British Gay Lawmaker Inspired by Mandela to Go Public With HIV Status
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Britain's first openly gay lawmaker revealed Sunday that he has been HIV positive for 17 years, saying he was inspired by Nelson Mandela to tell the public he had the virus that causes AIDS.
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South Africa will celebrate Nelson Mandela's 89th birthday this month with an all-star soccer match to raise funds for HIV/AIDS, organizers said on Thursday.
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The number of people with HIV in the UK is still rising with 53,000 adults now living with the virus, new figures show.
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South Africa will unveil a new plan  aimed at fighting its HIV/AIDS crisis on Friday, seeking to  calm bitter debate and revamp policies that have thus far done  little to stop the epidemic.
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Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance has applied, in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, for the release of the HIV/Aids and Syphilis Sero-prevalence Report for 2003.
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A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal
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JOHANNESBURG -- Former president Nelson Mandela announced yesterday that his eldest son died of AIDS-related complications, saying the only way to fight the disease's stigma was to speak openly about it.
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John Amaechi is gay, and now the first NBA player to come out publicly is ready to talk about it
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela will watch as a statue of him is unveiled outside the Houses of Parliament in London Wednesday before dignitaries including Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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In response to an uproar from gay activists, Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign on Wednesday added a gay minister to the lineup for its weekend gospel tour.
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Actor Brad Pitt becomes a special ambassador in Nelson Mandela's fight against HIV and Aids in Africa.
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Aids activist Zackie Achmat has joined the chorus of calls for TB treatment to be combined with HIV testing and anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment, echoing claims that it could save the lives of up to 500 000 HIV-infected Africans a year.
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John Amaechi, the former NBA player and England basketball international, is to publish a book next week in which he will reveal he is gay.
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela will back a massive anti-poverty campaign launched by charities and other groups while on a visit to London next month, organisers said.
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A statue of Nelson Mandela will be unveiled in central London.
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South Africa, burdened with one of the world's major HIV/AIDS epidemics, unveiled plans on Thursday for its biggest AIDS vaccine trial.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - South African AIDS  campaigner Zackie Achmat knows he's a long shot for the Nobel  Peace Prize, but says his nomination is already a victory for  the millions of people around the world battling the epidemic.