IRIN PlusNews Weekly Issue 314, 15 December 2006

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AFRICA: IRIN PlusNews Weekly Issue 314, 15 December 2006

NEWS

AFRICA: More proof that a snip in time could save men from HIV

ANGOLA: Enthusiastic caregivers and silent sufferers

ANGOLA: " Witchcraft " an excuse for child abuse

KENYA: Urgent action needed to avert resistant TB - activists

SWAZILAND: Nurses fleeing the HIV/AIDS frontline

ZAMBIA: Help for child-headed homes

ZIMBABWE: Another setback for anti-AIDS treatment

ZIMBABWE: Sick economy fuels growth of fake drug market

IRAQ: Shortage of antiretroviral drugs in Kurdistan

DRC: An untapped supply of HIV/AIDS treatment

EVENTS

1. HIV/AIDS and its Impact on Business in Africa - 22 to 25 January 2007

2. 3rd South African AIDS Conference 2007 Durban - (call for abstracts)

RESOURCES

1. Act, Learn and Teach: Theatre and HIV/AIDS (Youth toolkit)

VACANCIES

1. Temporary Research Support Officer - Brighton, UK

2. Program Officer - Nairobi, Kenya

NEWS

AFRICA: More proof that a snip in time could save men from HIV

American research bodies have called an early halt to trials of adult male

circumcision in Kenya and Uganda after results showed that men who had undergone

the procedure dramatically lowered their risk of contracting the HI virus.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the

National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced an early end to two clinical

trials of adult male circumcision after an interim review of the data revealed

that medically performed circumcision significantly reduced a man's risk of

acquiring HIV from having heterosexual intercourse.

The trial involving almost 3,000 HIV-negative men in Kisumu, in the western

highlands of Kenya, showed a 53 percent reduction in contracting HIV among those

who were circumcised, while a trial with about 5,000 HIV-negative men in the

Rakai District of central Uganda showed that HIV acquisition fell by 48 percent

in circumcised men.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/AIDSreport.asp?ReportID=6613

ANGOLA: Enthusiastic caregivers and silent sufferers

Fear of stigmatisation in Angola is keeping people living with HIV/AIDS in

hiding. Caregivers are more than willing to help but are having a hard time

finding patients to take care of.

" People prefer to keep silent and to die in silence, " Ambrósio Cabral,

coordinator of Angola's Red Cross HIV/AIDS programme, told IRIN/PlusNews.

Cabinda, Angola's oil-rich northern enclave, has a population of 350,000 and a

3.2 percent HIV infection rate. Out of the 16 homecare workers trained in the

province this year, only five have work and care for a total of 12 people

between them.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6611

ANGOLA: " Witchcraft " an excuse for child abuse

Makiesse means " happiness " in Kikongo, a language spoken in northern Angola. But

the early childhood of 10-year-old Makiesse Jonas was far from joyous.

When he was aged just six, his stepmother accused him of conjuring up the

sickness that killed his father. He was beaten everyday, and forced to undergo a

purification ritual which included fasting, being whipped and secluded.

" I said that I wasn't a wizard, that maybe the wizard used my face at night. But

no one believed me, " Jonas told IRIN/PlusNews.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6610

KENYA: Urgent action needed to avert resistant TB - activists

Kenya risks falling victim to new, drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB),

found elsewhere on the continent, if the government fails to take the TB

epidemic more seriously, activists have warned.

" Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extremely drug-resistant (XDR) TB are a direct

consequence of non-adherence to treatment regimens, " Dr Ignatius Kibe, a

contagious disease expert and member of the Kenya AIDS NGO Coalition (KANCO),

told PlusNews.

" More resources must be pumped into prevention of non-adherence. "

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6608

SWAZILAND: Nurses fleeing the HIV/AIDS frontline

Swaziland is dying. Will the last nurse on duty please turn off the lights? "

reads a handwritten note at a clinic in Manzini, the country's AIDS-hit

commercial centre, 35km southeast of the capital, Mbabane.

The wry note disguises the pain of Swaziland's diminishing number of nurses and

hints at the reason why their colleagues have fled the country to offer their

services elsewhere.

" The working conditions, the lack of basic necessities to treat people and all

the dying: it is demoralising, " said a nurse, 28, who asked that her name not be

used. " It's not just the money - it is hard to watch people die and you are

helpless to do anything about it because there are no drugs or other things [to

treat them]. "

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6604

ZAMBIA: Help for child-headed homes

Zambia is grappling with the growing problem of thousands of child-headed homes,

created by one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world.

