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Sep 17, 2017

HIV Test and Treat: Are the 90 - 90 - 90 targets set for 2020 within reach?

Online-Bulletin of the MMS/aidsfocus.ch conference of 10 May 2017

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May 31, 2016

GET TESTED

Aids-Hilfe Schweiz - GET TESTED is a campaign run by Aids Help Switzerland. Its aim is to encourage men and women to know their own HIV status, while also breaking down prejudice and fear of discrimination.

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Sep 17, 2017

Universal Pension Pilot in Muleba District - Tanzania

New pilot programme: In 2016 Kwa Wazee introduces universal pensions in two villages of the Muleba District. Towards the end of 2003 the Tanzanian NGO Kwa Wazee started to support older people by means of social pensions in a number of wards of the Muleba District. This was the first time in Eastern Africa that the concept of non contributary social pensions for older people was applied.

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Sep 17, 2017

Insights: Visiting patients with our social worker

Some of our patients live in the most difficult of circumstances, making it scarcely possible for them to keep strictly to their HIV treatment. Our social worker Melania Mugamu visits them in their homes to find out how we can support them better. Having her own HIV/Aids story to tell also helps.

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