A broader coalition of government and non-governmental actors need to work together to find a soluti …
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Read moreMany people around the world shy away from accessing HIV testing and treatment because they fear that if their status is known, they will be ostracized. Keresa Arnold, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kingston, Jamaica, recently helped produce two documentaries that dispel myths about HIV and Aids. In a 2008 article in the Washington Times, …
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Many people around the world shy away from accessing HIV testing and treatment because they fear that if their status is known, they will be ostracized. Keresa Arnold, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kingston, Jamaica, recently helped produce two documentaries that dispel myths about HIV and Aids. In a 2008 article in the Washington Times, …
"We heard stories of people with HIV being abandoned by family" Read More »
It’s been a roller coaster of a year in HIV and AIDS. AIDS turned 30 in 2011, and with new evidence of the effectiveness of HIV treatment as prevention, experts are increasingly talking about “the end of AIDS”. At the same time, however, funding for HIV has become ever more uncertain, jeopardizing efforts to put …
Sarika Katoch, our former RYC Chair from Asia region, has been selected in the final 10 most outstanding youth achievers below 30 years by the Hindustan Times. Katoch has spread awareness about HIV/AIDS in the rural villages of Kangra valley, establishing more than 80 Red Ribbon Clubs in villages. Her contributions to rural development have …
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Creating uniforms for people living with HIV is a questionable proposal, writes Lyn-Marie Blackman, a 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados, who argues the concept could do more damage than good. The well-noted HIV pandemic has been around for the past thirty years. However, HIV has now been deemed a chronic illness, which means that an individual …
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Testing is an essential step in fighting the HIV health epidemic, writes Lyn-Marie Blackman, 28, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados, but it is a step she says too many in Barbados avoid out of fear or false security. The HIV epidemic has been with us for the past three decades with still no known cure. HIV …
"Why so late to take this vital test, Barbados?" Read More »
With the population of persons affected by HIV and AIDS still growing, Angelique Pouponneau, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from the Seychelles, looks at discrimination that can still hamper productive lives. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there were approximately 36.9 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2014. Of these 2.6 million …
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A broader coalition of government and non-governmental actors need to work together to find a solution to the problem of HIV/AIDS in Uganda, writes Munguongeyo Ivan, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kampala. Despite marked progress in reducing the new onset of HIV infections in Uganda, particularly among children, the country continues to bear a high …
“New cultural, social approaches are necessary to fight HIV/AIDS in Uganda” Read More »
Lack of health education is one of factors feeding the high incidence of HIV/AIDS in one district in his country, argues Erisa Sserwaddad, 23 a correspondent from Kampala, Uganda who says government and other community based organizations need to act with urgency to address the needs of the fishing communities in Hoima district, Uganda. Despite …
Access to antiretroviral drugs may be increasing, but at least one vulnerable population is still excluded from health services in some communities and countries. McPherlain Chungu, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Zambia has interviewed someone facing this reality.Chungu argues that we should not get carried away celebrating the good work of the past and lose …
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