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HEALTH: AIDS Fund Falls Short of Expectations
The European donors conference to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria produced less than half the expected aid package at its meeting in Paris Wednesday.HEALTH: Bush Winds Up Trip, Pledges Support for War on HIV/AIDS
U.S. President George W. Bush ended his five-nation tour of Africa Saturday, with a pledge to support Africa's fight against HIV/AIDS and poverty.HEALTH: Annan Urges African Gov’ts to Double their Budgets to Fight AIDS
Almost as common as national flags at the African Union summit in Maputo, Mozambique, is the red ribbon symbol of the anti-HIV/AIDS campaign.HEALTH-FRANCE: Gov’t Makes AIDS Worse for Immigrants
Immigrants of African origin report an unusually high incidence of AIDS in France, and recent government measures are only making it worse.HEALTH-ROMANIA: A New Chance for Children with AIDS
Fifteen-year-old Nicu Popescu (not his real name) has written a long list of gifts he wants, including new shoes and a football T- shirt. He also wants to be an airplane pilot, but who knows whether that wish can come true.HEALTH-U.S.: Bush’s Look to Big Pharma for AIDS Czar Evokes Concern
U.S. President George W. Bush's surprise pick of a former top executive of a major U.S. pharmaceutical company and major Republican contributor as his global AIDS co-ordinator has drawn expressions of concern and even outrage among Africa and AIDS activists here.HEALTH: Innovation Triumphs in Haiti’s AIDS Fight – but for Poverty
''My mother and my godmother helped deliver him right there,'' said Marie-Michelle, 27, smiling as she balanced the chubby six-month-old on one hip and pointed to the unmade bed.HEALTH-UGANDA: High Incidence of Rape Exposes Girls to HIV/AIDS Infection
Faridah Ssentongo, 10, may remain traumatised for the rest of her life, right groups fear.HEALTH-RUSSIA: ‘Disastrous’ Rise in HIV Among Youth
Medical authorities are considering new control measures following a sharp rise in the number of young people infected with HIV.SRI LANKA: Case of Child with HIV Reignites Debate on Treatment
Anil (not his real name) resembles a baby and only his long, matchstick limbs reveal that he is older. Very ill, his underdeveloped body is wracked by bouts of coughing.HEALTH: Vaccine Trial Offers Hope in Fight against HIV/AIDS
A new HIV vaccine developed in Australia, if successful after its first-ever clinical trial on humans here and in Thailand, will offer hope to the world's poor in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, say researchers.INDIA: HIV Case Shows Need to Fix Rules on Assisted Reproduction
Already under emotional stress from being infertile, Indian couples are finding that the artificial route to conceiving children is fraught with danger, and that sometimes it can be deadly.RIGHTS: Handing Out Condoms to Students Causes Uproar in Trinidad
On two occasions last month, Svenn Miki Grant, the community outreach co-ordinator of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) stood outside a secondary school and the main library in the city and handed out condoms and sex education literature to school children.RIGHTS: AIDS – the Latest Challenge to Face South Africa’s Poor children
"My father died a long time ago," says an 11-year old girl from South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.PAKISTAN: Truckers’ Sexual Behaviour a Risky Journey to HIV/AIDS
Khurshid, a truck driver for more than seven years now, says he is enticed by the charm of this southern Pakistani city, but would not bring his wife and children here even if he earned enough money to do that.HEALTH: Africa Urged to Fight AIDS as it Fought Slavery and Apartheid
Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda is no stranger to HIV/AIDS, having lost his own son to the incurable disease in the late 1980s.HEALTH-U.S.: Senate Clears Global AIDS Bill, Activists Sceptical
In what its supporters hailed as a milestone in the U.S. commitment to fighting the global spread of HIV/AIDS, the Senate approved by voice vote a five-year, 15 billion dollar anti-AIDS package in the pre-dawn hours Friday morning.HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Ample Time Needed to Provide Free Anti-retrovirals
South Africans living with HIV and AIDS will have to carry on waiting, while the government decides if it will make anti-retrovirals, drugs which ease the impact of the disease and reduce its transmission from mother to child, freely available in the public health system.LABOUR: ILO Denounces Race, Gender, Age, HIV/AIDS Discrimination
Every minute, around the world, there are incidents of flagrant discrimination in the workplace against women, persons with HIV/AIDS, members of ethnic groups, the elderly and others, says the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in a new report.U.S.: Test of 15-Billion-Dollar Global AIDS Measure Comes Later
The U.S. House of Representatives' approval Thursday of a five-year, 15 billion dollar package to fight HIV/AIDS in 14 African and Caribbean nations is a key victory for President George W Bush and anti-AIDS activists, but the concrete test of this commitment lies ahead.HEALTH-MALAWI: No Celebrations Despite Apparent Drop In HIV Infection Rates
-HIV/AIDS infection rates appear to be on the decline in Malawi and authorities have attributed the drop to the declining number of AIDS related deaths of already infected people.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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