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| Sep. 23 |
Global |
HIV rates among drug users rising| British medical journal The Lancet: The rate of HIV infection among injecting drug users appears to be rising | |
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| Aug.2 |
USA |
US HIV rate 'higher than thought'| US health officials: 56,000 people had become infected with the virus that causes Aids in 2006 | |
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| Jul.29 |
Global |
Progress made in HIV prevention| UNAids: There have been significant gains in preventing new infections in a number of heavily-affected countries | |
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| Nov.20 |
UN |
HIV estimates reduced to 33m| The UN has reduced its estimates of how many people are infected with HIV in 2007 from nearly 40m to 33m | |
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| Nov.1 |
Central Africa |
'Dual epidemic' threatens Africa A rising number of infections with HIV and tuberculosis has created a co-epidemic spreading throughout sub-Saharan Africa
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| Oct.29 |
Haiti |
Key Aids strain 'came from Haiti' The strain which predominates in the United States and Europe has been traced back to Haiti by an international team of scientists
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| Sep.13 |
Peru |
Blood banks face HIV crisis Dozens of blood banks in Peru have been closed after at least 4 people were infected with the virus through contaminated transfusions
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| Jul.23 |
Sydney |
World 'losing fight against Aids' Dr Anthony Fauci, Bush's top adviser on HIV/Aids, has said at a gathering of the world's leading Aids experts, the world is losing the battle
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| Apr.11 |
South Africa |
AIDS-hit S. Africa out of burial plots Residents of ohannesburg, need to consider 'nontraditional' burials, including cremation
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| Dec.21 |
Mozambique |
Mozambique warned over AIDS crisis IMF: AIDS is emerging as a major threat to economic development and the government must work harder
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| Nov.21 |
China |
Chinese HIV/Aids cases up by 30% The figures show a 30% jump in reported cases, according to health officials. 180,000 cases were reported in 2006
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| Jun.16 |
South Africa |
Popular Zulu weatherman dies of AIDS Jabu Sithole won the hearts of millions of viewers with his cheery 'Good luck!' sign-off
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| Jun.2 |
UN |
UN agrees global Aids declaration
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| May.31 |
UN |
World hasn't met AIDS targets Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The world has fallen far short of fulfilling the promises made 5 years ago
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| Jan.12 |
USA |
Clinton announces Aids drugs deal
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| Dec.1 |
Global |
Controversy clouds World Aids Day| International disagreement over how to fight the global pandemic has persisted | |
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| Nov.30 |
England |
AIDS considered 'greatest threat'
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| Nov.21 |
UN |
U.N.: 40m now have AIDS virus The global epidemic continues to expand, but in some countries prevention is finally starting to pay off
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| Oct.24 |
Central Africa |
Africa Aids orphans 'may top 18m' Unicef says 18 million children in sub-Sahara could be orphaned by the end of 2010
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| Jun.2 |
UN |
Annan: HIV/AIDS efforts 'insufficient' Secretary-General told a conference on HIV/AIDS that the global response to the disease was insufficient
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| Mar.3 |
Southern Africa |
UN: HIV 'set to infect 90m Africans' 25 million Africans have HIV. Next two decades could see 89 million new cases
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| Nov.30 |
Botswana |
Stark AIDS message
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| Nov.23 |
Southern Africa |
60% of adults with HIV are women In the world women make up nearly half of the 37.2 million adults living with HIV
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| Jul.6 |
UN |
UN: World failing in AIDS fight Almost 5 million people became infected with HIV last year -- the largest number of new infections since 1981
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| Apr.8 |
Beijing |
China sounds alarm on AIDS
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| Jan.9 |
Kenya |
HIV rates overestimated
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| Nov.27 |
UN |
World leaders 'neglecting Aids' The world is losing the war against Aids, Secretary General Annan has warned. 40 million people are infected with the HIV
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| Nov.25 |
Southern Africa |
1 in 5 adults living with HIV/AIDS Political action to fight the virus is failing, according to a report
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| Oct.30 |
Brazil |
Brazil promotes HIV testing
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| Aug.30 |
Angola |
WHO: Angola warned of AIDS danger
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| Jul.3 |
India |
India, China face AIDS catastrophe
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| Jun.19 |
England |
Warning over drug-resistant HIV
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| Jan.27 |
Zambia |
Abuse spreads HIV among girls
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| Jun.27 |
China |
China AIDS a 'titantic peril'
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| Feb.15 |
South Africa |
Province defies national AIDS drug policy
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| Feb.7 |
South Africa |
Mandela urges 'war' on HIV
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| Dec.4 |
Ethiopia |
AIDS programme criticised
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| Nov.30 |
Russia |
AIDS sweeping eastern Europe
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| Nov.27 |
South Africa |
Battle over AIDS drug
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| Nov.26 |
South Africa |
AIDS drugs battle goes to court
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| Nov.12 |
Beijing |
National conference on AIDS
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| Aug.9 |
China |
China admits AIDS epidemic
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| Jun.26 |
UN |
Declaration of commitment on AIDS
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| Jun.1 |
South Africa |
Young AIDS activist dies
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| Apr.27 |
Nigeria |
African AIDS summit State leaders and U.N. Secretary-General pushed for massive fund-raising campaigns to fight the pandemic
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| Feb.4 |
Washington |
AIDS a national security problem
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