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Male circumcision programme suffers setback

KISUMU, 2 March 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Kenya's most recent male circumcision rapid results initiative failed to meet its target, and officials are stepping up efforts to identify and fix the problems that could foil the government's campaign to circumcise more than one million men by 2013. full report

TANZANIA: Good progress in male circumcision campaign

DAR ES SALAAM, 18 January 2012 (PlusNews Global) - The demand for medical male circumcision is growing among Tanzania's non-circumcising communities, and officials say the country is on track to surpass its goal of reaching 2.8 million men by 2015. full report

RWANDA: Aiming towards two million medical male circumcisions

KIGALI, 9 January 2012 (PlusNews Global) - This will be a busy year for Rwanda's health centres as the country attempts to reach its goal of medically circumcising 50 percent of men by June 2013 as part of HIV prevention efforts. full report

TANZANIA: Government recalls faulty HIV test kits

DAR ES SALAAM, 6 January 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Tanzanian health authorities have announced the withdrawal of a South Korean HIV test kit from circulation following warnings about its poor quality. full report

KENYA: New guidelines follow recall of faulty HIV test

NAIROBI, 5 January 2012 (PlusNews Global) - The Kenyan government has changed its HIV testing algorithm following the withdrawal of a widely used brand of HIV test on warnings from UN World Health Organization. full report

ETHIOPIA: New PMTCT plan needs men

ADDIS ABABA, 4 January 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Ethiopia's new plan to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015 cannot be attained unless men are more meaningfully involved in reproductive health, experts say. full report

HIV/AIDS: Ten big stories in 2011

NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG, 29 December 2011 (PlusNews Global) - 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 new, life-saving science into action. full report

HIV/AIDS: Five faces we were watching in 2011

NAIROBI, 27 December 2011 (PlusNews Global) - From scientific breakthroughs to herbal "cures", HIV was never far from the headlines in 2011. full report

UGANDA: Challenging plan to eliminate mother-to-child transmission

KAMPALA, 15 December 2011 (PlusNews Global) - A plan to virtually eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda by 2015 by adopting a more cost-effective treatment regimen, beefing up health infrastructure and increasing women's access to family planning, comes with high expectations and significant challenges. full report

HIV/AIDS: Obama applauded for new treatment pledge

NAIROBI, 2 December 2011 (PlusNews Global) - AIDS activists have welcomed a pledge by US President Barack Obama to provide antiretroviral treatment to some six million people globally by 2013, an increase of two million on the previous target. full report
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