IPS Inter Press Service Feed Summary:
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to register high levels of HIV prevalence. By focusing on the most vulnerable and marginalized children who remain largely invisible in the epidemic, “Children on the Frontline” seeks to ensure that it can help shape policies and inform Africa’s leadership on the specific needs and issues facing children effected and affected by HIV/AIDS. IPS Africa reporters in East and Southern Africa will seek to humanize the impact of the pandemic, demonstrate the challenges and highlight the types of solutions that can contribute to improving children’s lives by focusing on:
• Prevention of mother to child transmission
• Providing paediatric treatment and care
• Preventing infection among adolescents and young people
• Protection and care for children affected by AIDS
IPS Inter Press Service - Children on the Frontline
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ZIMBABWE (29.07.2010 05:33h): Rural Children with HIV a ‘Lost Cause'
Eleven-year-old Irene Thembo* lies curled like a foetus on a white wooden bench for outpatients at a clinic in rural Zimbabwe. The orphan, whose parents died of HIV-related illnesses, is terribly sick. [
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SOUTHERN AFRICA (26.07.2010 07:14h): Youth Vulnerable to Violence
James Banda, 27, is an unemployed youth although he occasionally is hired to act as a bus conductor at Lusaka's Kulima Tower Bus Station. He may not have a permanent job, but it is easy to find him. Anyone looking for him just has to go to the bus station and ask. Everyone knows who he is. Banda, or ‘ba-Jay' as people call him, is a young man who commands a lot of respect from his friends – he is a thug for hire. [
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ZIMBABWE (23.07.2010 22:09h): Pregnant Teens Shun HIV Treatment for Fear of Stigmatisation
At a local maternity clinic in one of Bulawayo's high density suburbs, midwives are at pains to explain to a pregnant 15-year-old girl why she must be tested for HIV before she gives birth. [
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SOUTH AFRICA (18.07.2010 14:56h): Trauma of Children Caring for HIV-Positive Parents
Nine-year-old Nomasonto* had no choice but to switch roles with her mother and care for the HIV-positive woman who gave birth to her. Instead of worrying about homework and going out to play with her friends, Nomasonto's daily concerns were now a matter of life and death. [
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MALAWI (13.07.2010 04:08h): Concerns over Cost of New HIV/AIDS Treatment Regime
As government implements a new HIV/AIDS treatment regimen according to latest world standards, a major grouping of non-governmental organisations are concerned that the high cost of the new medication will mean government will no longer be able provide free treatment to as many people as before. [
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ZAMBIA (07.07.2010 18:19h): Parents' Fears Slowing Uptake of Paediatric AIDS Treatment
Diana Banda* is quickly running out of excuses to give her six-year-old son about why he has to take a schedule of drugs every day. [
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UGANDA (03.07.2010 07:00h): HIV-positive Teens Infecting Other Teens
HIV-positive Phiona* 19 had unprotected sex with her best friend and she prays that she did not infect him with the virus. She knew she should not have let it happen but Phiona was too scared to tell him her status, and the teenagers did not have access to condoms. [
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UGANDA (30.06.2010 18:20h): Too Young to Know, Yet Too Young to Die
Thirteen-year-old Jacinta Okello and her fellow primary school classmates call it "doing bad manners". But when you ask her what she knows about sex, she breaks into a shy smile, looks to her feet and giggles. [
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KENYA (28.06.2010 07:52h): Rural Parents Prevent HIV Transmission to their Children
When Samuel Mwangi's one-year-old HIV-positive son died five years ago, he thought the death of his child also meant the death of his family's legacy. "I wept. And to the bottom of my heart, I knew that that was the end of my generation," said HIV-positive Mwangi. [
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SWAZILAND (21.06.2010 07:10h): Focus on Infants in HIV Prevention
A proud mother, Nonhlanhla Mabuza cuddles her one-day-old baby boy, at the circumcision clinic of Raleigh Fitkin Memorial RFM Hospital. A day after delivering her second son, Thabiso Dlamini, the 20-year-old mother is not only beaming because she has just successfully delivered her tiny little tot – her bundle of joy has just undergone male circumcision. [
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ZIMBABWE (19.06.2010 02:19h): Learning to Survive the Mean Streets