Kapiri Mposhi, a commercial hub in central Zambia, about 200km north of the

capital, Lusaka, has one of the highest levels of HIV prevalence in the country

and a significant number of child-headed homes. UNAIDS estimates the national

HIV rate at 17 percent.

" Because it is a transport hub, frequented by truckers, the town has become a

commercial sex centre with a high HIV/AIDS prevalence rate, " said Zulu, a

spokesman for the Zambia Red Cross Society, which runs programmes supporting

child-headed households.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/AIDSreport.asp?ReportID=6602

ZIMBABWE: Another setback for anti-AIDS treatment

Zimbabwe's health minister, HIV/AIDS activists and health experts have all

warned that a recent increase in the cost of CD4 tests, which measure the

strength of the immune system, will negatively affect the already ailing

national AIDS treatment programme.

The tests are essential to assess the degree to which an immune system has been

compromised by the virus, and one of the most important tools for deciding when

someone should begin antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. CD4 cell testing is also

used to determine the efficacy of ARV therapy.

According to health minister Parirenyatwa, the scarcity of testing centres

in Zimbabwe has allowed the few available ones to charge astronomical fees.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/AIDSreport.asp?ReportID=6614

ZIMBABWE: Sick economy fuels growth of fake drug market

Zimbabwe's deteriorating health services have made room for a thriving parallel

market for drugs, many of them counterfeit, warn concerned health professionals.

The sale of genuine as well as fake medicines on the streets was " big, booming

business, " said Dr Chimedza, the president of the Zimbabwe Medical

Association (ZIMA).

" The health system has been adversely affected by the poorly performing economy.

There is a general shortage of drugs within the country and unscrupulous dealers

are capitalising on the situation by selling medical drugs on the streets. "

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6605

IRAQ: Shortage of antiretroviral drugs in Kurdistan

Health officials in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region have said they lack

antiretroviral drugs and HIV testing equipment, and that they have been

instructed by health authorities in Baghdad to deport foreigners who have been

found HIV-positive.

" We do not have drugs. If a person tests HIV-positive, what we do is ask the WHO

[World Health Organisation] to help us by sending drugs, " said Dr Sayfadin

Mohadyin Ahmad, head of the epidemic diseases section and HIV/AIDS unit in

Kurdistan's Ministry of Health.

Nawzad Abdul-Aziz Salih, an official from Kurdistan's Ministry of Health, said

on Sunday that there were nine known cases of people living with HIV/AIDS in the

northern cities of Dohuk and Arbil. All tested positive between 2005 and 2006

and were now aware of their condition, he said.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6606

DRC: An untapped supply of HIV/AIDS treatment

Thousands of people living with AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

are going without treatment while the production line at a modern antiretroviral

(ARV) factory in the east of the country lies largely idle.

Pharmakina has produced generic ARVs since April 2005 in the eastern province of

Bukavu, the first pharmaceutical firm to do so in central Africa, but it is now

forced to await approval from the World Health Organization (WHO).

" We can produce to a capacity of 180,000 pills a month [but] apart from [a few]

private individuals there is no real demand at present, " said Dr Pierre Mulema,

head of Pharmakina's HIV/AIDS department.

More details:

http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6603

EVENTS

1. HIV/AIDS and its Impact on Business in Africa - 22 to 25 January 2007

One of the major challenges facing the continent is to gather resources and

translate knowledge and experience into treatment and prevention programmes.

This conference at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, South Africa,

seeks to address the consequences if business continues to ignore current

warnings and statistics.

Register at http://www.aidsafricaconference.com

2. Third South African AIDS Conference 2007 - (call for abstracts)

Dr Olive Shisana, the conference chairperson, has called for the submission of

abstracts ahead of the event, which is set to take place at the International

Convention Centre in the port city of Durban from 5 to 8 June 2007.

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 January 2007.

For more information go to:

www.sa-aidsconference.com

RESOURCES

1. Act, Learn and Teach: Theatre and HIV/AIDS (Youth toolkit)

The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has released a

toolkit for youth in Africa on how to use theatre in AIDS education.

This toolkit was designed for youth groups and is largely based on a workshop

held in Uganda, that brought together approximately 30 youth volunteers from

several African countries, as well as Canada and India to learn about the use of

interactive theatre in response to the pandemic in English-speaking African

countries.

For more information on this project, including similar theatre manuals

developed for other regions in Arabic, French and Spanish, visit:

www.unesco.org/culture/aids or email: h.drobna@...

