S Africa 'on track in Aids fight'
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South Africa is on course to meet its target of halving new Aids infections by 2011, the deputy president says.
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DURBAN, 25 November (IRIN) - Although data on the extent of HIV/AIDS and its impact on the South African economy vary, analysts agree that government and businesses need to take urgent action to combat the virus.
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Women were at the frontline of a war that South Africa was involved in against HIV/Aids &quot;and are bearing its full brunt&quot;, says Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
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Fighting Africa's poverty and the spread of Aids top the agenda at the Davos World Economic Forum.
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HIV infection is rising in every region  of the world and most worryingly in countries like Uganda and  Thailand, which had been heralded as success stories in the  fight against AIDS, the United Nations 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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ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar -- This island nation off the southeastern coast of Africa poses one of the world's great AIDS mysteries.
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The usual war of words followed hard on the heels of the latest statistics on HIV/Aids in South Africa this week - but the tragic bottom line remained that more than 5 million people are infected with HIV.
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Polio eradication efforts get back on track in African nation after hostility to treatment reignited disease.
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Zimbabwe is showing the way for Africa in the fight against HIV/AIDS, President Robert Mugabe said on Friday as he urged Zimbabweans to take greater personal responsibility in stopping the epidemic.
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Malaria is fueling the spread of AIDS in Africa by boosting the HIV in people's bodies for weeks at a time, says a study that pins down the deadly interplay between the dual scourges.
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China, India and Russia are on the brink of an Africa-style Aids epidemic that could devastate the global economy and international security, the head of the UN Aids project has warned.
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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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Too many societies across the globe are losing the battle against AIDS. Despite increased global funding and access to prevention and care services, the disease continues to spread.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - The number of South  Africans carrying the virus that causes AIDS rose in 2003 but  the rate of infection especially among teenagers was  stabilizing, the government said in a report released Thursday.
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Kenya is set to become the second African country to produce anti-retroviral drugs, used to fight Aids.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers will turn their attention to Africa on Friday and are widely expected to announce a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases.