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UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
KAMPALA - HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of their status because she refuses have them tested.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Fugitives in Their Own Country
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
KAMPALA - Every morning Pepe Julian Onziema wakes up not knowing if she will live to see another rising sun. Onziema is transgender and she lives in fear for her life because of a national campaign against gay people.
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ZIMBABWE: Training Teachers to Cope with HIV-positive Students
By Vusumuzi Sifile
HARARE - Eleven-year-old Memory’s grandmother wanted her to drop out of school because she is not going to live long enough to complete her studies. And the ridicule and stigma Memory endures at school because of her HIV status does not make her education seem worthwhile. Especially since this ridicule comes from her teacher.
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SOUTH AFRICA: HIV Stigma Persists
By Kristin Palitza
LOUWVILLE, South Africa - HIV-related stigma and discrimination remain a key concern in South Africa, despite the multitude of HIV awareness campaigns that have been launched by government and civil society organisations throughout the years, health experts say.
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HEALTH-EUROPE: 'Czech Attitudes to HIV/AIDS Risky'
By Pavol Stracansky
PRAGUE - Complacency and ignorance over the risks posed by HIV and AIDS are threatening to send infection rates soaring in the Czech Republic, health authorities.
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ZAMBIA: Justice Delayed Becoming Justice Denied
By Lewis Mwanangombe
LUSAKA - Harry Mubita was tired of his wretched condition in prison. He had been in Lusaka Central Prison for more than a year, and still there was no sign that his theft case would be heard.
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RIGHTS-AFRICA: Judges Address How Law Can Assist HIV Response
By Saaleha Bamjee-Mayet
JOHANNESBURG - In Ghana, because the stigmatisation against gay men is so great, many are forced to have sexual relationships with women to escape prejudice and homophobic violence.
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POLITICS: Zimbabwe Blasted for Condoning "Sexual Terror"
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - Zimbabwe’s ruling political party has been accused of launching a "widespread and systematic campaign of rape and sexual terror" aimed at intimidating opponents and voters in the troubled African nation, according to a new report released here.
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RIGHTS-ZIMBABWE: Mugabe Orchestrated Rape - AIDS-Free World report
By Sholain Govender-Bateman
JOHANNESBURG - "When the tenth man finished raping me they said they were going to rape my daughter. I cried out but I could not even stand up at this time...they raped my daughter (while) I was there and I couldn’t do anything to stop them. My daughter was five years old..."
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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Anti-homosexuality Bill Means 'Targeted Killings'
By Wambi Michael
KAMPALA - Uganda will be going back to the days of the Idi Amin regime if it passes a Bill which will arrest or kill people for being gay or lesbian and for repeatedly engaging in homosexual sex, say rights activists.
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Q&A: Punitive Laws Problematic For HIV Response - UNAIDS
Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi interviews UNAIDS senior advisor for human rights and law, SUSAN TIMBERLAKE, on the criminalisation of HIV transmission.
ARUSHA - The East African Community is currently developing a law to guide the region’s response to HIV/AIDS. The move comes ahead of the commencement of the East Africa common market protocol.
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EAST AFRICA: No Laws to Fight HIV Stigma in Schools
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
ARUSHA - Although he was born with the virus, it was only 15 years after his birth that Robert* and his family discovered he was HIV-positive.
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EAST AFRICA: Move Towards Common HIV/AIDS Law
By Wambi Michael
ARUSHA - All HIV-positive east Africans could soon access free anti-retroviral treatment even as they move freely from country to country, if a new proposed law comes into effect.
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