Stigmabase | HIV

Over 1 million HIV infections "averted" among children  -  An estimated 1.1 million HIV infections among children under 15 years old ... Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa and Ghana.

South African HIV activists try to shift focus to prevention   - In South Africa , the battle against H-I-V continues (is far from won). These activists on the streets Daveyton, a township outside Johannesburg, want to ...

Securing health systems for the future   - Though the U.S. witnessed its first case of HIV in 1981, the HIV /AIDS ... Since its initial appearance in West Africa , AIDS has taken 39 million lives.

World Aids Day: the role of business in HIV /Aids treatment and education  - The frontline for companies is their workforce. Large employers in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions where HIV /Aids rates remain stubbornly high, ...

How tech startups in Africa can help the fight against HIV /AIDS  - More than 70% of people living with HIV are in Africa , the country is also responsible for over 90% of children living with the virus. In 2012 alone, about ...

Aids pandemic has reached tipping point'  - By far the greatest part of the HIV and Aids burden is in sub-Saharan Africa . The Aids pandemic began more than 30 years ago and has killed up to 40 ...

Managing HIV in the workplace  - In South Africa , about 11 million people work in the formal and informal sectors, with most working in SME's. This reflects the key role of the SME sector ...

Africa making progress, but HIV fight still on - She is keen to highlight progress made in HIV /AIDS treatment and prevention on the continent. She also wants the enormous challenges that Africa  ...  -

Homophobe who smashed gay flatmate with hammer gets increased jail sentence   - I hope the increased sentence of 19 years sends out a clear message that attacks motivated by homophobia will be dealt with by long prison ...

World Aids Day 2014: How Close Are We to Finding a Cure for HIV ?  - If you look at HIV infections by region, while there has been a slight ... the rise in the European Union, North America, North Africa and the Middle East .

South African Lesbian Murdered, Body Defiled In Horrid "Corrective" Rape: Today In Gay   - The character also appeared in the alternate-future title Life With Archie, as a gay senator with an African -American husband. Look for preview artwork ...

Gambia reissues anti- gay rhetoric   - The Gambia government has restated its position on the culture of homosexuality vowing that it will not entertain dialogue with the European Union on ...

Nigerian Writer: Country's Anti- gay Law Driving Gays Into Shadows   - Dibia said gay people in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa are increasingly fearful of “outing” themselves because of laws and other repressive ...

Cultural homophobia prompts HIV spike among Asian Kiwis  - Not being "out" with their homosexuality, "cultural homophobia " and being less connected to the gay scene is resulting in a spike in numbers of Asians ...

Lesbian couple frustrated by Rabbinical Court's homophobia   - Lesbian couple frustrated by Rabbinical Court's homophobia . Ombudsman refuses to intervene in rabbis' decision to bar women from meeting in the ...

Two fans banned from all Twickenham rugby matches over homophobic abuse   - Following an investigation into homophobia , two fans have been banned from all rugby matches at Twickenham. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) ...

Record mass gay wedding takes place in Brazil   - It was the fifth mass event organised by lobby group Rio Sem Homofobia (Rio Without Homophobia ), in conjunction with the Rio de Janeiro State ...