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/ 16 December 2008

Lemur virus gives clues on HIV evolution

A squirrel-sized lemur from Madagascar has given scientists new evidence about the evolutionary history of HIV-related viruses.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 3 December 2008

Medicines body in poor state, says DA

A clinical trial which could benefit Aids patients is about to lose its funding because the Medicines Control Council won’t answer its phones.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 December 2008

World Bank sees challenges ahead for Aids funding

Funding for the fight against HIV/Aids may be hit by the current financial crisis, a World Bank economist told a conference on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 1 December 2008

Governments tackle stigma on World Aids Day

Governments across the globe on Monday – World Aids Day — pledged to step up the fight against HIV.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 1 December 2008

Mbete: Use a condom with each partner

Use a condom with each partner, and every time you have sex, Deputy President Baleka Mbete said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 December 2008

World Aids Day highlights big challenges 20 years on

As World Aids Day is marked on Monday, the fight against the syndrome remains stymied by the dearth of adequate treatment in poor countries.

By Christine Courcol
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Article
/ 30 November 2008

China’s rural migrants are new front in Aids fight

The new face of Aids in China is a shy man with a heavy provincial accent, a weathered face and the rough hands of a manual worker.

By Lucy Hornby
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Article
/ 30 November 2008

UN warns against cuts to Aids prevention programmes

Cuts to Aids prevention programmes because of the global financial crisis could lead to a surge in HIV infections, the United Nations says.

By Stephanie Nebehay
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Article
/ 28 November 2008

Trial of HIV vaccine ‘a milestone for SA’

Clinical testing of the first HIV vaccine developed in Africa will start in the US next week, the SA Aids Vaccine Initiative said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 27 November 2008

Mbeki Aids policy led to 330 000 deaths, says study

The Aids policies of Thabo Mbeki’s government were responsible for the avoidable deaths of a third of a million people, according to research.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 21 November 2008

A steady erosion

HIV is thought to have a kill rate of close to 100%, higher than even the notorious haemorrhagic diseases such as Ebola.

By Belinda Beresford
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Article
/ 21 November 2008

A healthier future

Rarely in South Africa can a minister have come to power carrying such a weight of expectation as Barbara Hogan.

By Belinda Beresford
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Article
/ 13 November 2008

Chile says 512 may be infected in HIV scandal

Chile’s public health system may have failed to notify at least 512 people that they were infected with HIV/Aids, said Health Minister Alvaro Erazo.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 6 November 2008

Aids group nixes new funds for Zimbabwe

An aid agency has decided against giving new healthcare funds to Zimbabwe to fight HIV/Aids until the country’s central bank returns -million.

By Ashok Sharma
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Africa
/ 6 November 2008

The damage has already been done

It is already too late to reverse the damage humans have done to the environment, says Mozambican scientist Filipe Lucio.

By Carol Campbell
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Article
/ 5 November 2008

Safe babies, threatened mothers?

The most basic way of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV appears to cause resistance to one of the key anti-HIV drugs in women.

By Belinda Beresford
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Article
/ 30 October 2008

SA pioneers HIV+ transplant

New procedure throws lifeline to HIV-positive renal patients.

By Belinda Beresford
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Article
/ 30 October 2008

Broadcasters take aim at Africa’s four-letter fiend

Here is a ”good news” story about the fight against HIV/Aids: it’s about African broadcasters aligning their power to make a difference.

By Guy Berger
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Article
/ 27 October 2008

New, more efficient anti-Aids drug for untreated patients

Medical researchers on Sunday unveiled clinical trials of new anti-Aids drug that better controls the spread of the deadly syndrome.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 23 October 2008

SA urges action to rid Africa of disease, poverty

SA on Wednesday urged Red Cross societies in Africa to cooperate to rid the continent of the ”burden” of diseases, poverty and armed conflicts.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 20 October 2008

Step up fight against Aids, says health minister

Africa should put more effort and resources into the fight against HIV/Aids, Health Minister Barbara Hogan said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 19 October 2008

Hunt for Aids vaccine pushes on

A year after a setback in the hunt for an HIV/Aids vaccine, researchers say their defeats have forced them to look for new ways of creating a defence.

By Fran Blandy
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Article
/ 16 October 2008

Lula in Mozambique to launch antiretrovirals factory

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived on Thursday in Mozambique to launch a project to make antiretrovirals in the country.

By Staff Reporter
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Analysis
/ 15 October 2008

Aids, lies and dissidents

Like many people,Ronald Suresh Roberts may think Thabo Mbeki’s dissident views on Aids ”flat earth crap”.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 13 October 2008

Intensify fight against Aids, says health minister

SA’s new health minister, Barbara Hogan, has appealed to scientists to intensify efforts to find an Aids vaccine.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 12 October 2008

Malawi suspends extra HIV pay for civil servants

Malawi has suspended extra monthly payments to its 38 000 HIV-positive civil servants, a government official said on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 7 October 2008

Cutting HIV: Male circumcision booms in Uganda

Like many cultural events, a male circumcision ceremony in eastern Uganda has its share of governing rules.

By Ben Simon
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Article
/ 6 October 2008

Discoverers of HI virus win share of Nobel Medicine Prize

France’s Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for their discovery of the HIV virus.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 2 October 2008

Health minister vows to make Aids a top priority

South Africa’s new Health Minister, Barbara Hogan, vowed on Thursday to make Aids a top priority after years of controversy over her predecessor.

By Rebecca Harrison
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Article
/ 1 October 2008

Lack of medical workers plagues developing countries

When her baby turned blue, Nivetha Biju rushed the child to the emergency room of an Indian hospital and watched as the baby lost consciousness.

By Kavita Chandran and Tan Ee Lyn
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Article
/ 30 September 2008

Why HIV has fallen

The antenatal HIV survey for 2007 showed a possible fall in the percentage of HIV among pregnant women attending public sector antenatal facilities.

By Elvis Jack
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Article
/ 25 September 2008

TB breakthrough a challenge to govt

One of the key anti-TB drugs, rifampicin, increases the speed at which one class of ARVs is broken down by the body.

By Belinda Beresford
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