Blacks must tackle AIDS on road toward social equity
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web sites) Day. We remember the people who have succumbed to this devastating disease, celebrate the great advances
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The Aids pandemic rampaging around the globe will not be stopped without radical social change to improve the lot of women and girls, who now look likely to die in greater numbers than men, United Nations agencies said yesterday.
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As many as half a million lives  could be saved every year in Africa if governments combine  their approach to tackle a rampant AIDS epidemic with measures  to treat tuberculosis, health experts said on Tuesday.
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Washington - The United States (US) is losing ground again in its fight against Aids with blacks, particularly African-American women, suffering most from the resurgent spread of the virus.
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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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Global AIDS treatment will fall far short of a universal target to have five million people being treated by 2010, due to a continued lack of access to drugs by many of the world's impoverished people, said a new report.
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Scientists working in Kenya believe that malaria is helping the spread of Aids across Africa - and vice versa.
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An information mobile text service is being launched in Kenya to help tackle the HIV/Aids pandemic.
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An explosive increase in the percentage of women living with HIV/AIDS in South Carolina has health officials across the T&amp;D Region scrambling for ways to enhance education and funding to tackle the problem.
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Despite large amounts dedicated to the fight against AIDS, UK Secretary of International Development Hilary Benn has said that more money is required.
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Any improvement in medical treatment is welcome news. And black Americans, who are so maltreated by our health care system, deserve an extra share of good news.
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A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas Â arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency Â may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.
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FRANCISTOWN, Botswana -- The young and hip at ground zero of the AIDS epidemic meet, drink and pair off under the knowing gaze of bartender Brian Khumalo. Sometimes they first buy a three-pack of condoms from the box he keeps by the liquor, sometimes not.
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Released on World AIDS Day, the study showed that fifty-one percent of all HIV diagnoses were among blacks, who make up 13 percent of the population.
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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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Poverty, unemployment and other  socioeconomic factors are helping to fuel a growing HIV problem  among black women, a U.S. study released on Thursday suggests.
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With almost 25 million Africans  infected, 2.8 million new infections last year and 2.1 million  deaths, the statistics are as grim as ever as Africa readies  for World AIDS Day on December 1.