JOHANNESBURG, 30 November 2009 (PLUSNEWS) – The theme for World AIDS Day 2009 is ‘Universal Access and Human Rights’, and the efforts of the continent’s developing countries to reach some of the key indicators of universal access are under closer scrutiny than ever. Will they do it?

MASERU, 30 November 2009 (PLUSNEWS) – Mamaleshoae Nkhahle is a mother of four who works as an expert patient at the Likotsi health clinic in Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. She helps people newly diagnosed with HIV to come to grips with the stigma of the disease, and diminishes the effects of such attitudes by talking openly about her own experiences of living with the virus.

LUANDA, 30 November 2009 (PLUSNEWS) – The story of Epalanga, a poor farm boy, and his love for Belita, the daughter of a prosperous village merchant, captured the hearts of Angolans when the national broadcaster started airing the soap opera, “Camatondo”, in 2004.

JOHANNESBURG, 30 November 2009 (PLUSNEWS) – Some headway has been made in mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and young people, but too many are still needlessly infected, and receive little or no treatment, care and support.