Women & HIV/AIDS in Africa

See also: Africa & HIV/AIDS Overview

African Scientists' Search for Female-Controlled Microbicide Gel to Prevent HIV Continues (February 3, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through PEPFAR Programs (December 9, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Report Says African Mothers Confused Over Infant-Feeding Options to Prevent HIV Transmission (December 9, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Percentage of Pregnant Women Living With HIV in South Africa Increases, Survey Suggests (December 1, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Africa: UNICEF Calls for More Efforts to Reduce Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (November 18, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Examines Abortion Services for Women Living With HIV in Brazil, Namibia, S. Africa (November 14, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Global Press Institute Examines HIV/AIDS Among Women in Zambia (November 10, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV-Positive Pregnant Women Across Africa Face Discrimination (August 23, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Hope and Dignity (Summer 2011)
HIV has not extinguished these cherished values in Peggy Frank of Victoria, Canada. On the contrary, even after more than 20 years, she continues to nourish them in herself and in her HIV-positive sisters and brothers in Africa.
To read PDF, click here.
In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Michelle Obama Talks About AIDS, Women's Rights on Africa Trip (June 22, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Addresses Maternal Mortality in Nigeria, IDPs in Cote d'Ivoire (May 23, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
African Girls Getting World Bank Cash Deters Sex With Sugar Daddies (March 31, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African Delegates Call on Countries to Do More to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (March 18, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
South Africa Project Improves Treatment for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women (March 16, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cash Incentives Have Potential to Prevent HIV Among Young Sub-Saharan African Women (March 16, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
IRIN/PlusNews Examines Efforts to Integrate HIV/AIDS Treatment and Maternal, Child Health Care (February 24, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Assessing the Impact of Mass Rape on the Incidence of HIV in Conflict-Affected Countries (January 5, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kenya: New Program to Text Prenatal HIV Moms for AIDS Care (December 29, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African Women Discuss Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) (December 17, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
UNICEF, Kenyan Government Launch Initiative Aimed at PMTCT of HIV, Program to Launch in Three Other African Nations (November 1, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Botswana: HIV-Positive Mothers Not Convinced to Exclusively Breastfeed (October 4, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zimbabwe Deputy Prime Minister Khupe Says Poverty Biggest Challenge in Stopping HIV (September 29, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mitchell Besser: Mothers Helping Mothers Fight HIV (September 2010)
Dr. Besser delineates the nature of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa and describes how the program, mothers2mothers, he founded is tackling stigma and a scarcity of trained health care professionals to provide support and care for newly diagnosed HIV-positive pregnant women in the region.
From TED
Alcohol Use Before Sex and HIV Risk: Situational Characteristics of Protected and Unprotected Encounters Among High-Risk African Women (September 1, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Forced Sterilizations Among HIV-Positive Women in Africa Exposed (August 31, 2010)
From The Body
Nurse-Monitored ART Found to Be as Safe, Effective as Therapy Monitored by Doctors in South African Trial (June 17, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Africa: New Vaginal Ring Borrows From Birth Control to Fight AIDS (June 10, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Grandmothers Seek Support, Caring for AIDS Children (May 21, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Women's Empowerment, Regional Integration, Malaria Prevention Discussed at WEF on Africa (May 7, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
More Than 450 Grandmothers From 12 African Countries to Meet to Discuss HIV/AIDS (May 4, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Framework for Women, Girls and Gender Equality in National Strategic Plans on HIV and AIDS in Southern and Eastern Africa (2010)
From ATHENA and HEARD
African AIDS Vaccine Conference Addresses Future Trials in Africa, Lower Participation Rates Among Women (December 17, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
New York Times Magazine Interviews Clinton About Global Women's Issues (August 20, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Female Patients' Stigma, Disclosure Concerns Reduce Their Access to HIV and TB Care in Africa, Study Shows (July 20, 2009)
The lower social status of Ugandan women compared to men is largely to blame for their difficulty in accessing HIV or tuberculosis (TB) care, according to David Kaawa-Mafigiri, Ph.D., M.P.H.
