Anti-AIDS Program To Fund Circumcision
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 19 -- President Bush's $15 billion anti-AIDS program will begin investing significant money in making circumcision available to African men seeking to protect themselves from HIV, top U.S. health officials said Sunday.
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The head of the Bush administration's global AIDS plan said he is taking steps that would permit the United States to give more money to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria this year than previously planned.
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South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday promised billions of rand to help curb a rampant HIV/AIDS pandemic, reduce poverty and fight crime as the country prepares to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
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President Bush will propose &#36;3.2 billion for next year to combat the spread of AIDS globally, one of the few increases in what is expected to be a tight foreign aid budget, administration and congressional sources said on Friday.
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The World Health Organisation is organising a meeting next week to examine possible recommendations on male circumcision, after trials showed the practice halved the risk of HIV infection, a spokeswoman said Friday.
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The Vatican established a foundation Friday to fund Catholic organizations assisting AIDS victims, urging people to contribute even if they object to the Church's opposition to the use of condoms to fight the spread of the disease.
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Life & style: In pictures: The proceeds from luxury gifts for lovers will go towards fighting Aids and HIV in Africa
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a medical journal article published Friday says that conclusive data shows there is no question circumcision reduces men's chances of catching HIV by up to 60 percent
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Researchers have discovered that circumcised men have a lesser chance of acquiring HIV. One of the principal investigators explains how the information will be used.
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The Bush administration is funding sexual health projects that teach children that HIV can be contracted through sweat and tears, touching genitals can result in pregnancy, and that a 43-day-old foetus is a thinking person.
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The best Christmas gift for the baby Jesus would be a donation to a papal fund dedicated to victims of HIV/AIDS, said a Vatican official.
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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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Canada will provide about $105 million in new funding for HIV/AIDS programs directed at women around the world, International Cooperation Minister Aileen Carroll announced on Wednesday to coincide with World AIDS Day, the CP/Canada.
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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.
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AIDS-stricken Southern African  nations should develop a policy of mass male circumcision to  fight the disease, the head of the United Nations anti-AIDS  agency said on Tuesday.
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Millions of new HIV infections in Africa could be avoided if more men were circumcised, an International AIDS Society conference was told on Tuesday.
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In a bid to reduce the severity of the HIV/AIDS scourge, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on18 August approved N36.8 billion to procure Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARD) next year (2005).