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Deaf demand inclusion in HIV programmes

KAMPALA, 2 April 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Leaders of the deaf community in Uganda say the government's HIV programmes have failed them because their special needs are not taken into consideration. full report

UGANDA: HIV services in western refugee camps overwhelmed

 ISINGIRO, 29 March 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Health workers manning five health centres in two refugee camps in the southwestern Ugandan district of Isingiro say they are overwhelmed by the high number of refugees and local residents in need of HIV services. full report

KENYA: Many sex workers are married, new report reveals

 NAIROBI, 27 March 2012 (PlusNews Global) - A new survey of commercial sex work in Kenya, the first to include male sex workers, has revealed that 40 percent of female and male commercial sex workers are in marriages or stable unions. full report

TIMOR-LESTE: When do mother tongues divide?

 DILI, 26 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - A proposal to sanction the use of indigenous languages in primary schools in polyglot Timor-Leste has divided members of government, civil society and educators, raising questions about how language can spur harmony - or discord - in the young nation. full report

PAKISTAN: Women-led households hit by war, floods in Swat

 PESHAWAR, 26 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - Nissa Bibi, 40, carries a mobile phone on an orange ribbon round her neck in the hope that her sister - Shahina Bibi who recently returned to their home village in the Kabal area of Swat valley in northern Pakistan - will call. full report

Analysis: Why the aid drawdown in Afghanistan could be a good thing

 PASHTUN KOT, 26 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - One hillside in Pashtun Kot District in the northern Afghan province of Faryab stands out. Dotted with graves, it is the final resting place for the victims of underdevelopment: Villagers travel from far-off mountains by donkey to bury their dead here - people whose demise was hastened by chronic hunger, undernutrition and lack of access to health care. full report

ISRAEL-OPT: Helping ex-detainee children cope with trauma*

 RAMALLAH, 26 March 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - A year after his arrest and detention by the Israeli military in Bethlehem, Hamza, a 17-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank, is seeing a social worker to try and overcome the trauma he suffered in a small cell with 10 other people. full report

ETHIOPIA: New HIV policy focuses on HIV in the workplace

 ADDIS ABABA, 26 March 2012 (PlusNews Global) - The government has teamed up with Ethiopia's main employees' and employers' associations to launch a new HIV/AIDS workplace policy that is to be implemented across the nation. full report

UGANDA: Higher HIV rate cause for concern

 KAMPALA, 21 March 2012 (PlusNews Global) - Uganda's HIV/AIDS prevalence rate has risen from 6.4 percent to 6.7 percent, according to a recently released national AIDS Indicator Survey. full report

ISRAEL: Address inequalities facing Arabs, says ICG

 TEL AVIV, 19 March 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - Urgent steps should be taken to address the widespread marginalization of Arab minorities in Israel, including Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem, to improve their livelihoods and encourage sustainable peace in the Middle East, says the International Crisis Group (ICG). full report

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