care for victims of frequent insurgent attacks.

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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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