AIDS seen as new threat to African democracy
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AIDS may be killing elected officials in some Southern African countries faster than they can be replaced, creating a new threat to democracy and governance in the region, a new study said.
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As an HIV conference opens, a study shows Aids deaths may be undermining southern Africa's democracy.
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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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BRUSSELS, Dec 13 (IPS) - AIDS has become a "forgotten disease" in  the European Union, according to the man in charge of the  bloc's public health policies.
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Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an AIDS drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to new concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women.
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The numbers of HIV/AIDS cases in China and India are reaching crisis proportions and could threaten the world economy, a UN expert says.
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Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an AIDS drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women.
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JOHANNESBURG, 1 December (IRIN) - Growing concern over the sustainability of government-sponsored HIV/AIDS treatment programmes in Southern Africa has prompted renewed calls for a change in sexual behaviour to curb the spread of the disease.
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Two medical studies released yesterday confirm that widespread circumcision of adult men is a powerful weapon against HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa, a finding that appears destined to reshape AIDS prevention strategies.
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The head of the United Nations' AIDS program warned that the three countries could turn their small, localized epidemics into gigantic ones capable of disrupting the world's response to the disease.
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Johannesburg, AIDS has killed 1.7 million people in South Africa, including two children of the country&#39;s Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, reports Xinhua.
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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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Presentation by Mary M. Kanya, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Swaziland to the United States of America, at the Fifth Annual African Women&#39;s and Children&#39;s Health Symposium: The Feminization of HIV/Aids on Thursday, November 11, 2004, at the University of
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Improving women&#39;s rights could  boost the battle against AIDS in southern African countries,  where women are often forced into risky sex by male partners or  economic desperation, a new report said on Friday.
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Statistics for AIDS in Africa are so overwhelmingly depressing they make your eye sockets throb. The United Nations is constantly reporting things like: â¢ Seventy percent of all people on Earth who are HIV-positive live in the region.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is still bearing the brunt of the HIV/Aids epidemic, a UNAids report reveals.
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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.