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An ordained minister in the Church of Uganda, Canon Gideon Byamugisha discovered in the early nineties that he was HIV positive after his wife suddenly died of an AIDS related illness. Coping with grief and shock, he found a calling to challenge the church and society in its response to...
Children living with HIV infection or AIDS-related illnesses themselves are amongst the most vulnerable of all children. They and their families experience enormous losses as well as stigma and prejudice, which may be felt in their communities, schools, and often, even in church and Sunday school. The latest estimate from UNAIDS...
In spite of two decades of research and action against AIDS the global pandemic is accelerating. About 40 million people, including 2.5 million children, are now living worldwide with HIV, 95% in the developing world. Each year five million people are newly infected [1] and the annual death rate has...
Sub-Saharan Africa is presently being overwhelmed by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Of the estimated 34 million world-wide infected with the virus, two-thirds of them live in the region. The countries of Southern Africa are particularly hard-hit, with prevalence of between 10-20% in Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi.[1] Health services,...
When it comes to disease, rich countries are quick to share their wealth . . . But they are less ready to share their pharmaceutical solutions to these and other ills.[1] I doubt that singing and dancing is a regular feature of the Pretorian Court in South Africa. But last...
The HIV pandemic in the year 2000 is confronting the world with enormous challenges. The statistics and the predictions for the 21st Century are indeed gloomy. By the end of 1999 at least 50 million people had been infected by HIV. 33.6 million were still living with the effects of...
Tony Blair's recent meeting with Microsoft magnate Bill Gates and then extolling the virtues of a 'National Grid for Learning' is just one development that makes the Internet topical at the moment. The Internet is a network of computers which was originally designed by the United States military to withstand...
Dave was 38 years old and lived alone in a council flat. He was diagnosed HIV positive in 1990. When I visited him he was virtually bed-bound due to severe muscle wasting, weight loss and diarrhoea. He was extremely weak and hardly eating or drinking. Although we had not met...
