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Rural Children with HIV a ‘Lost Cause’

Wed, Jul 28, 2010

GURUVE, Zimbabwe, (IPS) - Eleven-year-old Irene Thembo* lies curled like a foetus on a white wooden bench for outpatients at a clinic in rural Zimbabwe. The orphan, whose parents died of HIV-related illnesses, is terribly sick.

Safer sex by young in Africa drives HIV rates down

by Reuters

Tue, Jul 27, 2010

Young people in Africa are leading a "revolution" in HIV prevention and driving down rates of the disease by having safer sex and fewer sexual partners, the United Nations AIDS programme said on Tuesday.

Roundup: Zimbabwe takes new policy to arrest HIV prevalence in single digit

Roundup: Zimbabwe takes new policy to arrest HIV prevalence in single digit

Wed, Jul 21, 2010

HARARE, -- The Zimbabwean government is taking new measures to arrest the HIV prevalence in a single digit, despite that the country has been commended for its national response to HIV which has seen the country recording a decline in prevalence over the past decade.

Zimbabwe targets 30,000 for circumcision

by AFP

Tue, Jul 20, 2010

THOMAS Mukone wonders exactly how he would tell his wife that he wants a circumcision at age 41, even with the government in Zimbabwe urging adult men to get snipped to slow the spread of AIDS.

New treatment guidelines yet to be implemented

by IRIN

Mon, Jul 19, 2010

HARARE, (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's government has adopted new guidelines set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for treating people living with HIV, but there may not be enough money to implement them.