Botswana Leader Warns on AIDS: Abstain or Die
107154
Botswana President Festus Mogae issued a blunt message to his people Wednesday on HIV/AIDS: abstain from unsafe sex or die.
203769
DURBAN, 25 November (IRIN) - Although data on the extent of HIV/AIDS and its impact on the South African economy vary, analysts agree that government and businesses need to take urgent action to combat the virus.
648876
Leaders of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have stressed that as the world commits more resources to treat people infected with HIV, it must also intensify efforts to develop a vaccine to prevent new infections and stop the continuing
62338
South Africa's Nelson Mandela, one  of Africa's most committed campaigners in the battle against  AIDS, announced that his only surviving son had succumbed to  the disease on Thursday.
546458
Ever since Botswana recorded its first HIV case 19-years-ago, this nation has never been the same. The country has moved from the denial that marked the first few years after the discovery of the virus; the
260407
Johannesburg, AIDS has killed 1.7 million people in South Africa, including two children of the country&#39;s Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, reports Xinhua.
471319
The World Health Organization is warning that AIDS and HIV in Asia could spread to the general public unless immediate measures are taken.
31818
Millions of people with HIV will die unless it is made easier for them to get the drugs they need, experts warn.
498443
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, surrounded by rock stars, launched a book of photographs of a major anti-AIDS concert on Thursday with a call to ordinary people to take a lead in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
140763
African, especially southern African, nations must link tuberculosis testing and treatment with HIV prevention programs if they are to win the AIDS battle, a top World Health Organisation official said on Thursday.
167212
The head of the World Bank said on Monday he was worried very high rates of HIV/AIDS infections and related tuberculosis in Mozambique could spread as new transport routes are developed to meet growing economic activity.
486577
Reggae stars using homophobic lyrics are stoking the spread of HIV, a UK minister is warning in the Caribbean. International Development Minister Gareth Thomas fears that discrimination against homosexuals is deterring people from being tested for HIV.
246992
The United States is endangering the lives of millions of women because of its policy of teaching that sexual abstinence is the best way to fight AIDS, women&#39;s health experts said on Thursday.
555425
The killer disease AIDS has posed a disastrous threat to South Africa as the annual number of deaths due to AIDS is projected to peak with 487,320 in the year 2008.
97542
The World Health Organization urged political leaders in the Western Pacific region to step up efforts to stop the spread of the AIDS virus, saying the number of infections continues to grow.
550029
Asia-Pacific risks an AIDS crisis similar in scale to Africa's unless governments across the region step up efforts to combat the spread of the disease, the United Nations is warning.
525043
Countries with HIV epidemics should test everyone attending health centres unless they 'opt out', say experts.