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Eradicating Stigma and Gender Inequality Essential to Combat AIDS
Red Cross/Red Crescent says HIV-AIDS thrives in communities that discriminate against victims of the disease ...
Survey Finds Lack of Awareness About AIDS
Survey of people in the seven Western industrialized nations shows high percentage know little or nothing about HIV/AIDS ...
Kenya's Success in Controlling AIDS is Example for Africa
New figures show percentage of people in Kenya living with AIDS virus fell to 5.1 percent in 2006, down from 5.9 percent a year earlier and 9 percent in mid-1990s ...
Number of HIV/AIDS Cases Continues to Rise in Europe Despite Prevention Campaigns
Eastern Europe suffers much higher toll than rest of region ...
President Bush Urges US Congress to Boost Investment in Fighting HIV/AIDS
US president asks Congress to reauthorize Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, with pledge of $30 billion this time ...
Leaders Claim Success on World AIDS Day
President Bush urges US lawmakers to approve proposal to spend $30 billion over next five years to fight AIDS ...
Child Cyclone Victims in Bangladesh Susceptible to Serious Illness
UNICEF beginning mass distribution of fortified food to malnourished children, vulnerable women Saturday ...
Mandela: Ending HIV/AIDS Affliction Is 'In Our Hands'
Former South African president says change requires breaking silence around HIV/AIDS, sexual abuse ...
UNICEF Begins Life-Saving Immunization Campaign in Somalia
Effort aims to immunize 100,000 children and women in camps for internally displaced people ...
China Reports 17th Bird Flu Death
WHO reports there have been at least 25 human cases of avian flu confirmed in China in recent years, 16 of them fatal ...
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