HIV decriminalisation tested as traditional court orders woman to pay cow over alleged transmission
By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe abolished a law that criminalised HIV transmission four years ago. But a recent traditional court case in Shamva has raised fresh questions about whether people living with or affected by HIV can still face punitive consequences outside the formal criminal justice system. Chief Nyamaropa, Munyaradzi Tivange, recently ordered a woman to
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Most Ebola deaths in DRC are happening outside treatment centres as care barriers deepen
By Michael Gwarisa More than two-thirds of people dying from Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are still dying in their communities, raising concerns that patients are not reaching treatment facilities early enough to survive. The latest World Health Organization situation report shows that 193 of 284 confirmed deaths recorded during
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Fiji’s HIV Epidemic Has Moved Beyond Its Initial Risk Group
By Michael Gwarisa Fiji has moved from describing HIV as an outbreak initially concentrated among people who inject drugs to declaring a national HIV emergency, as new data show the epidemic spreading beyond the population at the centre of the country’s initial response. The change marks a significant development in an HIV epidemic that has
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