Song, dance helps West Africa fight genital cutting
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DIABOUGOU, Senegal  - Marietou Ndiaye waited in vain for her daughter as the other children were brought back bloodied from an initiation ceremony in the woods.
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For the past year, Yonas Tadesse has been trying to stave off the effects of HIV with a blend of science and faith &#151; he takes anti-retroviral medicine but also drinks a liter of holy water, blessed by a priest.
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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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IBADAN, Nigeria -- Crude paintings of women and rows of dimly lit bedrooms make clear the purpose of a shabby building just off a main road in this sprawling city. But for the next year, this brothel will have another function as well: testing a drug that could help stop HIV infections before they begin.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says almost 250,000 women, most in developing countries, are dying each year from cervical cancer.
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Botswana President Festus Mogae issued a blunt message to his people Wednesday on HIV/AIDS: abstain from unsafe sex or die. Botswana, which has one of the highest rates of HIV infection
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DAKAR, Senegal -- Laura Bush picked vegetables and handed out mosquito nets yesterday to emphasize that fighting AIDS in Africa also means tackling some of the continent's even more widespread afflictions -- malnutrition and malaria.
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Male circumcision could prevent millions of HIV infections every year and play a major role in controlling the virus&#39; spread in developing nations, a major AIDS conference was told Tuesday.
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The UN children&#39;s fund on Monday called for pressure to be maintained to stop female circumcision in Egypt, where more than three quarters of 15 to 17 year-old girls are subjected to the practice.
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The directors of the two largest funds for fighting the disease said they would consider paying for circumcisions in high-risk countries.
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Women and girls should be the focal point of the global war against HIV/AIDS, foreign and local officials said here on Friday. &quot;One of the objects most affected by HIV/AIDS is
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South Africa and other African nations hard hit by AIDS should consider a mass campaign to circumcise males to help stem the spread of the epidemic, researchers at a major AIDS conference in South Africa said.
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NEW YORK  - A program aimed at cutting  rates of sexually transmitted disease among minority women at  heightened risk seems to have lasting benefits, according to a  new study.
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South African Aids experts call for mass circumcision after studies showed it reduced HIV infections.
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In much of Africa, the traditionally low status of girls puts many of them in danger and protects attackers.
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JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 13 -- Two major studies released Wednesday confirmed  that circumcision can  dramatically slow the spread of HIV among African men, suggesting that widely offering the procedure could prevent millions of deaths in countries most seriously affected by AIDS, researchers said.
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The world's top AIDS donors, including the U.S. president's fund, need to link the fight against the deadly virus to preventing the rape and abuse of women and girls, rights groups said on Tuesday.