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30 Dec 2006 15:54:34 GMT
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 ...


04 Dec 2006 15:53:49 GMT
Reggae rhythms rock eastern Nepal refugee camp on World Aids Day
A small corner of eastern Nepal met the Caribbean on Friday as refugees and locals joined people around the globe in marking World Aids Day. Thousands attended a reggae concert aimed at raising awareness about HIV and AIDS.


AIDS programmes fail to reach high-risk groups -UN
01 Dec 2006 10:09:46 GMT
Source: Reuters
GENEVA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Surveillance for the HIV virus is weak in most of the world and prevention and treatment programmes often fail to reach high-risk drug users, homosexuals and sex workers, the ...  Full article

GOING PUBLIC
30 Nov 2006
Source: AlertNet
Putting a brave face on AIDS in Jamaica  Full article

Tobacco-related diseases to take high toll--study
28 Nov 2006 06:29:14 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Tobacco-related diseases including cancers and heart disease will kill 6.4 million people a year by 2015, 50 percent more than AIDS, a study said on ...  Full article

HIV infections on rise in all regions- U.N. report
21 Nov 2006 10:31:11 GMT
Source: Reuters

NEWSBLOG
11 Aug 2006
Source: AlertNet

NEWSBLOG
05 Jul 2006
Source: AlertNet




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Background

EXPERTS TALK: AIDS out of control

HIV/AIDS in Africa

HIV/AIDS in Asia

AlertNet roundup of HIV/AIDS facts and figures

How AIDS drugs save lives

Bangkok AIDS summit

GRAPHIC-New HIV infections in 2003


Related links

UNAIDS

WHO-HIV infections page

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Global Health Council

AIDS.org

The Body Pro

International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS

International Council of AIDS Service Organisations

Access to Essential Medicines Campaign -- Médecins Sans Frontières

International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Stop Global AIDS

Global AIDS Alliance

Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS

American Foundation for AIDS Research

Fact Sheet: The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic (MAP)

AIDS Education Global Information System


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