VACANCIES

1. Temporary Research Support Officer - Brighton, UK

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance, an international NGO supporting community

action against the pandemic in developing countries seeks a suitably trained

individual to fill the position of Temporary Research Support Officer at its

Secretariat in Brighton, UK.

Areas of responsibility will include: developing operational and other research

on community responses to the pandemic, the role of communities in supporting

the scale up of anti-AIDS responses, and the best models of service delivery.

The ideal candidate should have experience in AIDS research, with a knowledge of

antiretroviral treatment in resource-limited settings; the ability to work

independently and as part of a team, with good analytical and documentation

skills; s/he should be able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally

and in writing; and be eligible to live and work in the UK and be able to start

within one month of the job offer.

For further details about this position, including job description, person

specification, closing date and how to apply please see the Alliance 'employment

opportunities' section on the website: www.aidsalliance.org

2. Programme Officer - Nairobi, Kenya

The Open Society Institute (OSI), a US-based grant making foundation, seeks a

suitably trained person to help advance the organisation's law- and human

rights-based responses to HIV and AIDS and public health in East Africa.

In addition to reporting to the organisation's Law and Health Initiative project

director in New York, the successful applicant will also be an integral part of

the New York-based Open Society Institute Public Health Programme (PHP) and will

provide periodic assistance to PHP staff undertaking initiatives in the region.

Applicants should possess an advanced degree in public health, law or social

sciences related to international development; five years of experience in

advocacy related to AIDS, three of which should be in Kenya or other countries

in East Africa; a demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to human rights

approaches to combating AIDS; and experience working on AIDS-related

programming, grants management, programme design, monitoring and evaluation with

grassroots organisations in the region.

To apply, email a resume, cover letter, and salary history to:

lawandhealth@...

or by post:

Open Society Institute

ATTN: Sai Jahann

400 West 59th St.

New York, NY

USA 10019

Fax: +1 (646) 557-2550

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AFRICA: IRIN PlusNews Weekly Issue 314, 15 December 2006

NEWS

AFRICA: More proof that a snip in time could save men from HIV

ANGOLA: Enthusiastic caregivers and silent sufferers

ANGOLA: " Witchcraft " an excuse for child abuse

KENYA: Urgent action needed to avert resistant TB - activists

SWAZILAND: Nurses fleeing the HIV/AIDS frontline

ZAMBIA: Help for child-headed homes

ZIMBABWE: Another setback for anti-AIDS treatment

ZIMBABWE: Sick economy fuels growth of fake drug market

IRAQ: Shortage of antiretroviral drugs in Kurdistan

DRC: An untapped supply of HIV/AIDS treatment

EVENTS

1. HIV/AIDS and its Impact on Business in Africa - 22 to 25 January 2007

2. 3rd South African AIDS Conference 2007 Durban - (call for abstracts)

RESOURCES

1. Act, Learn and Teach: Theatre and HIV/AIDS (Youth toolkit)

VACANCIES

1. Temporary Research Support Officer - Brighton, UK

2. Program Officer - Nairobi, Kenya

NEWS

AFRICA: More proof that a snip in time could save men from HIV

American research bodies have called an early halt to trials of adult male

circumcision in Kenya and Uganda after results showed that men who had undergone

the procedure dramatically lowered their risk of contracting the HI virus.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the

National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced an early end to two clinical

trials of adult male circumcision after an interim review of the data revealed

that medically performed circumcision significantly reduced a man's risk of

acquiring HIV from having heterosexual intercourse.

The trial involving almost 3,000 HIV-negative men in Kisumu, in the western

highlands of Kenya, showed a 53 percent reduction in contracting HIV among those

who were circumcised, while a trial with about 5,000 HIV-negative men in the

Rakai District of central Uganda showed that HIV acquisition fell by 48 percent

in circumcised men.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/AIDSreport.asp?ReportID=6613

ANGOLA: Enthusiastic caregivers and silent sufferers

Fear of stigmatisation in Angola is keeping people living with HIV/AIDS in

hiding. Caregivers are more than willing to help but are having a hard time

finding patients to take care of.

" People prefer to keep silent and to die in silence, " Ambrósio Cabral,

coordinator of Angola's Red Cross HIV/AIDS programme, told IRIN/PlusNews.

Cabinda, Angola's oil-rich northern enclave, has a population of 350,000 and a

3.2 percent HIV infection rate. Out of the 16 homecare workers trained in the

province this year, only five have work and care for a total of 12 people

between them.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6611

ANGOLA: " Witchcraft " an excuse for child abuse

Makiesse means " happiness " in Kikongo, a language spoken in northern Angola. But

the early childhood of 10-year-old Makiesse Jonas was far from joyous.

