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The articles below are the most recent additions to the AIDS category of Africa InfoServ. To read an article, click on its title. To see more AIDS articles or to search a particular topic, click on Africa Archive. Articles marked with a magnifying glass ( ) are longer, more analytical pieces. To view a special collection of 33 HIV/AIDS posters from Africa, click on Poster Competition.

1.	More sterilizations of HIV-positive women uncovered
	Author: Correspondent	Date Written: 30 August 2010
	Primary Category: Health and AIDS	Document Origin: PlusNews
	Secondary Category: Gender	Source URL: http://www.plusnews.org
	Key Words: Sterilization, birth, PMCT, HIV/AIDS, women's rights
	Summary & Comment: Will justice ever be done for HIV positive women in Africa who have been sterilized without their knowledge and against their will? M. Makoni/CJW ed.
2.	Kenya: Attempts to modernise traditional circumcision rites
	Author: Susan Anyangu-Amu	Date Written: 24 August 2010
	Primary Category: Health and AIDS	Document Origin: Inter Press Service
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://ipsnews.net
	Key Words: Circumcision, HIV transmission, men, traditional rites
	Summary & Comment: Circumcision is a respected rite of passage in most African communities. However, the unhygienic conditions in which these procedures are undertaken often lead to life-threatening conditions for these young men. M.Makoni
3.	Mass circumcision possible in Africa
	Author: Munyaradzi Makoni	Date Written: 23 August 2010
	Primary Category: Health and AIDS	Document Origin: AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org
	Key Words: Male, health, settlement
	Summary & Comment: AIDS research suggests the use of circumcision saves the lives of millions in Africa and could save many more if it became more widespread. But before that is done, the conditions under which it is carried out needs to be monitored. M.Makoni/CJW
4.	Uganda: Breastfeeding dilemma for HIV-positive mothers
	Author: Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi	Date Written: 21 August 2010
	Primary Category: Health and AIDS	Document Origin: Inter Press Service
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://ipsnews.net
	Key Words: Babies, HIV infection, breastfeeding, WHO
	Summary & Comment: After giving birth to an HIV-negative baby when you are living with the virus, it is rather hard to accept that you can breastfeed without the risk of spreading the virus. New World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations that HIV-positive mothers on antiretroviral drugs can breastfeed are confusing. M.Makoni/CJW
5.	South Africa: High level of intimidation of physicians and nurses
	Author: Kerry Cullinan	Date Written: 20 August 2010
	Primary Category: Health and AIDS	Document Origin: Health-e news
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.health-e.org.za
	Key Words: Hospitals, doctors, children
	Summary & Comment: The right to press for better working conditions and wages has become the biggest threat to life for healthcare workers in South Africa. The government has resorted to court orders to arm-twist workers to return to work. M. Makoni/CJW
6.	Togo: Global Fund condoms had the thickness and sensitivity of a tyre
	Author: PlusNews, Johannesburg	Date Written: 19 August 2010
	Primary Category: Health and AIDS	Document Origin: IRIN/Plus News
	Secondary Category: Gender	Source URL: http://www.plusnews.org
	Key Words: HIV/AIDS, male, condoms, distribution, préservatifs masculins,
	Summary & Comment: Le francais suit. "We decided to find out what people liked and what they didn't like." The top three complaints were the smell, that they broke all the time, and that they were not lubricated enough; women said they were painful. We were surprised that people wanted to use condoms. Nous avons décidé que c’était pour nous une véritab . . . [expand]
7.	Swaziland: Finding ways to care for HIV orphans
	Author: Mantoe Phakathi	Date Written: 17 August 2010
	Primary Category: Health and AIDS	Document Origin: Inter Press News Service
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://ipsnews.net/africa
	Key Words: Community, children, school
	Summary & Comment: The faith-based organisation Cabrini Ministries has come to the aid of AIDS orphans in Swaziland. Their programme is successful because authorities work with guardians or parents of the children to create an environment of community. M.Makoni/CJW