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AIDS in Gaza: "I know, so I am not afraid"

Fifty-year-old Um Mohammad, a mother of nine, has been living with HIV for 16 years in the Gaza Strip in the occupied Palestinian territory. She was nursing her baby girl when tests revealed she was HIV positive. “We found out that I got the HIV while I was still breastfeeding my youngest. I got it more

Female religious leaders lead the fight against AIDS

Monday, 08 February 2010 Female religious leaders have taken a central role in the fight against AIDS in Somalia. This follows a series of trainings recently conducted by local organizations, with support from UNDP. In Somaliland, UNDP supported four training events for female religious leaders more

Hope for HIV infetced

Shukri* has been living with HIV for five years. Prior to infection, she never considered HIV/Aids seriously. So, when it happened, Shukri did not know how to handle it. First, she perceived those infected as being so immoral – now she was in the category. Secondly, her family isolated her. &n more

Protecting the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS

Amina , a mother of seven who lives with HIV in Hargeisa, Somaliland, and Omar , a father of nine, who tested HIV positive, have both recently been supported by the Legal Aid Clinic, based at the University of Hargeisa that is supported by UNDP. The Legal Aid project provides free legal more

Police recruits trained on HIV & AIDS

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 New police recruits that UNDP is training at the Armo Police Academy recently received basic police training for three months. Included in the training, on 15 May 2010 was a specific session on HIV & AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). more

Students in South Darfur learn about AIDS

“The first time I delivered a baby I felt so nervous. I thought can I or can’t I really do this?” says 18-year old Nafiza Abdallah as she sits outside her home in the small fishing village of Ofud in Blue Nile State. “But then I thought about my community and how I wanted to make it better, more

VCT centers ensuring universal access to testing and treatment

“The social aspect of HIV is the worst aspect of the disease,” explains counselor Nahla Mahjoub Al-Zubair who works as a social counselor in the Voluntary and Counseling and Testing Center (VCT) in Khartoum North Hospital. She further adds, “The VCT center is usually approached by 25-30 clie more

Using radio programmes to increase community awareness about HIV and AIDS

From left to right: Sakariye Ahmed Muhumed (Radio Hargeisa) Keith Ricketts (BBC Media Action trainer), Mohamed Dek (Radio SBC – Bossaso) and Fadumo Abdirizak (Radio Garowe) February 2012. Sakariye recently had the opportunity to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS-related issues through his r more

Tyre city municipality- Sida 2 project

UNDP grant: 25,000$ for the rehabilitation of a sewage network, water network and tiles (Phase 2) “Hay el Zaroub” is one of the poorest neighborhoods in Tyre city; it comprises 200 homes suffering from the overflowing of the sewer water in its gutters and alleys. An old sewage network was damaged more

Saddiquine municipality- Sida 2 project

Mr. Hussein lives in Saddiquine with his parents and brothers; he explained that the spring of Ein AL Jawze, located kilometers away from the village, was the main source of drinking water of his village since decades. He still remembers his grand parents’ stories about how they used to fill water more

Mobility, Migration and HIV Vulnerability

Mobility, Migration and HIV Vulnerability of Populations along the Ports of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

The report provides a literature review and updated situational analysis of the HIV vulnerability factors experienced by key populations in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

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