When he was aged just six, his stepmother accused him of conjuring up the

sickness that killed his father. He was beaten everyday, and forced to undergo a

purification ritual which included fasting, being whipped and secluded.

" I said that I wasn't a wizard, that maybe the wizard used my face at night. But

no one believed me, " Jonas told IRIN/PlusNews.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6610

KENYA: Urgent action needed to avert resistant TB - activists

Kenya risks falling victim to new, drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB),

found elsewhere on the continent, if the government fails to take the TB

epidemic more seriously, activists have warned.

" Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extremely drug-resistant (XDR) TB are a direct

consequence of non-adherence to treatment regimens, " Dr Ignatius Kibe, a

contagious disease expert and member of the Kenya AIDS NGO Coalition (KANCO),

told PlusNews.

" More resources must be pumped into prevention of non-adherence. "

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6608

SWAZILAND: Nurses fleeing the HIV/AIDS frontline

Swaziland is dying. Will the last nurse on duty please turn off the lights? "

reads a handwritten note at a clinic in Manzini, the country's AIDS-hit

commercial centre, 35km southeast of the capital, Mbabane.

The wry note disguises the pain of Swaziland's diminishing number of nurses and

hints at the reason why their colleagues have fled the country to offer their

services elsewhere.

" The working conditions, the lack of basic necessities to treat people and all

the dying: it is demoralising, " said a nurse, 28, who asked that her name not be

used. " It's not just the money - it is hard to watch people die and you are

helpless to do anything about it because there are no drugs or other things [to

treat them]. "

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6604

ZAMBIA: Help for child-headed homes

Zambia is grappling with the growing problem of thousands of child-headed homes,

created by one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world.

Kapiri Mposhi, a commercial hub in central Zambia, about 200km north of the

capital, Lusaka, has one of the highest levels of HIV prevalence in the country

and a significant number of child-headed homes. UNAIDS estimates the national

HIV rate at 17 percent.

" Because it is a transport hub, frequented by truckers, the town has become a

commercial sex centre with a high HIV/AIDS prevalence rate, " said Zulu, a

spokesman for the Zambia Red Cross Society, which runs programmes supporting

child-headed households.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/AIDSreport.asp?ReportID=6602

ZIMBABWE: Another setback for anti-AIDS treatment

Zimbabwe's health minister, HIV/AIDS activists and health experts have all

warned that a recent increase in the cost of CD4 tests, which measure the

strength of the immune system, will negatively affect the already ailing

national AIDS treatment programme.

The tests are essential to assess the degree to which an immune system has been

compromised by the virus, and one of the most important tools for deciding when

someone should begin antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. CD4 cell testing is also

used to determine the efficacy of ARV therapy.

According to health minister Parirenyatwa, the scarcity of testing centres

in Zimbabwe has allowed the few available ones to charge astronomical fees.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/AIDSreport.asp?ReportID=6614

ZIMBABWE: Sick economy fuels growth of fake drug market

Zimbabwe's deteriorating health services have made room for a thriving parallel

market for drugs, many of them counterfeit, warn concerned health professionals.

The sale of genuine as well as fake medicines on the streets was " big, booming

business, " said Dr Chimedza, the president of the Zimbabwe Medical

Association (ZIMA).

" The health system has been adversely affected by the poorly performing economy.

There is a general shortage of drugs within the country and unscrupulous dealers

are capitalising on the situation by selling medical drugs on the streets. "

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6605

IRAQ: Shortage of antiretroviral drugs in Kurdistan

Health officials in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region have said they lack

antiretroviral drugs and HIV testing equipment, and that they have been

instructed by health authorities in Baghdad to deport foreigners who have been

found HIV-positive.

" We do not have drugs. If a person tests HIV-positive, what we do is ask the WHO

[World Health Organisation] to help us by sending drugs, " said Dr Sayfadin

Mohadyin Ahmad, head of the epidemic diseases section and HIV/AIDS unit in

Kurdistan's Ministry of Health.

Nawzad Abdul-Aziz Salih, an official from Kurdistan's Ministry of Health, said

on Sunday that there were nine known cases of people living with HIV/AIDS in the

northern cities of Dohuk and Arbil. All tested positive between 2005 and 2006

and were now aware of their condition, he said.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6606

DRC: An untapped supply of HIV/AIDS treatment

Thousands of people living with AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

are going without treatment while the production line at a modern antiretroviral

(ARV) factory in the east of the country lies largely idle.

