AIDS/HIV
South Africa: How Can Someone Do This?
A 12-year-old HIV-positive girl from Gugulethu is in hospital after she was raped and stabbed in her bed, allegedly by her uncle who was looking after her while her grandmother was working the night shift. More »
Mozambique: Senior HIV/Aids Official Denies Making Anti-Gay Remarks
The Deputy Executive Secretary of Mozambique's National AIDS Council (CNCS), Diogo Milagre, has categorically denied making remarks earlier this week that accused gays and bisexuals of contributing to the spread of AIDS. More »
Nigeria: Reversing Bauchi's Poor Health Indices
Segun Awofadeji writes on the efforts by the wife of the Bauchi State governor to bring health-care facilities to not only the urban residents, but also to the rural people in order to stem the soaring rate of maternal/infant mortality as well as HIV/AIDS More »
Kenya: Former Health Minister to Be Quizzed Over Aids Billions
Former Health minister Charity Ngilu and a former PS, Dr Hezron Nyangito, are among Government officials who will be questioned over the missing Sh13 billion health funds. More »
Kenya: NGOs Investigate Billions of Missing Aids Funds
The two ministries responsible for health have come under the spotlight over the failure to account for Sh13 billion given by the Global Fund to fight Aids and malaria. More »
Botswana: Leadership Prize for Mogae
Lightening, they say, rarely strikes twice at the same place. But this apparent truism has been put to a lie with wins on two successive occasions of the annual Africa Prize for Good Leadership by two comparatively unheralded and not too continentally known ex-leaders, from the Southern African region. More »
Kenya: Committee On Ministry Funds to Give Report
The 11-member committee formed to investigate the disappearance of an estimated Sh13 billion in donor funds to the Health ministry has two weeks to present its report. More »
Uganda: 'Civil Society Non Entity in Global Fund Projects'
The involvement of Uganda's civil society in the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) which oversees the implementation of the Global Fund supported projects on HIV, tuberculosis and malaria is weak. More »
Uganda: Hope in Sight as Country Backs Convention on Disabled
Mr Fred Mafabi lost both his parents before he finished primary school. After the loss, he moved on to stay with an uncle who paid his fees until he completed primary school. But he says the uncle mistreated him so he moved to stay with an aunt. More »