Educational programs, testing planned for World AIDS Day
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Twenty-three years after initial cases of AIDS were reported, the epidemic continues to ravage the world. The number of people living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is at its highest peak, affecting 39.4 million worldwide.
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Asia marked World Aids Day Wednesday with parades, stark warnings and alarming new data about the spread of the HIV virus which the United Nations warns threatens millions worldwide.
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Tuesday, December 1 is World AIDS Day, and in anticipation of this event, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization has released a report documenting the increase in the spread of AIDS worldwide.
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The Gambia today joins the rest of the world to mark World Aids Day, with President Jammeh calling on all leaders to use spiritual teachings and religious scriptures to emphasize morality in society as well as compassion, healing and support for People
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December 1 is World Aids Day. Global attention is focused on women and girls with the day&#39;s theme: &quot;Women, Girls, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and Aids (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)&quot;.
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The world's two most populous nations promised Wednesday to eradicate ignorance about AIDS, a disease that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes.
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Federal health officials Thursday recommended regular, routine testing for the AIDS virus for all Americans ages 13 to 64, saying an HIV test should be as common as a cholesterol check.
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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.
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The international community on Wednesday turned the spotlight on the devastating and increasing impact of AIDS on women and girls to mark World AIDS Day.
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November 24 - World AIDS Day 2004 will be commemorated around the globe on Wednesday, December 1. World AIDS Day celebrates progress made in the battle against the epidemic - and brings into focus remaining challenges.
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Voluntary HIV tests should be offered to all patients attending clinics, for whatever reason, in countries where AIDS is widespread, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.
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The world&#39;s two most populous nations have promised to eradicate ignorance about AIDS, a disease that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes.
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Hundreds of Indians demonstrated on  Friday to demand new anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, while health  workers in Muslim-majority Indonesia marked World AIDS Day by  handing out condoms to prostitutes for safe sex.
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(OTTUMWA) Many around the world and in Ottumwa are holding special ceremonies for &quot;World AIDS Day,&quot; a special global event dedicated to remembering victims of AIDS, learning more about the devastating effects of the disease and reaffirming the commitment
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Health officials in Malawi were preparing on Monday to launch a massive HIV testing programme to identify tens of thousands of people unknowingly infected with the virus in the southern African nation.
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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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TOMORROW is World Aids Day, and this is the 17th year this annual event has taken place to raise awareness of one of the most serious global, national and local public health issues.