Posts Tagged ‘AIDS’
One year of corruption in Africa = 704 million years of HIV treatment
At least according to the calculations of the Namibian* activists who made this video, the first in a series called “Lords of Bling.” Take a look if you want to know how many courses of TB or HIV treatment you could get for the money Uganda’s President Museveni pours into his private jet, Swaziland’s [...]
South Africa loses feisty AIDS activist, poignant digital diarist
This happened last week, but I only just caught up: 24-year-old Thembi Ngubane died last Thursday, after becoming an incredible force for fighting HIV/AIDS.
She did this in part by recording a year in her life living with AIDS, as part of Joe Richman’s Radio Diaries series. Her story starts:
“Every morning, when I wake up, [...]
Who does laundry for the Leader of the Free World?
This was one among many questions Bob Geldof had for George Bush. Geldof — you know, the guy behind retro-human-rights-cool “Live Aid” and modern-day-human-rights-chic “Live 8″ — flew on Air Force One as Bush hopped around Africa. He got some face-time with the president, and from it he made an interesting, punchy article [...]
A pretty drastic-sounding AIDS treatment
The Rwandan government recently decided to recommend male circumcision as a method of dealing with a rising AIDS rate. There have been studies that show the procedure reduces transmission from heterosexual contact by 50 percent or more, so now Rwandans–of all ages–are being encouraged to undergo the procedure.
A worry expressed in this news story [...]
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