News tagged with hiv prevalence

South African policy on adolescents' rights to access condoms is causing confusion

In 2007, South Africa's new Children's Act came into effect, granting children 12 years and older a host of rights relating to reproductive health, including the right to access condoms. But current policies allow individual ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Many pregnant women avoid HIV screening in Africa

'Prevention is the best cure' is a common expression, but what happens if preventative measures are not used? A large proportion of pregnant Ugandan women are going out of their way not to be HIV tested, increasing the risk ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2