Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) -- Three non-governmental organisations in Botswana hav e joined forces in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, signing a partnershi p with the African comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP). Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- The Liberian senate is debating a bill, already passe d by the lower chamber -- the House of Representatives -- seeking to protect peo p le living with HIV/AIDS in the country. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Pan African News Agency correspondent in Paris, Seidi k Abba, has published in Paris, France, an essay titled "Niger at grips with Aid s : strong and weak points of the national strategy against the pandemic". Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Health and Social Services Commission of the Parliamen t of the Economic Community of West African States (CEDEAO) recently organised a public awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in the zone of Hérémokono - Koloko at the border between Mali and Burkina Faso, official sources told PANA h e re. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Health and Social Services Commission of the Parliamen t of the Economic Community of West African States (CEDEAO) recently organised a public awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in the zone of Hérémokono - Koloko at the border between Mali and Burkina Faso, official sources told PANA h e re. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The 15th edition of the international conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) will be held in Dakar, th e Senegalese capital, from 3 to 7 December, organisers told PANA Thursday. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Efforts to contain the HIV/AIDS pandemic seem to be dampening as many countries that had emerged as success stories are recording increasing prevalence rate, Ugandan AIDS Commission officials said. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Some enterprises in Swaziland have been cited as leading examples in bringing the fight against HIV/AIDS to the workplace, according to a new film and report from the International Labour Organization (ILO), to be released Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has registered remarkable achievements in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases, according to the church's patriarch, Abune Paulos. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Extra marital sex is dealing a negative blow on Uganda' s adult population, as married Ugandans over 30 years have a higher risk of cont r acting HIV /AIDS than their single counterparts, according to the UNAIDS 2008 gl o bal epidemic report. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- Health advocates at the just-concluded XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico have said the industrialised countries are falling short of their goal of universal HIV treatment by 2010. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Prejudice against people living with HIV/AIDS makes them a fraid to speak out and allows the disease to make its deadly impact around the g l obe, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Former President of Botswana, Festus Mogae, who won international praise for his battle against the HIV epidemic in his country, has launched “Champions for an HIV-free Generation,” a group of renowned African leaders calling for their peers to rethink and step up efforts to prevent the spread of HIV. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Managers of Ghana's HIV/AIDS- programme have voiced cautiou s optimism in gains made in the war against the pandemic saying although the pre v alence rate is sliding, it is too early to heave a sigh of relief. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- The number of people killed by AIDS-related deaths reduced for a second straight year in 2007 after rising for more than two decades, due t o intensified global efforts to fight the scourge, according to a UN agency repo r t released here Tuesday. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The provision of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has lower ed HIV/AIDS-related hospital admissions and reduced stress levels among health c a re workers, a study released here has revealed. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- More Kenyans are getting infected with the HIV virus even though more than 25 million of them are not aware of their health status. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Germany Monday joined the Common Fund for the Fight against AIDS in Mozambique and contributed one million euros (about US$ 1. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says combating AIDS will be a top priority on his first official visit to Mexico, scheduled to begin on 3 August. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Unless governments act to end the human rights abuses fu elling the spread of HIV, little progress will be made towards addressing the gl o bal epidemic, some 400 AIDS and human rights organisations have charged. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has dispelled speculations that the anti-retroviral drugs being used in the country may not be as potent as the ones being used in developed countries. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe said Tuesday it would introduce a new AIDS dr ug to curb HIV-related turberculosis (TB). Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambique should be able to absorb and make good us e of the existing financial resources allocated for the fight against HIV/AIDS, i f these activities are to be sustainable. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Ivorian reggae stars Alpha Blondy and Tiken Jah Fakoly, a mong other singers, will perform in a concert here Friday to celebrate the 10th " Solidays" Festival, which proceeds are used every year to finance AIDS control p r ojects in France and about 20 other countries. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Secondary School Teachers Union of Zambia (Sestuz) h as said about 600 teachers die annually from HIV/AIDS-related illness. