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/ 13 October 2004
Famine in Africa could worsen unless action is taken to tackle the continent’s HIV/Aids pandemic, according to a senior United Nations official.
The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria awarded Uganda a new grant of -million last Friday to battle the disease.
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/ 29 September 2004
HIV/Aids rates in northern Uganda are nearly twice as high as the rest of the country because of an 18-year war.
Botswana, with the highest per-capita rate of HIV infection in world, is struggling to cope with the demand for treatment.
UK is to become the first nation to use the international bond market as a mechanism to raise money for a developing country public health programme.
Breastfeeding is not detrimental to the health of HIV-positive mothers, according to a study published in the latest edition of Aids.
HIV-positive women are less likely to get pregnant and more likely to have a miscarriage, according to a study conducted in Uganda.
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/ 22 January 2004
A strategy by HIV-negative gay men in the UK to avoid infection appears to be to trust that prospective partners with HIV will disclose their status.
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/ 3 December 2003
Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary General, said Aids was a “weapon of mass destruction” for some countries.
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/ 16 October 2003
Uncircumcised men have an eight-fold higher risk of becoming infected with HIV than circumcised men, according to a study.
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/ 10 September 2003
Women who are overweight experience slower HIV progression than women who are underweight, according to research.
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/ 3 September 2003
Two unusual cases of HIV transmission within two Australian families are reported in the latest issue of Aids.
Letters in the latest issue of the journal Aids tell contrasting tales about HIV treatment in developing countries.
South Africa is perfecting cheaper and more effective HIV tests, according to reports on diagnostic tests presented at a conference.
Nevirapine is generally safe and well tolerated by children, reports a United Kingdom paper.
Hormonal contraceptives increase the risks of women being infected with the HI virus, according to research conducted among prostitutes.
The oropharynx could be a source of infectious HIV in individuals with a high viral load and intact tonsils, according to a study.
HIV-positive patients have lower levels of a protein associated with bone density, according to a small Brazilian study.
The use of therapeutic vaccines was the major topic at the Immune Reconstitution and Control of HIV meeting in Italy last week.
The rising number of HIV infections in Australia requires urgent government action, a leading Australian HIV/Aids community organisation said.
Researchers have identified two separate cases where ARV-resistant HIV was transmitted up to three years after the virus developed its resistance.
A child counselling centre at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital is making a difference to HIV-positive and Aids-infected children.
People with HIV living in poorer areas of San Francisco are more likely to progress to Aids than those living in wealthier districts.
Chinese Aids experts have said they believe people with Aids are less vulnerable to severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars).
A French biologist voiced concern this week that the combination of Aids and severe acute respiratory syndrome will lead to terrible loss of lives.
Scientists in California have provided the first detailed look at how human antibodies may drive HIV to mutate.
Infection with human papillomavirus has been found in a significant number of HIV-positive men who have never had anal intercourse, say researchers.
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/ 15 January 2003
Hispanic women in Pennsylvania suffer twice the national rate of HIV infection.
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/ 28 November 2002
Plans for a two-tier system for drug pricing will be launched this week by the United Kingdom’s International Development Secretary, Clare Short.
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/ 21 November 2002
The risk of a gay man acquiring HIV from oral sex is very low, according to a United States study.
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/ 14 November 2002
A new diagnostic device that can detect HIV in as little as 20 minutes has received government approval in the United States.
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/ 7 November 2002
The US ambassador to India warned this week that India could soon surpass SA as the country with the highest number of people with Aids in the world.