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HIV testing can save newborns 1 Dec 2008 21:32 GMT
... infant testing in some countries hardest hit by HIV and AIDS such as Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia is being scaled up. In 2007, only 18 percent of pregnant ...
Efforts to Contain Cholera in Zimbabwe Scaled Up 1 Dec 2008 21:31 GMT
... "easily treatable," to thrive in politically conflicted Zimbabwe, reports the humanitarian news agency, IRIN . ... woes and food shortages in the eastern African nation are also having a , stated ... charity, Progessio, just days ahead of World AIDS Day (Dec. 1). As approximately a third ...
09:33am More HIV testing can save babies 1 Dec 2008 21:15 GMT
... The report cited the example of South Africa, where babies born to HIV-positive mothers were ... countries hit hard by AIDS, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Swaziland and Zambia. The report also ...
More HIV testing can save babies 1 Dec 2008 21:15 GMT
... The report cited the example of South Africa, where babies born to HIV-positive mothers were ... countries hit hard by AIDS, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Swaziland and Zambia. The report also ...
Governments tackle HIV stigma on World AIDS Day 1 Dec 2008 20:31 GMT
... Presse) Governments tackle HIV stigma on World AIDS Day Governments across the globe pledged Monday ... government effort to fight discrimination. In South Africa, the country with the highest number of ... and determined," Kidjo said in Johannesburg. In Swaziland, for example, where 26 percent of the ...

More HIV testing can save babies' lives: U.N. report 1 Dec 2008 20:20 GMT
... The report cited the example of South Africa, where babies born to HIV-positive mothers were ... countries hit hard by AIDS, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Swaziland and Zambia. The report also ...
World AIDS Day Focuses on Prevention 1 Dec 2008 20:13 GMT
... take out a rally to mark World AIDS day in Gauhati, India, 01 Dec 2008 ... are taking place worldwide, from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe. The organizer of the global awareness day, ... with HIV, two-thirds of them in sub-Saharan Africa. It says 7,500 new infections take place ...
World AIDS Day observed across the globe 1 Dec 2008 19:50 GMT
... World AIDS Day observed across the globe (NECN/ABC) - ... President Bush has made treating AIDS in Africa a centerpiece of his foreign policy, and ... HIV testing has become more common. In Zimbabwe, the population of those infected with HIV ...
Sharp rise in new HIV cases amongst gays 1 Dec 2008 19:30 GMT
... are homosexuals, drug users and immigrants from southern African nations, where the virus is extremely prevalent. Amongst ... Daniel Shemtov, director of the Health Ministry's AIDS and Tuberculosis department. "The community must deal ...
Early HIV diagnosis and treatment saves lives of newborn babies ' UN report 1 Dec 2008 19:30 GMT
... hardest hit by HIV/AIDS, such as Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia, have introduced early infant ... Although several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Botswana and South Africa, were testing infants as ...
Bush reaffirms US commitment to fight AIDS 1 Dec 2008 18:53 GMT
... to battle the deadly disease, particularly in Africa. (8.5 meters) hanging from the White House's ... in nations such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, , the IFRC said in a ...
President and Mrs. Bush Participate in Saddleback Civil Forum on Global Health 1 Dec 2008 18:52 GMT
... being here on the 20th anniversary of AIDS -- World AIDS Day. We want to ... 50,000 people getting antiretrovirals in all sub-Sahara Africa. And we set a goal of 2 ... together -- I think we were in Zambia, but I may be wrong -- and ...
New hope on AIDS in Africa 1 Dec 2008 18:52 GMT
... a continent ravaged by AIDS, a South African fertility clinic has started a service allowing ... interest and funding. In dirt-poor Malawi and Lesotho, less than 5% of pregnant women infected ... an increase from 8% to 29%. In Botswana, which has one of the highest AIDS ...
Winning the Fight Against Malaria 1 Dec 2008 18:31 GMT
... decline in the incidence of malaria in Swaziland is being attributed to a devastating drought ... primarily in the eastern Lubombo region bordering Mozambique - Swaziland's "crescent of drought" - although ... increased coverage with nets purchased in South Africa with Global Fund sponsorship," Dlamini said. Distribution ...
Economic Crisis May 'Re-Ignite AIDS Epidemic' 1 Dec 2008 18:31 GMT
... in fighting HIV/AIDS in countries like South Africa and Zambia may be reversed as financial ... were named as three countries in the Southern African region where the HIV infection rate is ... 1.1 million Aids-related deaths in east and southern Africa in 2007," said Okello. "This figure represents ...

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