In The 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, from The Body PRO
Africa: Gender Finally Moving to Forefront of AIDS Fight (July 14, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Namibia: African Women With HIV "Coerced Into Sterilization" (July 1, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South African Health Minister to Launch PMTCT Plan (May 27, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Meeting Addresses MTCT of HIV in Africa (May 26, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
15 African First Ladies Meet in Los Angeles to Promote Health, Development Initiatives (April 22, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Africa: Health Activist Warns That Women Caregivers Are at Increased Risk of Tuberculosis (April 7, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canadian MPs Present Petition on Behalf of Grandmothers Campaign (March 9, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
President of African First Ladies Group Calls for Increased Political Power Among Women to Fight HIV/AIDS (February 5, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV/AIDS in Africa: Portraits of 26 Women (2008)
Documentary photo story of women living with HIV in Africa by Sönke C. Weiss.
From allAfrica.com
One-on-One With Mardge Cohen, a Chicago Doctor Making a Difference in Rwanda (March/April 2006)
Dr. Cohen founded one of the United States' first women's HIV clinics, and writes frequently on the subject of HIV-positive women and domestic violence.
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
South Africa: Keeping Mom Alive Is the Best AIDS Tactic, Doctor Says (July 26, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Feminization of AIDS: Ten Unavoidable Choices for African Leaders (January/February 2005)
By Dr. Chinua Akukwe, adjunct professor of public health at George Washington University.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Women and AIDS: Have You Heard Us Today? (December 1, 2004)
From World Health Organization
Women Fighting HIV in Africa Tell Their Story (November 2004)
These four stories highlight the impact of HIV on women in the developing world who are denied their basic human rights.
From Inter Press Service
"We Do Not Hide": Profiles of HIV-Positive Women in Malawi (November 2004)
Three stories told by Malawian women who are taking a stand against HIV stigma and discrimination in their country.
From Oxfam
AIDS and the Single Girl: Global AIDS Fighters Call for Focus on Women (July 18, 2004)
"A new term in the global fight against AIDS -- 'cross-generational sex,' or older men having sex with girls and young women -- [has become] a major topic of conversation," writes John Donnelly of The Boston Globe from the XV International AIDS Conference.
In Boston Globe
South African Women With Violent Male Partners Have Higher Risk of HIV Infection (July 2004)
Abstract of a study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
British Television Program Profiles the Ugandan National Community of Women Living With HIV/AIDS (June 7, 2004)
The group trains HIV-positive mothers to make "memory books" for their children.
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Gender Inequality and AIDS (May/June 2004)
An excerpt from a passionate speech by Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, on the desperate need for developing countries to expand women's rights.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Rwandan Women Infected With HIV Through Rape During 1994 Genocide Ask U.S. for Help Obtaining Drugs (April 6, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Sex for Groceries in Hungry Zimbabwe: Report (September 15, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Some 27 First Ladies to Join 10,000-Strong African Women's AIDS Run (September 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS Is Social Issue Affecting Women, Botswana Conference Participants Say (September 11, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Botswana Holds Beauty Pageant for HIV-Positive Women to Combat Stigma Associated With Disease (September 8, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Disease Prevention: Zimbabwean Women Value Diaphragm as Clandestine Method to Possibly Prevent HIV (September 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Swazi King's Choice of Teenage Bride Draws Criticism From AIDS Advocates (August 27, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Die Quietly: How AIDS Kills Africa's Battered Women (August 22, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A Little Kiss Was Big Help in Spreading Word on AIDS (August 22, 2003)
Princess Kasune Zulu of Zambia, a royal member of Zambia's Lenji people, spreads her AIDS education message.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
UN Official: To Fight AIDS in Africa, Empower Women (July 21, 2003)
Excerpts from a column by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Significant Association Found Between Oral Contraceptive Use and HIV Acquisition (July 14, 2003)
In The 2nd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, from The Body PRO
