Tag Archives: HIV/AIDS

“I want to tell them that it’s okay to use contraception, but the Church says no.”

By Chloe | Published: October 1, 2010
TweetAt Nicholas Kristof’s blog On the Ground, Amy Ernst writes about the connection between contraception, poverty, religion, women’s rights and health in Congo. Ernst is an American, and is in Congo working for an organization called COPERMA, which helps survivors of rape and war. In this post, she warns that while Congo’s HIV/AIDS rates are [...]
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Respecting HIV-Positive Women, Regardless of their Pregnancy Status

By Lori | Published: September 29, 2010
Tweet This week, a new report found that “virtual elimination” of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan African is possible by 2015. The report cited two main factors in achieving this exciting health milestone: “significant progress” in increasing HIV-testing among pregnant mothers in the region, and more antiretroviral drugs that are therefore being administered to [...]
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Beyond “Prevention vs. Treatment”

By Lori | Published: September 3, 2010
Tweet Aids PSA Topsy from Human Music & Sound Design on Vimeo. Check out this breathtaking PSA for the Topsy AIDS foundation. The video documents an HIV+ woman named Selinah who agreed to be filmed every day for 90 days. In the video, Selinah is shown laying in bed looking sicker and sicker, but in [...]
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