The National Aids Commission (Nac) has revealed that last year nearly 30,000 Malawian babies were born with HIV, the virus that transmits Aids.
National Coordinator for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMCT), Michael Elia confirmed that this staggering figure was a result of the lack of specific interventions against mother to child transmission.
Elia said that the ministry of health has put in place some interventions to help change the situation this year.
The ministry of health is on a campaign to encourage all pregnant women to go for HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) to safeguard their lives and that of their unborn babies. read more
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Journalists and inventors rally against HIV/AIDS
Vietnamese journalists concerned about the country's HIV/AIDS epidemic launched an organisation that looks to educating the public about the disease, in Hanoi on August 15.
The competition aims to encourage ways of publicising the severity of the disease and encourage behavioural change by the community towards HIV/AIDS carriers and ways to reduce the impact of the virus on the country.
Meanwhile, the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Department reported that 130,000 people have been infected with HIV by the end of July. 26,000 people have full blown AIDS and 14,000 have died.read more
The competition aims to encourage ways of publicising the severity of the disease and encourage behavioural change by the community towards HIV/AIDS carriers and ways to reduce the impact of the virus on the country.
Meanwhile, the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Department reported that 130,000 people have been infected with HIV by the end of July. 26,000 people have full blown AIDS and 14,000 have died.read more
Army hospitals to handle AIDS more humanely
By IANS, [RxPG] New Delhi, Aug 16 - The doctors and nursing staff of army hospitals need to handle patients suffering from Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome - more sensitively and with a human face, Lt. Gen J. Jayaram, director general of the Armed Forces Medical Services - said Thursday.
He said the armed forces hospitals are taking help from National AIDS Control Organisation -, several NGOs and the Army Wives Welfare Association - in handling the health menace.
Maj. Gen. Shashi Bala, additional director general of the Military Nursing Service -, said that all hospitals need 'a human approach for the management of patients with HIV/AIDS'.
She also appealed to the nursing community of the armed forces 'to become fluent in the language of AIDS and handle patients with extreme sensitivity'read more
He said the armed forces hospitals are taking help from National AIDS Control Organisation -, several NGOs and the Army Wives Welfare Association - in handling the health menace.
Maj. Gen. Shashi Bala, additional director general of the Military Nursing Service -, said that all hospitals need 'a human approach for the management of patients with HIV/AIDS'.
She also appealed to the nursing community of the armed forces 'to become fluent in the language of AIDS and handle patients with extreme sensitivity'read more
Innovation Day encourages bright ideas on HIV/AIDS prevention
The Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control and World Bank yesterday launched Viet Nam Innovation Day, which this year has the theme of ‘Stop AIDS: keep the promise’.
Participation in the day’s activities is open to all organisations and individuals including local agencies and NGOs operating in the coun
try.
Innovation Day will also spotlight ways to more effectively carry out HIV/AIDS prevention and boost care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, especially against stigma and discrimination.
In another iniative, the Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control and Viet Nam Journalists’ Association yesterday opened a club for Vietnamese journalists reporting on HIV/AIDS issues and prevention work.read more
Participation in the day’s activities is open to all organisations and individuals including local agencies and NGOs operating in the coun
try.Innovation Day will also spotlight ways to more effectively carry out HIV/AIDS prevention and boost care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, especially against stigma and discrimination.
In another iniative, the Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control and Viet Nam Journalists’ Association yesterday opened a club for Vietnamese journalists reporting on HIV/AIDS issues and prevention work.read more
South Africa: Minister Has Reversed HIV Gains -- TAC
As condemnation of President Thabo Mbeki's decision to sack former deputy health minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge intensified yesterday, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) chairman Zackie Achmat accused Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang of having swiftly overturned gains the AIDS lobby group had made during her seven months of sick leave.
During the minister's long absence, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ncguka had instructed the health department to negotiate an agreement on the Westville prison case, which centres on HIV-infected prisoners' rights to treatment, and the Mathias Rath case, which centres on unregistered HIV medicines, he said. The minister and her director-general, Thami Mseleku, had subsequently reversed those instructions, he said.
The deputy president and Madlala-Routledge have been credited as the driving forces behind SA's new strategic AIDS plan, approved by the cabinet in March. However, Achmat said while Mlambo-Ngcuka had also urged officials to finalise a new policy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV that would replace single- dose nevirapine with a more effective regimen combining two drugs, this initiative had also been scuppered by the minister.read more
During the minister's long absence, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ncguka had instructed the health department to negotiate an agreement on the Westville prison case, which centres on HIV-infected prisoners' rights to treatment, and the Mathias Rath case, which centres on unregistered HIV medicines, he said. The minister and her director-general, Thami Mseleku, had subsequently reversed those instructions, he said.
The deputy president and Madlala-Routledge have been credited as the driving forces behind SA's new strategic AIDS plan, approved by the cabinet in March. However, Achmat said while Mlambo-Ngcuka had also urged officials to finalise a new policy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV that would replace single- dose nevirapine with a more effective regimen combining two drugs, this initiative had also been scuppered by the minister.read more
Nigeria: MTN Bonds With Communities in HIV Care
Again living up to its billing as Nigeria's leading Telecommunications Company, MTN Nigeria has launched a 21 day program with its communities. Known as 21 days of Y'ello Care.
The initiative is aimed at giving MTN staff an opportunity to volunteer their services in supporting community upliftment activities. MTN staff will physically participate in various activities such as clearing of drainages, tree planting, cleaning of public places and traffic control.
Other initiatives will include visits to hospitals and orphanages as well as career and counseling visits to high schools. In addition, MTN staff will enlighten the community about HIV/Aids while also visiting and interacting with people living with HIV/Aids.read more
The initiative is aimed at giving MTN staff an opportunity to volunteer their services in supporting community upliftment activities. MTN staff will physically participate in various activities such as clearing of drainages, tree planting, cleaning of public places and traffic control.
Other initiatives will include visits to hospitals and orphanages as well as career and counseling visits to high schools. In addition, MTN staff will enlighten the community about HIV/Aids while also visiting and interacting with people living with HIV/Aids.read more
BULGARIA TO APPLY FOR HIV/AIDS PREVENTION FUNDING
Bulgaria can apply for funding extension of six years before the Global Fund for Fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The funding would be for of HIV prevention activities from 2009 to 2015, Focus news agency reported.
The funding extension would be possible due to the high results achieved by the National Programme for Prevention of HIV/AIDS.
Bulgaria is the only country in the South-Eastern Europe which received three consecutive A category marks from the Fund over the past two years.
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The funding would be for of HIV prevention activities from 2009 to 2015, Focus news agency reported.
The funding extension would be possible due to the high results achieved by the National Programme for Prevention of HIV/AIDS.
Bulgaria is the only country in the South-Eastern Europe which received three consecutive A category marks from the Fund over the past two years.
read more
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