Fifty-Eight Percent of HIV-Positive Africans Are Women, Says NGO (June 26, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Female Genital Mutilation Cause of Increased HIV/AIDS in Somalia: Doctors (June 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Uganda: More Pregnant Women Receiving HIV Test, Nevirapine (June 19, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Congo: Humanitarian Groups Demand Urgent Action to Halt Escalating Sexual Abuse of Girls and Women in Congo (June 17, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What the AIDS Fight Could Use: Help From Men (June 12, 2003)
Excerpts from an op-ed article in the Chicago Tribune on AIDS in South Africa.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African First Ladies to Fight AIDS-Related Stigma (June 9, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Malawi: Child Mortality Higher When Mother Has HIV (May 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South African Scientists Develop Do-It-Yourself Pap Smear for Women (May 21, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dual Infections With HIV-1, HIV-2 and HTLV-I Are More Common in Older Women Than in Men in Guinea-Bissau (March 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS Is Top Killer of Pregnant Women in South Africa (March 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A Letter to South Africa's President (January/February 2003)
By Samaila Garba, a woman living with AIDS in Nigeria.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
AIDS Leading Cause of Death Among South African Women (November 22, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Africa: HIV Treatment Takes Precedence Over Rape Law (October 28, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Family Focus Is Hallmark of New South African Grant (October 21, 2002)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
South Africa: Government to Avail Female Condoms (August 14, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lesotho Proposes Death Penalty for HIV-Positive Rapists (August 8, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zimbabwean Women Very Willing to Use Diaphragms as Potential HIV Prevention Method (August 5, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African First Ladies: New Group Will Boost Cooperation in Fight Against AIDS (July 19, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Promoting Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Through the Viramune Donation Programme: A Model of Public-Private Partnership (July 10, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In The XIV International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
Africa: Age of Partner Raises Female Risk of AIDS -- Study (May 31, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kenya to Offer Free Drug to Combat Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (May 28, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mothers With AIDS Move O'Neill to Back Money for Treatment (May 28, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Safe Haven Opens in Kenya for Young Women Fleeing Circumcision, Forced Marriage (April 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Breastfeeding Wrecks Short Course Anti-HIV Treatment for Babies (April 10, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"Bus Fare, Please": The Economics of Sex and Gifts Among Adolescents in South Africa (PDF) (2002)
From Population Council, Policy Research Division
Partner Violence Tied to HIV for African Women (September 5, 2001)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1 in 4 Pregnant Women in South Africa Has HIV (March 31, 2001)
In British Medical Journal
The Probability of HIV-1 Transmission Per Coital Act in Monogamous HIV-Discordant Couples, Rakai, Uganda (February 6, 2001)
[Archived Article]
In The 8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
AIDS in Africa: One Woman's Struggle (2001)
In Time Europe
Policy Facts: Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Africa (January 2001)
To read PDF, click here.
From AIDS Action Council
Women's Interest Group Urges Worldwide Effort to Combat AIDS in Africa (November 2000)
[Archived Article]
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Women at Durban (October 2000)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Snapshots from Durban (October 2000)
[Archived Article]
In WISE Words, from Project Inform
Success in Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission Not a Reality for All (September/October 2000)
[Archived Article]
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
AIDS: The Agony of Africa -- Part Five: Death and the Second Sex (December 1, 1999)
In The Village Voice
A Woman's Work: How HIV Caught Fire in South Africa (Part Two) (May 12, 1999)
In The Village Voice
All That Glitters: How HIV Caught Fire in South Africa (Part One) (April 28, 1999)
Sex and the migrant miner.
In The Village Voice
Child Rape: A Taboo Within the AIDS Taboo (April 4, 1999)
In Sunday Times (South Africa)
The Deadly Gender Gap (December 30, 1998)
[Archived Article]
Fighting AIDS in Africa means convincing men to take responsibility for what is often thought of as a woman's disease.
In The Village Voice
Problem Pregnancy (December 9, 1998)
[Archived Article]
Doctors regard AZT as an AIDS vaccine for babies, but South Africa says it's too expensive.
In The Village Voice
In Desperate Need of Help! (Fall 1998)
War, rape, and HIV in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive