This week's top news stories from the Consortium on AIDS & International Development

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News Stories

14 January 2010: PlusNews
Uganda: Museveni distances himself from "cruel" anti-gay bill
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has indicated he will not back a bill that would impose the death sentence for the crime of "aggravated homosexuality…More

14 January 2010: AfricaFiles
Uganda: A human rights impact assessment of the anti-homosexuality bill
“I suggest that Hon. Bahati‘s bill be quietly forgotten. It is no more or less than an embarrassment to our intelligence, our sense of justice and our hearts”…More

11 January 2010: PlusNews
Mozambique: Reaching the handicapped with HIV prevention
“People with disabilities are a part of this world and are also victims of the misfortunes that befall this society"…More

8 January 2010: The Times of India
India: Delhi govt to announce facilities for HIV/AIDS patients
To provide relief to HIV patients, the Delhi Government will soon announce a host of facilities like free travel in DTC buses and nutritional support to them…More

8 January 2010: The Guardian
HIV patent pool
“We welcome Dominique Limet's offer of support for Unitaid's recently approved plan for a HIV drug patent pool”, says Diarmaid McDonald of the Stop Aids Campaign…More

8 January 2010: aidsmap
DetecTB study shows intensified case finding can reduce burden of TB within community with high HIV prevalence…More

7 January 2010: aidsmap
Partners in Health encourages better payment and training of community healthcare workers, reform of “clinical hierarchy”…More

7 January 2010: Christian Post Reporter
World Vision: Anti-Gay Bill Could Undermine HIV/AIDS Work
One of World Vision's prevention models aims to reduce any stigma which may deter people from seeking to know their HIV status…More

5 January 2010: The Guardian
Disabled people in Katine targeted in HIV/Aids awareness campaign
"Our main aim is to avert the myth that people with disabilities are not sexually active, and are, therefore, HIV/Aids free"…More

5 January 2010: aidsmap
Starting HIV treatment reduces risk of death from all causes; additional benefits if treatment started sooner…More

5 January 2010: PlusNews
Zambia: HIV testing services missing the mark
New research has found that Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) services in Zambia are squandering the opportunity to reach clients with information about how to reduce their HIV risk…More

Research/Journal

AIDS: 2 January 2010 - Volume 24 - Issue 1
Acceptability and challenges of implementing voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) in rural Zimbabwe: evidence from the Regai Dzive Shiri Project…More

AIDS: 2 January 2010 - Volume 24 - Issue 1
Orphans of the AIDS epidemic? The extent, nature and circumstances of child-headed households in South Africa…More

AIDS: 2 January 2010 - Volume 24 - Issue 1
The effect of combined antiretroviral therapy on the overall mortality of HIV-infected individuals…More

AIDS: 2 January 2010 - Volume 24 - Issue 1
HIV prevention intervention to reduce HIV-related stigma: evidence from China…More

AIDS: 2 January 2010 - Volume 24 - Issue 1
Antiretroviral treatment changes in adults from Cote d'Ivoire: the roles of tuberculosis and pregnancy…More

AIDS Care, Volume 22, Issue 1 January 2010
Beliefs about transmission risk and vulnerability, treatment adherence, and sexual risk behavior among a sample of HIV-positive men who have sex with men…More

AIDS Care, Volume 22, Issue 1 January 2010
Life in institutional care: the voices of children in a residential facility in Botswana…More

AIDS Care, Volume 22, Issue 1 January 2010
Healthcare infrastructure and emotional support are predictors of CD4 cell counts and quality of life indices of patients on antiretroviral treatment in Free State Province, South Africa…More

Keywords: HIV/AIDS Stigma TB Uganda

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