L.America steps up campaign against HIV/AIDS
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Latin American countries have in recent years stepped up their campaign against HIV/AIDS by raising public awareness and creating a more caring society for those infected.
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President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to authorize an additional $30 billion to fight AIDS in Africa over five years, doubling the current U.S. commitment.
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Brazil, one of the Latin American countries hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic, will hand out a record 11 million condoms to prevent the spread of the disease during its erotically charged Carnival festival when casual sex rises.
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Three months into the District's HIV campaign, almost 3 percent of more than 7,000 people tested at community health sites have been found to be positive for the virus -- more than double the national rate.
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The graphic outlines the impact of AIDs in Africa, where more than two-thirds of the people living with HIV worldwide live. (AP Graphic).
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On Wednesday, a little more than a month before the start of the Bush administration&#39;s second term, World AIDS Day will highlight the continuing battle against the epidemic.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Feb. 17 -- President Bush made a long-distance appeal to Congress on Sunday to reauthorize and increase funding for his program to fight AIDS in Africa without tampering with controversial elements such as its emphasis on abstinence.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 19 -- Five years after President Bush vowed to "turn the tide against AIDS" in Africa, he is traveling across a continent where the government's $15 billion investment has extended the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and eased the sense of certain doom once experienced by...
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 19 -- Five years after President Bush vowed to "turn the tide against AIDS" in Africa, he is traveling across a continent where the government's $15 billion investment has extended the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and eased the sense of certain doom once experienced...
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The UN children's agency UNICEF plans to launch a major campaign to raise one billion dollars to help AIDS orphans whose numbers are expected to continue to swell until 2010, an official said.
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Vietnam is striving to fully tap existing sources and new initiatives to fight against HIV/AIDS in a move to reduce the infection rate among its 82-million population to below
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MSF said on Tuesday that taking measures to prevent aids was very important, but urged the Swiss government and Swiss non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to do more with regard to treatment.
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A contingent of 350,000 Trojans is heading toward the District -- to help salvage the city's battered condom distribution program in its fight against HIV and AIDS.
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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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The number of AIDS patients receiving life-extending drugs in poor countries has jumped to 700,000 from 440,000 six months ago, U.N. agencies said on Wednesday, but warned much more needed to be done.
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Countries that take the lead in directing domestic efforts against HIV and AIDS seem to have the greatest success, global AIDS experts said on Tuesday.
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First lady Laura Bush promoted the role of faith-based organizations in combating disease in Africa as she launched an anti-malaria campaign in Zambia on Thursday.