http://en.redtram.com/ News on "HIV/AIDS"  everywhere Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:29:09 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 1849 | Africa: Women Shy Away From HIV Vaccine Trials http://en.redtram.com/go/236302933/top100/ 236302933 Fewer women compared to men are willing to participate in trials for a potential HIV/Aids vaccine, researchers revealed yesterday. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:35:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302933/top100/ 1849 | Uganda: Men Reluctant to Join in Home-Testing Drive http://en.redtram.com/go/236302926/top100/ 236302926 A home counselling and testing exercise in the northern Ugandan district of Apac has had a promising start, with more than 3,000 people being tested for HIV in the first month, health workers say. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:35:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302926/top100/ 1849 | Zimbabwe: '70 Percent Rape Victims Test HIV Positive' http://en.redtram.com/go/236302917/top100/ 236302917 About 70 percent of rape cases dealt with at Mashonaland East provincial magistrates' courts in Marondera have revealed that the victims are HIV positive, figures experts say reflect the situation prevailing nationwide. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:35:01 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302917/top100/ 1849 | Kenya: Country Gets Sh2 Billion U.S. Grant to Fight Aids http://en.redtram.com/go/236302909/top100/ 236302909 The US Government Wednesday boosted the fight against the Aids scourge in the country with a Sh2 billion (USD 25 million) grant to the Aids fund. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:34:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302909/top100/ 1849 | Uganda: 'Idle Kyoga Fishermen Spreading HIV' http://en.redtram.com/go/236302900/top100/ 236302900 DEPLETION of fish resources in Lake Kyoga has led to the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS among the communities living on the shores, the Nakasongola resident district commissioner, David Masereka, has said. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:34:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236302900/top100/ 1849 | Kenya: Aids Drug to Be Withdrawn http://en.redtram.com/go/236284747/top100/ 236284747 An Aids drug that causes adverse side-effects in patients will be phased out in the next three years. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:29:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284747/top100/ 1849 | South Africa: Zulu King Revives Male Circumcision http://en.redtram.com/go/236284741/top100/ 236284741 Members of the Zulu royal family are meeting with local authorities in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal Province to discuss making male circumcision services available at public hospitals in a bid to reduce HIV infections. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:29:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284741/top100/ 1849 | Africa: Aids Vaccine Programme Comes Home http://en.redtram.com/go/236284737/top100/ 236284737 In what is being hailed as a boost for African involvement in AIDS research, Uganda has been selected to host the African AIDS Vaccine Programme (AAVP), formerly based in Geneva, Switzerland. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:29:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284737/top100/ 1849 | Africa: Unitaid Greenlights Patent Pool for Aids Drugs http://en.redtram.com/go/236284732/top100/ 236284732 The executive board of UNITAID, the international health financing agency, has approved the establishment of a patent pool for HIV/AIDS medication, a decision AIDS activists say will go a long way in helping poor nations achieve universal access to treatment. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:28:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284732/top100/ 1849 | Rwanda: Nyarugenge Gears for Mass HIV Sensitisation http://en.redtram.com/go/236284727/top100/ 236284727 Rwanda Allied for Peace and Progress (RAPP) in partnership with Population Service International (PSI Rwanda) is organizing a three-week mass sensitization on HIV-AIDS in Nyarugenge district. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:28:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284727/top100/ 1849 | Nigeria: HIV/Aids Workshop Begins in Abuja http://en.redtram.com/go/236284721/top100/ 236284721 A five-day training workshop on HIV/AIDS has commenced at the Abuja National Mosque. The programme is organised for Muslim Umma by the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in conjunction with National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA). Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:28:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284721/top100/ 1849 | Nigeria: Turai Blames Rising HIV Infection On Dearth of Information http://en.redtram.com/go/236284716/top100/ 236284716 NIGERIAN First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yar'Adua has attributed the rise of HIV infection in the country to lack of knowledge brought about by dearth of information. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:28:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284716/top100/ 1849 | Uganda: Mrs. Museveni Advises African Scientists on HIV Vaccine http://en.redtram.com/go/236284710/top100/ 236284710 THE First Lady, Janet Museveni, has said there must be full participation of African scientists in research if the discovery of an AIDS vaccine is to become a reality. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:27:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284710/top100/ 1849 | Uganda: Country to Host Aids Vaccine Centre http://en.redtram.com/go/236284701/top100/ 236284701 UGANDA has been chosen as the headquarters of the body that will co-ordinate AIDS vaccine research in Africa. The programme was formerly hosted in Geneva under the World Health Organisation and UNAIDS. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:27:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284701/top100/