Pharmakina has produced generic ARVs since April 2005 in the eastern province of

Bukavu, the first pharmaceutical firm to do so in central Africa, but it is now

forced to await approval from the World Health Organization (WHO).

" We can produce to a capacity of 180,000 pills a month [but] apart from [a few]

private individuals there is no real demand at present, " said Dr Pierre Mulema,

head of Pharmakina's HIV/AIDS department.

More details:

http://www.plusnews.org/aidsreport.asp?reportid=6603

EVENTS

1. HIV/AIDS and its Impact on Business in Africa - 22 to 25 January 2007

One of the major challenges facing the continent is to gather resources and

translate knowledge and experience into treatment and prevention programmes.

This conference at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, South Africa,

seeks to address the consequences if business continues to ignore current

warnings and statistics.

Register at http://www.aidsafricaconference.com

2. Third South African AIDS Conference 2007 - (call for abstracts)

Dr Olive Shisana, the conference chairperson, has called for the submission of

abstracts ahead of the event, which is set to take place at the International

Convention Centre in the port city of Durban from 5 to 8 June 2007.

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 January 2007.

For more information go to:

www.sa-aidsconference.com

RESOURCES

1. Act, Learn and Teach: Theatre and HIV/AIDS (Youth toolkit)

The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has released a

toolkit for youth in Africa on how to use theatre in AIDS education.

This toolkit was designed for youth groups and is largely based on a workshop

held in Uganda, that brought together approximately 30 youth volunteers from

several African countries, as well as Canada and India to learn about the use of

interactive theatre in response to the pandemic in English-speaking African

countries.

For more information on this project, including similar theatre manuals

developed for other regions in Arabic, French and Spanish, visit:

www.unesco.org/culture/aids or email: h.drobna@...

VACANCIES

1. Temporary Research Support Officer - Brighton, UK

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance, an international NGO supporting community

action against the pandemic in developing countries seeks a suitably trained

individual to fill the position of Temporary Research Support Officer at its

Secretariat in Brighton, UK.

Areas of responsibility will include: developing operational and other research

on community responses to the pandemic, the role of communities in supporting

the scale up of anti-AIDS responses, and the best models of service delivery.

The ideal candidate should have experience in AIDS research, with a knowledge of

antiretroviral treatment in resource-limited settings; the ability to work

independently and as part of a team, with good analytical and documentation

skills; s/he should be able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally

and in writing; and be eligible to live and work in the UK and be able to start

within one month of the job offer.

For further details about this position, including job description, person

specification, closing date and how to apply please see the Alliance 'employment

opportunities' section on the website: www.aidsalliance.org

2. Programme Officer - Nairobi, Kenya

The Open Society Institute (OSI), a US-based grant making foundation, seeks a

suitably trained person to help advance the organisation's law- and human

rights-based responses to HIV and AIDS and public health in East Africa.

In addition to reporting to the organisation's Law and Health Initiative project

director in New York, the successful applicant will also be an integral part of

the New York-based Open Society Institute Public Health Programme (PHP) and will

provide periodic assistance to PHP staff undertaking initiatives in the region.

Applicants should possess an advanced degree in public health, law or social

sciences related to international development; five years of experience in

advocacy related to AIDS, three of which should be in Kenya or other countries

in East Africa; a demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to human rights

approaches to combating AIDS; and experience working on AIDS-related

programming, grants management, programme design, monitoring and evaluation with

grassroots organisations in the region.

To apply, email a resume, cover letter, and salary history to:

lawandhealth@...

or by post:

Open Society Institute

ATTN: Sai Jahann

400 West 59th St.

New York, NY

USA 10019

Fax: +1 (646) 557-2550

[ENDS]

This is non-reply e-mail. Please do not hesitate to contact us at

Mail@....

IRIN-SA

Tel: +27 11 895-1900

Fax: +27 11 784-6759

Email: IRIN-SA@...

Principal donors: IRIN is generously supported by Australia, Canada, Denmark,

ECHO, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and

the United States of America. For more information, go to:

http://www.IRINnews.org/donors

[This item comes to you via IRIN, a UN humanitarian news and information

service, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its

agencies. All IRIN material may be reposted or reprinted free-of-charge; refer

to the copyright page (Http://www.irinnews.org/copyright ) for conditions of

use. IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian

Affairs.]

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Keyword: Africa