South Africa targets 50 percent cut in HIV infections
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A new five-year AIDS action plan is designed to halve the number of HIV infections in South Africa and ensure 80 percent of sufferers get access to treatment, a top official told parliament Tuesday.
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Accra, Nov. 25, GNA - Women leaders on Thursday suggested that a major way of cutting down the HIV/AIDS prevalence level among women was for them to have the right to negotiate safe sex.
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Scientific studies have confirmed a long-standing belief that male circumcision can reduce HIV infection rates in men by 60 percent, an international AIDS conference will be told next week.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders agreed on Friday a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging Africa.
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Circumcising adult men may cut in half their risk of getting the AIDS virus through heterosexual intercourse, the U.S. government announced Wednesday, as it shut down two studies in Africa testing the link.
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More than a third of a million South Africans have died of AIDS over the past year, the head of the country's Medical Research Council said Tuesday.
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Deaths among children infected with HIV in Africa could be almost halved if all those with symptoms were put on a simple, cheap and readily available antibiotic, new research has established.
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Nearly one in every four South African servicemen has contracted HIV/AIDS while the country&#39;s political parties urged the government to increase public spending and education to fight against the pandemic.
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Health experts say combining TB and HIV testing and treatment could save the lives of 500,000 HIV positive Africans a year.
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Vietnam is striving to fully tap existing sources and new initiatives to fight against HIV/AIDS in a move to reduce the infection rate among its 82-million population to below
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George Bush announced today that the US plans to spend $30bn (Â£15bn) over five years in Africa and elsewhere to combat HIV/Aids.
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AIDS experts have called for a mass circumcision programme in South Africa, condemning a &quot;deafening silence&quot; from policy makers since studies revealed it sharply cut infection rates.
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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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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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A low-cost antibiotic should be given to all children with HIV (news - web sites) in developing countries to prevent infections such as pneumonia and reduce deaths, scientists said on Friday.
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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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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.