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States Must Engage to Become 'Hope-Givers,' Said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon 1 Dec 2008 23:18 GMT
... "People are still being infected with HIV faster than we can get them on treatment." "AIDS is still one of the top ten ... it is the number one killer in Africa," underlined Mr. Ban Ki-moon. According to the ...
French first lady joins global fight against AIDS 1 Dec 2008 23:17 GMT
... star power behind the global fight against AIDS on Monday, as the world tallied the victims of the HIV virus that infects a new person every ... virus, the vast majority of them in Africa, but no country is spared. In a ...
Discovery of virus in lemur could shed light on AIDS 1 Dec 2008 23:16 GMT
... virus in lemur could shed light on AIDS The genome of a squirrel-sized, saucer-eyed lemur ... from Madagascar may help scientists understand how HIV-like viruses coevolved with primates, according to new ... and since then, lemurs and their lentivirus-carrying African cousins have been evolving separately. Four hundred ...
President Bush announces anti-AIDS efforts reaching two million 1 Dec 2008 23:15 GMT
... President Bush announces anti-AIDS efforts reaching two million Washington DC, Dec ... in five years. Previously, only about 50,000 HIV-positive people in sub-Saharan Africa had been receiving retroviral treatment for HIV. ...
UN report finds treating infants with HIV can increase survival rates up to 75 percent 1 Dec 2008 22:53 GMT
... babies born with the virus that causes AIDS can significantly increase their chances of survival, ... AIDS, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia. In 2007, only 18 percent of pregnant ...

Virus ancestor to HIV older than believed 1 Dec 2008 22:52 GMT
... ancient predecessor to the virus that causes AIDS evolved in wild primates many millions of ... origins of the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, which unleashed a pandemic that since 1981 ... humans were passed on by primates in Africa, scientists are convinced. "It points to the ...
Obama praises Bush efforts against AIDS 1 Dec 2008 22:51 GMT
... praised the Bush administration's effort to combat AIDS and pledged Monday to continue to fight ... lifesaving antiretroviral treatment to people in sub-Saharan Africa. "I salute President Bush for his leadership ...
Obama promises to 'recommit' US anti-AIDS strategy 1 Dec 2008 22:51 GMT
... since international health authorities began observing World Aids Day 20 years ago, when "widespread ignorance ... crafting a plan for AIDS relief in Africa" and providing funding to prevent the spread ... Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia, the IFRC said in a June report. ...
Stanford Scientists' Discovery of Virus in Lemur Could Shed Light on AIDS 1 Dec 2008 22:51 GMT
... Virus in Lemur Could Shed Light on AIDS The genome of a squirrel-sized, saucer-eyed lemur ... from Madagascar may help scientists understand how HIV-like viruses coevolved with primates, according to new ... and since then, lemurs and their lentivirus-carrying African cousins have been evolving separately. Four hundred ...
Bush uses final 50 days in office to tout legacy 1 Dec 2008 22:50 GMT
... impression of overshadowed progress. On Monday, World AIDS Day, Bush was heralded for his leadership ... of those helped live in impoverished sub-Saharan Africa, where AIDS is the leading killer. "I ...
Connecticut Man Battles Disease, Stigmas 1 Dec 2008 22:50 GMT
... The AIDS Memorial Quilt shows the names of lives ... Two months later I tested positive for HIV." Michael lives in Connecticut. He's asked us ... have died. "I can say that every African-American man that I went to college with ...
Testing newborns for HIV can save lives 1 Dec 2008 22:50 GMT
... babies born with the virus that causes AIDS can significantly increase their chances of survival, ... AIDS, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia. In 2007, only 18 percent of pregnant ...
Obama praises Bush effort against AIDS, vows to continue fight 1 Dec 2008 22:50 GMT
... Obama praises Bush effort against AIDS, vows to continue fight Associated Press - ... "crafting a plan for AIDS relief in Africa" and providing money aimed at saving lives ...
South African children raise awareness of HIV/AIDS 1 Dec 2008 22:50 GMT
... BETHEL - World AIDS Day was Monday and six South African children are in America raising awareness of ... kitchen and bakery for the sick with TB/HIV and others who are needy. The six ...
Virus ancestor to HIV older than believed 1 Dec 2008 22:50 GMT
... ancient predecessor to the virus that causes AIDS evolved in wild primates many millions of ... origins of the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, which unleashed a pandemic that since 1981 ... humans were passed on by primates in Africa, scientists are convinced. "It points to the ...

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