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  • Thursday, 25 March 2010
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AIDS remains a global epidemic, even as efforts to treat HIV and AIDS move forward. As the world marks the 20th anniversary of the first World AIDS Day, education remains the first tool in efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

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World Marks AIDS Day

As spread of disease slows, stigma remains

An estimated 15 percent of female prostitutes in Southern India are HIV-infected

Sex Workers in Southern India Practice AIDS Prevention

Prostitutes demanding clients wear condoms

South African President Announces Expansion of HIV/AIDS Testing, Treatment

Announcement made at ceremony marking World AIDS Day

Washington Increases Global AIDS Support, Will Host 2012 Forum

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says US will host a global AIDS conference to show its commitment to fighting disease

Kenya Pledges New Funds for HIV / AIDS Fight

Kenyan government says the percentage of people contracting HIV has been cut almost in half

World AIDS Day Finds Improvement in AIDS Treatments

Vaccine remains elusive as HIV defies immune system

HIV-Positive South African Teenager Lives in Hope

Middle class girl struggles to lead normal life, despite AIDS drug side effects

World AIDS Day - Ongoing Stigma Hinders HIV Prevention

New UN research shows number of new AIDS cases decreasing worldwide, but fear of HIV still bars comprehensive prevention

Children, Women Hardest Hit by Collapse of Zimbabwe's Social Services

UNICEF, government report shows reduced access to key social services for poorest women, children especially those in rural areas

Chinese students show a handmade red ribbon one day ahead of the the World AIDS Day, 30 Nov 2009

Discrimination Targeted on World Aids Day

South Africa rolls out new battle plan to defeat virus

African Laboratories Use Safer, High Quality Methods to Detect HIV

PEPFAR/BD partnership trains lab technicians on latest equipment and techniques

UN Says HIV/AIDS Cases Falling

UNAIDS agency report says number of newly infected grew by 2.7 million in 2008, bringing world total to 33.4 million

Sexual Transmission of AIDS Outpaces Drug Use Transmission in China

UN, China's Ministry of Health begin campaign to fight stigma attached to AIDS, in hope of slowing spread

US Officials See Progress and Challenges in Fight Against AIDS

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Michele Molonye-Kitts say US funding has led to advancement in global AIDS treatment

Global Fund Approves $2.4 Billion to Fight AIDS, TB, Malaria

Fund Executive Director Michel Kazatchkine asks wealthy countries and other donors increase their commitments

HIV/AIDS Commitments to Women Often Unmet

AIDS Accountability International scorecard rates country responses to pandemic

The president of South Africa’s HIV Clinicians Society, Prof. Francois Venter

Clinicians Urge Oversight of AIDS Patient Care in Provincial Hospitals

Professor Francois Venter of South Africa’s HIV/AIDS Clinicians Society stresses importance of consistence use of antiretroviral

Antiretroviral medication is a  precious commodity in South Africa

Some Local Health Officials Fail to Implement South Africa’s HIV Treatment Policy

Investigations in the Free State reveal a program threatened by shortages, rationing

Anti-retroviral medication

South Africa’s AIDS Strategy Beset by Shortage of Resources

Activists say state hospitals need more trained nurses and anti-retroviral drugs

South African child shows effects of HIV infection

South African Nurses Say Shortages Force Them to Ration Anti-AIDS Drugs in Some Locations

Activists say state hospitals need more trained nurses and anti-retroviral drugs

Antiretroviral medication

South Africa Struggles to Provide Medications to All AIDS Patients

Many hospitals in Free State are failing to provide medicine to those affected by HIV/AIDS, despite legal requirements to do so

South African child shows effects of HIV infection

Problems with Distribution of HIV Drugs Take Toll on South African Families

Families in Free State relate the serious consequences of the state’s failure to provide anti-AIDS medications to all patients

While Overall HIV/AIDS Infections Stabilizing, Expert Warns Serious Problems Remain

Professor Alan Whiteside says economic slowdown affecting treatment, vaccine essential

Medical Aid Group Warns of Waning Support for AIDS Treatment Scale-up

Doctors Without Borders says lack of political commitment is leading to funding deficit

Map of Mali

Malian Women Push Condom Use to Reduce Spread of AIDS

Prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Mali is low for West Africa, effecting less than two percent of adult population

AIDS Vaccine Research Benefits from Upstream Science

Paris conference reviews how basic science discovers new tools for vaccine development

The organic garden for AIDS patients at Senegal's main university hospital

Organic Garden Grown for Senegalese AIDS Patients

Hospital project provides free, healthy meals

Paris AIDS Conference Confirms Modest Protection by Trial Vaccine

Vaccine researcher says, however, trial revealed important data

Dr. Eric Goosby, as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, heads PEPFAR

Economic Crisis is Factor in HIV/AIDS Funding 

U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator affirms Obama administration commitment

Logo of the World Health Organization at WHO headquarters in Geneva

More Than 4 Million HIV-Positive People Receiving Life-Saving Treatment

New report launched by WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF finds greatest progress being made in sub-Saharan Africa, where two-thirds of all HIV infect