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The International AIDS Society has condemned the imprisonment of Uzbek doctor Maxim Popov for promoting HIV prevention efforts in his country.
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The legal ‘bull terrier’ that has protected people with HIV for 17 years is changing into an organisation that fights against all adverse socio-economic conditions.
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African church leaders met in Johannesburg recently to find common ground in response to HIV and AIDS. At the meeting, the church acknowledged that it has failed to react timeously and effectively to the challenge of AIDS.
Thursday 6 May, Windhoek — On Wednesday 5 May, the opening day of the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF) in Dar Es Salaam, a group of nine AIDS activists from across the continent were detained for questioning by Tanzanian authorities after they handed over a memorandum entitled ‘Health is Wealth’, which emphasised the need for increased investment in health and particularly HIV, TB and Malaria in Africa, to two prominent speakers at the WEF.
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HIV prevention researchers, policy makers and community advocates from more than 35 countries will meet in Pittsburg, USA for the 6th International Microbicides Conference (M2010) at the end of the month.
AIDS and human rights activists have accused African leaders and donors of making cruel and unwise decisions on funding commitments to HIV and health.
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OPINION: What is President Barack Obama, Rahm Emmanuel and his brother Zeke Emanuel up to in Africa and South Africa? by Zackie Achmat.
Health human rights activists will again remind African leaders that they are watching them when they stage a protest at the 2010 World Economic Forum on Africa meeting starting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania today (WED).
Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi will address the world’s largest AIDS gathering in Vienna later this year. Organisers of the 18th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) announced that President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, and Motsoaledi will be among 19 high-level speakers who will address an estimated 25 000 conference attendees.
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Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been shown to be effective in slowing down the progression of AIDS and in reducing HIV-related illnesses and death.
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There was a festive atmosphere at Edendale Hospital on Friday as hundreds of people attended the launch of the province’s HIV counselling and testing (HCT) campaign, headed by Premier Zweli Mkhize.
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The much-awaited HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT)) campaign was launched last Sunday. At the launch, President Jacob Zuma, warned the hundreds of people who had braved the cold to listen to him speak that the outcome of an HIV test is a personal matter and that they can keep it a secret.