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Public awareness and HIV testing opportunities scheduled in Minnesota
Nearly half of the total AIDS cases reported in the U.S. occur among African-Americans, even though they represent just 13 percent of the U.S population, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
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Legazpi City: Steady rise in HIV cases noted in the Philippines
The Philippine National AIDS Council has noted a steady increase in the number of infections involving the human immunodeficiency virus that causes the deadly AIDS, with at least one case reported every three days.
Mbhazima Shilowa, the deputy president of the Congress of the People, said on Monday that the party would move for a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma when Parliament resumed this week.
New strategies needed in fight against HIV among adolescents
With 135,000 new HIV infections annually of which over 19,000 are children, the number of children that requires treatment will continue to increase.
Missouri black population has higher HIV rates
State health officials say black Missourians have higher AIDS and HIV rates than the rest of the population.
US: AIDS activist succumbs to H1N1
Via the News Journal in Daytona Beach, Florida, a sad story: AIDS activist succumbs to H1N1 .
05:00 UN climate chief in hot water over sexy book
The Indian head of the UN climate change panel, already under fire over errors in a key 2007 report, is raising eyebrows again after publishing a raunchy novel and accepting help in promoting it from BP and the head of India 's biggest gas producer.
South African president regrets child out of wedlock
South African President Jacob Zuma apologized on Saturday for fathering an illegitimate child, in the face of national outcry.
Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 11:53 a.m. Read more: Local , Health , AIDS , HIV , African American , Black Sunday is national Black HIV/AIDS awareness day, and in the Syracuse area, African-American congregations are hearing church sermons about the dangers of the disease, and the need to get tested.A Rev.
UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive
Many Ugandan parents are still too afraid to test their children for HIV. Credit:Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi/IPS KAMPALA , Feb 4, 2010 - HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight- and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus.
More Details On Obama's Global Health Strategy Expected Along With...
"The Obama administration is expected to propose in its fiscal 2011 budget Monday new funding to combat preventable and tropical diseases, malnutrition and other conditions afflicting the world's poor, as part of a strategy to broaden its approach to global health," the Wall Street Journal reports.
Even in South Africa, pols' private affairs are people's business
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma has become the perfect example of "do as I say and not as I do." His 20th child was born last October to a woman who is not one of his three wives or another woman he is engaged to marry.
Turning The Tide: 20 Years Of HIV/AIDS Research In Uganda
On the twentieth anniversary of the Medical Research Council's research unit's presence in Uganda, Director Heiner Grosskurth looks back on the changing landscape of research into HIV/AIDS at the commemorative scientific symposium in Entebbe today.
Clergy Takes Fight for HIV/AIDS Legislation to Capitol Hill to Mark Black AIDS Day
The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS will travel to Capitol Hill on Feb.
City Activist to Auction Ponytail for Haiti Clinic
A New York City activist is auctioning off his 14-inch ponytail to benefit a temporary HIV/AIDS clinic in Haiti.
U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Condemning Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill
U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a congressional resolution condemning an anti-gay bill before Uganda's parliament, "calling it an attack on human rights and an obstacle to battling HIV/AIDS," Agence France-Presse reports.
Millions at risk if AIDS focus fades, says expert
Global attention is turning away from the AIDS epidemic at just the wrong time and means a fresh wave of the disease could infect millions of people in high-risk countries, a leading expert said Friday.
For HIV-infected children, quality of caregiver relationship is crucial
A new study of children in Ukraine has found that for the growing number of HIV-infected children, the quality of care and the relationship between children and their caregivers play an important role in their development.
SUDAN: Positive networks fight HIV in the south
JUBA, 4 February 2010 - Networks of people living with HIV in southern Sudan are trying to overcome deficiencies in the limping health system and broken infrastructure by spreading information about the pandemic and reducing stigma and denial.
Black and Hispanic Infants Much More Likely to Have HIV
Rates of HIV infection in infants are significantly higher among blacks and Hispanics than whites, and preventive measures are needed to reduce the disparity, a new government report says.
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