Bulgaria, EU move to secure freedom for HIV medics
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Bulgaria and the European Union called on Libya on Wednesday to transfer six foreign medics to Sofia, after Tripoli lifted their death sentences for infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus.
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The number of people living with HIV has reached 39.4 million people worldwide - with high increases reported from EU&#39;s neighbouring Russia and Ukraine, according to an annual AIDS report.
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Bulgaria said it hoped Libya would  finalise a deal on Monday to free six foreign medics convicted  of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, a move that  would boost Tripoli&#39;s relations with the West.
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Outgoing European Commission President Romano Prodi said Friday the European Union could help five Bulgarian nurses on death row in Libya.
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Health ministers from across Europe meet in Lithuania to discuss ways to prevent an HIV/Aids epidemic.
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Health ministers, AIDS experts, industry and civil society representatives from across the EU and its eastern neighbours are meeting today in Vilnius to pledge action to counter a growing HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Health experts say combining TB and HIV testing and treatment could save the lives of up to 500,000 HIV positive Africans a year. The World Health Organization and UNAids issued the call to a health conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria - Five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for allegedly infecting children with HIV plan to seek compensation from Tripoli for illegal arrest and torture, Bulgaria&#39;s justice minister said Monday.
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Politics: 21 September 2004, Tuesday. Bulgaria's Health Ministry is set for carrying out a special seminar for attracting more blood donation volunteers.
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Politics: 22 October 2004, Friday. The outgoing European Commission President Romano Prodi has talked several times to the Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi about the fate of the five Bulgarian medics sentenced to ...
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TRIPOLI, Libya -- The death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV have been commuted to life in prison, Libya's foreign minister said yesterday .
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The European Union's head office proposed new regulations Friday to allow the export of cheap copies of patented drugs to poor nations fighting AIDS and other killer diseases.
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Thousands of people demonstrated across  Bulgaria on Friday to call for the release of five Bulgarian  nurses and a Palestinian doctor condemned to death for  infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.
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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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Bulgaria pressed Wednesday for the repatriation of five of its nurses and a Palestinian doctor jailed in Libya after their death sentences on charges of infecting children with HIV were commuted to life in prison.
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"We strongly support the release of the Bulgarian nurses in Libya"  US President George W. Bush said yesterday it was a high priority for the United States to win the release of five Bulgaria n nurses sentenced to death in Libya for infecting children with HIV. via People's Daily Online
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Representatives from eastern and central Europe meet in Bulgaria to discuss plans for Roma inclusion.