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Civil society organisations united in the fight agai nst HIV/AIDS in Mozambique have expressed their commitment to contribute to harm o nise all national strategies against the pandemic. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Kenya has fallen below 6 per cent, a senior executive of international pharmaceutical firm, GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK), said here Tuesday. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- People living with HIV/AIDS in Congo Tuesday denounc ed the "shortage" of the Anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), the Congolese state-owned radio announced here. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Programmes to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic should be sustainable in order to reduce dependence on donors and the vulnerability of cou n tries to any kind of political manipulation or pressure. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambican communities should be effectively involve d in the fight against HIV/AIDS since their exclusion could cause some social an d economic instability in the country, the country's association of networks agai n st the pandemic said Friday. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Civil society bodies, affiliated to the Mozambican N etwork of Associations against HIV/AIDS (MONASO), say they are not satisfied wit h the government's response to the epidemic. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The number of HIV-positive Mozambicans receiving the life- prolonging anti-retroviral therapy has risen by over 1,500 per cent within the l a st three years. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- In just over three years, Mozambique has increased the num ber of HIV-positive people receiving the life-prolonging anti-retroviral therapy by over 1,500 per cent. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The world has made "important achievements" in its quest t o obtain universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010 demonstrating what can be done where there is sufficient political will, Secreta r y-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly on Tuesday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Cultural factors in Africa, including gender inequalit ies, wife inheritance and some sexual practices, need to change and be better un d erstood if the fight against HIV/AIDS is to be more effective, according to a ne w United Nations report. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated 5 million male condoms to the National AIDS Control Council(SEP/CNLS) in Congo, an official source here told PANA on Thursday. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Although the HIV/AIDS prevalence in Zambia has reduced f rom 15. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The HIV/AIDS prevalence in Zambia has reduced from 15. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese minister of health, Dr Safiétou Thiam, on Mon day opened the scientific day on the history of research on AIDS (ANRS) in Dakar with a call on researchers worldwide to collaborate in efforts on HIV/AIDS issue s . Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese minister of health, Dr Safiétou Thiam, on Mon day opened the scientific day on the history of research on AIDS (ANRS) in Dakar with a call on researchers worldwide to collaborate in efforts on HIV/AIDS issue s . Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egyptian security officials arrested at least nine members of the banned opposition Muslim Brotherhood movement, the group said Sunday as t he Police have also confirmed that early morning raids had taken place. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Director of the support team to UNAIDS regions for A frica, Békélé Grunitzky, said on Thursday in Dakar that there cannot be a respon s e to AIDS without an enhanced health system. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The workshop intended to introduce lessons on HIV/AIDS in African schools of journalism and communication, which started here Tuesday, is m eant to evaluate information processing on AIDS in the West African media. Full text...

Washington- USA (PANA) -- A new World Bank report launched Wednesday said African countries must continue to champion HIV prevention efforts to slow and reverse the rate of new HIV infections, so that HIV/AIDS will remain for the foreseeable future, an unprecedented economic, social and human challenge to sub-Saharan Africa. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- In a meeting with a UN delegation, led by Region al Director Mark Sterling. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The DR Congo and partners (National Multisectoral Aids Control Programme,UNICEF,USAID and the Health Policy Initiative) are proposing to organise sensitisation workshops this month on the harmful consequences of HIV/AIDS, particularly for children. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The Congolese government on Thursday adopted in Braz zaville a new national strategic framework against HIV/AIDS for the 2009-2013 pe r iod to reduce the prevalence of the disease and improve the treatment of people l iving with HIV, officials said. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Though Africa is making good progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the epidemic threatens more the growth and survival of teenage girls than young men of the same age, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot has warned. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A concerned Nigerian citizen, Ikechukwu Nwabufor, has alleged that Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS are being killed by some medical doctors in Libya, according to a report in the private Punch newspaper Tuesday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Major actors in the worldwide struggle against the HIV/AID S pandemic will share experiences of how partnerships can expand the reach of th e ir programmes at a meeting co-sponsored by the United Nations this June in Ugand a , where the infection rate has been slowed and around half those infected reache d by treatment. Full text...