Twelve-year-old Tapuwa Bakare* darts through the traffic as irate motorists hoot at him and the tyres of speeding vehicles screech to a halt to avoid hitting him. Miraculously, the box filled with sweets and chewing gum that he carries does not fall from his grasp. [
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SOUTH AFRICA (19.06.2010 02:19h): Tuberculosis in Children Neglected
Even though tuberculosis TB is a major cause for illness and mortality in children, South Africa lacks the political will to tackle the disease, health experts say. [
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SOUTH AFRICA (19.06.2010 02:19h): Lack of Quality Health Care Causes Rise in Orphans
Two small boys play quietly on a jungle gym, some distance away from other children. The six-year-old twins, who live at the Masigcine children's centre in Mfuleni township, 35 kilometres out of Cape Town, are severely traumatised from being orphaned at the age of one and have difficulty relating to their peers. [
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Q&A (19.06.2010 02:19h): National Study on Child Grant to Start
The department of social development hopes government will increase the child support grant based on the outcome of a rigorous nationwide study on the positive effects the grant has on South African society. [
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SOUTH AFRICA (19.06.2010 02:19h): Teenagers' Health at Tremendous Risk
"I sometimes drink alcohol because it makes things funny," 15-year-old Senelo* giggles shyly. "I go to unlicensed taverns. They sell alcohol without asking questions." [
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Q&A (19.06.2010 02:19h): The State of HIV Prevention Vaccines
An HIV vaccine is possible if the world works together as a global community with the objective of finding one, but it will take some years to develop. [
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HEALTH-KENYA (19.06.2010 02:19h): Funding Threatens AIDS Prevention
Pregnant mothers who are HIV-positive could soon find it challenging to access life-saving HIV drugs because Kenya was denied 270 million dollars in funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. [
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HEALTH-ZAMBIA (19.06.2010 02:19h): Government's SMS System for HIV Test Results
HIV-positive Bupe Mwamba, 22, lies next to her newborn baby girl at the rural clinic she just gave birth in and wonders if her baby is HIV-positive too. [
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ZAMBIA (19.06.2010 02:19h): School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success
Naomi Mulenga is determined to beat the odds by finishing her school education and becoming a nurse – despite being a teenage mother. [
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WEST AFRICA (19.06.2010 02:19h): Stopping the Polio Virus
The World Health Organisation WHO and its partners hope to eliminate the circulation of the polio virus in West Africa as soon as June by launching the first round of national synchronised immunisation days against the debilitating disease. [
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NAMIBIA (19.06.2010 02:19h): "If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It"
"At home we have a bar," says grade seven learner David Bravo* 14 . "When my mother puts on the music I cannot concentrate on my schoolwork anymore. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I just sit there and watch the people." [
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MALAWI (19.06.2010 02:19h): Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans
At the age of 66, village headman Kamwala of Dedza district in central Malawi is starting to feel the effects of ageing. He gets tired easily and needs frequent naps but says he cannot afford this luxury. He and his wife are caregivers to a one-year-old orphan. [
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SOUTH AFRICA (19.06.2010 02:19h): Gender Loses Out in Basic Education Crisis
With the 15th-year review of the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women taking place at the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women in New York, South African teachers and education experts say they fear that a special focus on the advancement of girls is getting lost amidst the growing levels of poverty in the country. [
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA (19.06.2010 02:19h): Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV
A world where all children are born free of HIV infection is possible in only five years if donors continue to fund global efforts to combat the virus. [
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SWAZILAND (19.06.2010 02:19h): Long-distance Learning Certificate for Caregivers
Every Tuesday you will find 70-year-old Precious Dlamini under a tree, weighing children and babies from her local community as she monitors their health and nutrition. [
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