Dawn of renewed hope in AIDS war
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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
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South Africa will unveil a new plan aimed at fighting its HIV/AIDS crisis on Friday, seeking to calm bitter debate and revamp policies that have thus far done little to stop the epidemic.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - South African AIDS  campaigner Zackie Achmat knows he's a long shot for the Nobel  Peace Prize, but says his nomination is already a victory for  the millions of people around the world battling the epidemic.
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KWANCOLOSI, South Africa -- A barefoot traditional healer entered her thatched-roof hut in this Zulu village, trailed by Randall L. Tobias, the Bush administration's global AIDS coordinator. Tobias respectfully slipped off his tasseled, British-made loafers as he crossed the threshold.
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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 Bush administration&#39;s global AIDS plan has helped put at least 25,000 people on antiretroviral therapy since it began disbursing money in February to organizations and governments in 15 targeted countries.
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - More than 25 years into the AIDS epidemic, many drugs are used to treat HIV, but an alarming number of patients are becoming resistant to therapy, driving research into new ways to combat the virus.
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An attempt to intensify the campaign against Aids will be made by the special envoy to the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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December 1 marks World AIDS day, an international effort to spread awareness about the rapidly spreading HIV and AIDS epidemic and to promote preventive measures.
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African television and radio   stations are planning an on-air campaign to build hope in the   face of the AIDS pandemic, in a bid to raise spirits on the   worst-hit continent where millions have died from the disease.
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World AIDS Day today aims to celebrate progress made against the global epidemic that has killed 30 million in two decades and left 40 million more infected.
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Scientists say they may have found a new way to fight diseases like Aids and leukaemia.
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German scientists have found a new way to prevent the HIV virus from replicating, offering hope in the face of the virus's increasing resistance to existing drugs.
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The United Nations hopes that a high-level meeting on AIDS starting Wednesday will bring a surge of new funding to fight the disease, after a report warned that the epidemic continues to spread and &#36;20 billion will be needed each year to fight it by 2008.
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Every Dec. 1, the United Nations spearheads commemorations of the global AIDS epidemic. This year, the focus is on women and girls.
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The head of the UN AIDS program says HIV epidemics in some of the world&#39;s most populous countries are close to a turning point.
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South African AIDS campaigner Zackie Achmat knows he's a long shot for the Nobel Peace Prize, but says his nomination is already a victory for the millions of people around the world battling the epidemic.