Uzbekistan President Criminalizes Negligent AIDS Infection

Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov May 24 signed a bill amending the criminal code to make medical personnel criminally liable if they infect someone with AIDS through negligence or improper discharge of their duties.

KENYA: Counselors Face Burnout As National Testing Drive Presses on

The Kenyan government has won praise for a national door-to-door HIV testing drive that aims to test 80 percent of the population for HIV/AIDS by the end of 2010, but once-enthusiastic counselors are beginning to show signs of burnout.

KENYA: Buckling Under the Financial Strain of Living with HIV

Maria Obonyo walked 70km from her home to the nearest hospital in western Kenya’s Bondo District to seek treatment for an uncomfortable rash but could not afford the $2 for the ointment the doctor recommended. “I know I need the drug, but...

South Africans Give Support to Government HIV Campaign

Gauteng’s chilly weather did not deter hundreds of South Africans from being a part of the country’s HIV, Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign launch at Natalspruit Hospital on Sunday. The campaign forms part of government’s new and...

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa Reveals He is HIV Negative.

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa is HIV negative. He announced his results during the launch of the HIV, Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign in the Natalspruit Hospital on Sunday. Zuma had taken his own HIV test on April 8 to promote the campaign. Zuma...

SOMALIA: HIV Education Goes to School

A new program is targeting about 800 primary and junior high school students in northwestern Somalia’s self-declared republic of Somaliland with HIV/AIDS messages for the first time. Read more of the story here at the IRIN news service: SOMALIA:...

Treatment First, Rape Case Number Later

Rape victims in South Africa will no longer need a case number before getting treatment at health institutions said Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Motsoaledi said when a rape victim arrives at a health institution, they won’t be asked to...

UCSF Study Finds Clinic-based HIV Prevention is Effective in Reducing Risk Behaviors

When they received risk assessment prevention counseling from their clinical providers, HIV patients showed a consistent decline in risky behavior over the 12-month study period. The researchers saw HIV patients cut almost in half their sexual risk behaviors:...

Community Acquired MRSA Infection Rates are 6 Times Greater in HIV Patients

A study, published in the April 1 issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, found the incidence of CA-MRSA in the Chicago area was six-fold higher among HIV-infected patients than it was among HIV-negative patients. Science Brief thanks to EurekAlert. Read...