In Zimbabwe, Fewer Affairs And Less HIV
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CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe -- It's not only the prices of bread and eggs that are out of control in Zimbabwe, land of 4,000 percent inflation. For the man inclined to cheat on his wife, these are trying times. Keeping a mistress, visiting a prostitute or even taking a girlfriend out for beers is simply...
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South Africa and other African nations hard hit by AIDS should consider a mass campaign to circumcise males to help stem the spread of the epidemic, researchers at a major AIDS conference in South Africa said.
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LONDON, Sep 1 (IPS) - The state of reproductive health is getting worse   in several African countries, a new 'report card'  prepared for a London  meet reveals.
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Southern Africa&#39;s AIDS crisis is undermining the region&#39;s young democracies as politicians die, voter rolls shrink and electoral shifts help to entrench ruling parties in power, a new study said on Thursday.
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MAPUTO, Mozambique - AIDS has sharply reduced life expectancy in Mozambique and threatens to derail reconstruction efforts after years of civil war in the southern African country, Health Ministry officials said Friday.
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The government proposed a five-year plan Wednesday to halve the number of new HIV infections in South Africa, saying it had failed to persuade young people to change their sexual habits.
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IBADAN, Nigeria -- Crude paintings of women and rows of dimly lit bedrooms make clear the purpose of a shabby building just off a main road in this sprawling city. But for the next year, this brothel will have another function as well: testing a drug that could help stop HIV infections before they begin.
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The number of HIV-positive women has increased rapidly worldwide over the past two years, according to a new United Nations (UN) study, but Pakistan is among countries where prevalence is low.
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A study finds circumcision does not reduce enjoyment of sex - a fear that has limited its use in tackling HIV.
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A U.N. study says that declines in AIDS in eight countries show that prevention programs work, but said prevention efforts have reached far too few of the people at risk.
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New rules requiring that condoms be tested before and after shipment to Uganda have caused a shortage of the rubber prophylactic, which the east African country credits for curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS, a senior health ministry official said.
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Johannesburg - The Aids pandemic in South Africa, which has affected 28% of the population, is stabilising, according to the latest statistics.
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The number of Indians affected by HIV/Aids may be lower than the UN estimate of 5.7 million, a study suggests.
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In the 25 years since the first HIV-AIDS cases came to light, some countries have started to check the spread of the disease, while others, especially those in southern Africa, have witnessed
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The number of HIV-positive people in India could be nearly two thirds lower than previously estimated, a senior official said on Thursday, as donors and government worked to establish the true figure.
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Ignoring social taboos in this  conservative nation, a Nepali radio program on safe sex is  spreading awareness against HIV/AIDS and offers life-saving  advice to young people who are vulnerable to the disease.
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JOHANNESBURG, 26 November (IRIN) - South African women with violent or controlling male partners run a higher risk of HIV infection, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal.