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HIV Prevalence Among Swaziland’s Factory Workers Running At 50%
A new government study has found that more than half of workers in Swaziland’s garment industry are living with HIV, and officials are realizing that the once-hailed promise of manufacturing employment has become a financial and medical nightmare for...
Senegalese Culture And Gender Minister Demands Increased Involvement By Women in HIV/AIDS Prevention And Control
Senegalese Culture and Gender Minister, Awa Ndiaye, has demanded more involvement by women in HIV/AIDS prevention and control.
United States Gives Clean Bill of Health to Ethiopia’s Fight Against the Spread of HIV/AIDS
The United States government has given a clean bill of health to Ethiopia’s fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS, which remains a health challenge in many African countries.
HIV Risk in Ethiopia’s Booming Construction Industry
Everywhere in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, modern buildings are popping up and wide roads are being built. The country’s booming construction sector is attracting thousands of laborers, and government officials are increasingly recognizing...
Communities in Swaziland Come Together to Tackle the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Communities in Swaziland are coming together as never before to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has so deeply affected them. “We will defeat AIDS, we the women of this village!” chant a group of older Swazi women wearing voluminous black...
Benin Receives Two Mobile Laboratories From the World Bank
The World Bank has given Benin two mobile laboratories to curb the spread of the HIV infection in the country and reduce its impact on people’s quality of life, the Secretary of the National Standing Committee on AIDS prevention, Dr. Antoinette Obey...
