people living with HIV/AIDS

AIDS Advocates Question Healthcare and Spending Cuts

Author image

by Diana Scholl

February 1, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

The stalemate on health reform and proposed cuts to social programs in the federal budget have AIDS advocates concerned about the Administration's commitment.
. . . . . . . . . .

Rwandan Officials Promote Condom Use

Author image

by Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

July 1, 2009 - 3:05pm (Print)

Just months after the Pope denounced
condom use in Africa, Rwanda’s Deputy Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jean
Damascene Ntawukuriryayo said that the answer to his country’s high
fertility rate, paired with a 52 percent poverty rate, is helping his
people to drop the stigma attached to condoms.

. . . . . . . . . .

HIV Crisis Looms in Kenya Amid Political Crisis

Author image

by Florence Machio, RH Reality Check, Africa

February 8, 2008 - 8:42am (Print)

Efforts to curtail the spread of HIV/AIDS are about to go to waste in Kenya, if the current political crisis is not dealt with fast. Widespread sexual violence, displacement, and lack of access to providers are all contributing to the spread of the disease.

. . . . . . . . . .
Syndicate content