HIV/AIDS in Africa
Woman infected with HIV at Libya hospital dies
TRIPOLI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A Palestinian woman died of an AIDS-related illness at a Libyan hospital on Saturday, taking to 57 the number of victims of an HIV outbreak in the late 1990s blamed on six ...
Circumcision could save money in AIDS-hit Africa
(Embargoed for release at 0100 GMT, Dec. 26) JOHANNESBURG, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Male circumcision, which has been shown to decrease the chances of contracting HIV, could save billions of dollars in ...
Ugandan president rejects circumcision/HIV study
By Tim Cocks KAMPALA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has condemned a new study showing that male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection during sex, saying it sent out a ...
ROC: Agencies appeal for US $28 million for the
vulnerable
Source: IRIN
United Nations agencies and NGOs in the Republic of Congo (ROC) have appealed for US $28 million to alleviate the suffering of thousands of vulnerable people in the country next year. Full article
Source: IRIN
United Nations agencies and NGOs in the Republic of Congo (ROC) have appealed for US $28 million to alleviate the suffering of thousands of vulnerable people in the country next year. Full article
Circumcision may stop 1.4 mln S.Africa HIV cases
Source: Reuters
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Widespread male circumcision could prevent some 1.4 million new HIV infections and 800,000 AIDS deaths in South Africa over the next 20 years, a South African research ... Full article
Source: Reuters
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Widespread male circumcision could prevent some 1.4 million new HIV infections and 800,000 AIDS deaths in South Africa over the next 20 years, a South African research ... Full article
Background
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EXPERTS TALK: AIDS out of control |
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AlertNet roundup of HIV/AIDS facts and figures |
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How AIDS drugs save lives |
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AIDS and rape as a weapon of war |
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GRAPHIC-New HIV infections in 2003 |
