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Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 579 13
May 2011
To: Jean-Francois Darcq <[email protected]>
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1. KENYA: PMTCT could cause drug resistance in positive
infants<#12fea0438056a853_1>
2. UGANDA: Sex workers pay the price for HIV prevention
gaps<#12fea0438056a853_2>
3. KENYA: Outrage over "cash for contraception" offer to HIV-positive
women<#12fea0438056a853_3>
4. HIV/AIDS: ARVs as prevention must move quickly "from science to
action"<#12fea0438056a853_4>
5. DRC-CONGO: Return delayed for 120,000 refugees <#12fea0438056a853_5>
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***KENYA: PMTCT could cause drug resistance in positive
infants<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92656>
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[image: lead photo]KISUMU, 6 May 2011 (PlusNews) - Drug regimens used in the
prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV are effective, but
infants should be monitored for drug resistance, a new study has revealed.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92656>
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***UGANDA: Sex workers pay the price for HIV prevention
gaps<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92664>
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[image: lead photo]KAMPALA, 9 May 2011 (PlusNews) - Uganda is short on data
on HIV among the country's sex workers, but a new study shows that in the
capital, Kampala, HIV prevalence among female sex workers could be more than
four times the city's average prevalence.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92664>
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***KENYA: Outrage over "cash for contraception" offer to HIV-positive
women<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92696>
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[image: lead photo]KAKAMEGA, 12 May 2011 (PlusNews) - The Kenyan government
and rights groups have expressed outrage at a project in western Kenya that
is paying HIV-positive women to undergo long-term contraception.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92696>
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***HIV/AIDS: ARVs as prevention must move quickly "from science to
action"<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92710>
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[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 13 May 2011 (PlusNews) - A landmark study
showing major reductions in HIV transmission among discordant couples due to
early treatment may fail to have a significant impact on HIV prevention
unless governments and donors are willing to turn the science into action,
HIV advocates say.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92710>
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***DRC-CONGO: Return delayed for 120,000
refugees<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92712>
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[image: lead photo]BRAZZAVILLE/KINSHASA, 13 May 2011 (IRIN) - Eighteen
months after fleeing across the riverine border separating the two Congos,
some 120,000 refugees seem to have little prospect of returning home soon.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92712>
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