Experts: Russia Lacks Will to Fight AIDS
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AIDS and the HIV virus are spreading at an alarming pace in Russia, but the government lacks the political will to combat the epidemic that may claim tens of thousands of lives within the next few years, leading experts warned Wednesday.
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Public health experts accused the World Bank Tuesday of neglecting Africa's fight against tuberculosis, saying the institution should spend more fighting a disease whose resurgence in recent years has been linked to AIDS.
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Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told Russians on Thursday that their country is losing the battle against HIV/AIDS because of government inaction and a lack of public awareness.
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GENEVA  - Children with HIV (news - web sites)/AIDS (news - web sites) are dying needlessly because of a lack of suitable drugs and the high cost of medicines adapted to their needs, the humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said.
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The top UN AIDS official in Uganda is denying reports the government is pressuring his agency not to promote the use of condoms. However, heâs concerned that some people may be trying to mix facts about HIV/AIDS with ideology.
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The rest of the world has contributed so little to the fight against AIDS that the U.S. cannot make its full contribution this year.
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Watchdog development groups accused the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday of doing too little to help the global battle against HIV/AIDS, but the two institutions responded that they are at the forefront of the struggle.
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US President George Bush's top adviser on HIV/Aids warns that the world is losing the battle against the virus.
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Children with AIDS are dying needlessly because of a lack of suitable and adapted medicines. On World AIDS Day, December 1, MSF is calling on the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and national governments
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The world will not be able to celebrate advances in HIV diagnosis and treatment until the United Nations' goal of universal access to drugs is reached, leading international AIDS researchers said at a conference Sunday.
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A shortage of doctors and nurses in Africa is now one of the biggest obstacles to providing life-saving drugs to AIDS patients, condemning untold numbers to an unnecessary death, a new report says.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Up to half a million HIV-positive Africans die each year because health chiefs have failed to coordinate the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, the UN said yesterday.
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PEREDELKINO, Russia -- The unpaved, unlit roads are clogged with traffic. Getting to and from work in the center of Moscow is a 90-minute crawl each way. The schools are lousy. There are no stores within walking distance. Local health-care facilities are primitive.
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Businesses fail to plan for HIV/Aids until it affects 20% of people in their country, says a World Economic Forum report.
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With more than 1.8 million people living with HIV in Europe and Central Asia, the epidemic poses a serious threat to the region's social and economic stability, according to the Joint United Nations Programme ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried that news reports about an aids drug may prompt some governments to ban the medication.
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WASHINGTON - Health experts urged the Bush administration on Wednesday to move beyond the ABCs of global AIDS prevention - abstinence, being faithful and using condoms - and help women who are infected through factors beyond their control.