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  • World AIDS Day
    December 01, 2008
    World AIDS Day was originally organised by UNAIDS, who chose the theme after consultation with other organisations. In 2005 UNAIDS handed over responsibility for World AIDS Day to an independent organisation known as The World AIDS Campaign (WAC).

    The...
  • 15th International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa
    December 03, 2008
    Hosted by: Society on AIDS in Africa
    Republic of Senegal

    The 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) will be defined by the principles of transparency, integrity, metamorphosis, and excellence. Transparency will be...
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Welcome to EANNASO

EANNASO is a regional umbrella network of HIV and AIDS service organisations covering 14 countries in Eastern Africa (Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda). Its headquarters are based in Arusha, Tanzania.

EANNASO seeks to support member networks through providing operational support and assisting in developing and strengthening network capacities, thereby improving respective national responses to HIV/AIDS at ground level. EANNASO also acts as the collective voice of its member networks, articulating regional issues surrounding HIV and AIDS to the international community. Our main activities take place through our advocacy, networking and information and communication programmes.
 

Regional & Global HIV/AIDS News

Global HIV/AIDS RSS News

  • Global: Global health inequity growing

    A staggering 854-million people were undernourished between 2001 and 2003 while at the other end of the scale 700-million people are likely to be obese by 2015, according to the Global Health Watch (GHW) 2. Launched in Cape Town, the Global Health Wa...

  • SUDAN: Funding woes continue to plague HIV fight

    JUBA, 20 November 2008 (PLUSNEWS) - For over a year, the South Sudan AIDS Commission (SSAC) has been setting up offices in the ten states that make up Southern Sudan, but a combination of funding delays and a population largely uninformed about HIV is keeping the fight against the pandemic from moving forward.

  • GLOBAL: We can save more babies, say researchers

    JOHANNESBURG, 20 November 2008 (PLUSNEWS) - A ground-breaking South African study has provided the first hard evidence that treating HIV-positive babies with antiretroviral (ARV) medicines from as early as six weeks dramatically improves their chances of survival.

  • Malawi: Medic charged with unauthorised drug trials

    Police have arrested a hospital technician on charges of conducting unauthorised and unsupervised chemotherapy drug trials on cancer-suffering HIV/AIDS patients in a hospital in southern Malawi. Investigations are underway into six deaths among 20 pa...

  • NIGERIA: "With this HIV test, I thee wed"

    LAGOS, 20 November 2008 (PLUSNEWS) - Getting married in Nigeria often requires more than just the bride and groom turning up at the altar, and having witnesses and wedding rings present: many Christian churches also require an HIV test certificate.

EANNASO & Members News

The 17th International AIDS Conference 2008
At the beginning of August 2008, the EANNASO secretariat team (Lucy Ng'ang'a, Executive Director, Myra Dang'ana, Monitoring and Evaluations Officer, Amani Golugwa, Finance and Administration Officer, Esta Mnzava, Executive Assistant, and Titus Twesige, Team Leader for Networking and Linkages) joined the rest of the world in the 17th International AIDS Conference from 3-8th August 2008. Organized in Mexico by the International AIDS Society, under the theme "Universal Access Now", the conference was one of the bi-annual forums which brings together experts and communities from all over the world to share information and update themselves on the progress made in the response to the pandemic.
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