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Warning Over Aids Complacency - Bbc News
people wrongly think a cure has been found for aids and teenagers think hiv is not relevant to them, new research shows. the publication of two studies to mark world aids day paints a depressing picture for campaigners trying to raise awareness of ...
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Video: New Efforts To Find Aids Vaccine
source: reuters oct 14 - south africa's new health minister barbara hogan signals fresh approach in aids battle. south africa, which has one of the world's heaviest hiv caseloads, has been accused by activists of ...
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World Focus: A Simple Admission In The Battle Against Aids Offers Hope To Millions
a monumental embroidered triptych called the keiskamma altarpiece has just gone on display in southwark cathedral, in london. crafted by women in the eastern cape, it tells the story of the aids epidemic in south africa. the tragic story has just been given a fresh twist.
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Video: New Efforts To Find Aids Vaccine - Reuters Alertnet
south africa, which has one of the world's heaviest hiv caseloads, has been accused by activists of dragging its feet in dealing with the disease which kills an estimated 1,000 people every day. neena dhaun reports
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Role Of Circumcision In Reducing Hiv Risk Still Unclear - Businessweek
tuesday, oct. 7 (healthday news) -- a new analysis of existing research finds little evidence that circumcision protects gay men from infection with the aids virus, but the issue is still far from settled. for one thing, studies conducted prior to ...
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Aids Vaccine Focus Shifts After Disappointments
a global aids vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the hiv virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large-scale human clinical trials after a string of disappointments.
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Aid Agencies: World's Poor Will Be Biggest Victims
the world's poorest people will be hungrier, sicker and have fewer jobs as a result of the global financial crisis, and cash-strapped aid agencies will be less able to help, aid groups are warning.
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Laureates: Financial Crisis May Hit Aids Funding - Miami Herald
paris -- two french researchers who shared the nobel prize in medicine for discovering the aids virus are voicing fears that the world financial crisis will hurt funding to fight the disease. luc montagnier and francoise barre-sinoussi say they told ...
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Us, Japan Favored For Nobel Chemistry Prize - Miami Herald
stockholm, sweden -- u.s. and japanese researchers are among the favorites to win the nobel prize in chemistry, but don't expect any recent discoveries to get the nod. the prize committee at the royal swedish academy of sciences typically awards ...
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South Africa's New Health Minister Reverses Policy On Hiv/aids
south africa's new health minister broke dramatically on monday from a decade of discredited government policies on aids, declaring that the disease was unquestionably caused by hiv and must be treated with conventional medicine.
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Africa: Hiv/aids Challenges Global Ambition Of Education For All
hiv and aids related deaths as well as the 'brain drain' and poor working conditions are all contributing to teacher shortages in sub-saharan africa, according to research conducted by dennis sinyolo, education coordinator of education international (ei), the umbrella organisation that represents the world's teachers' unions.
allafrica.com

An All-women Car Unveiled In Gender-sensitive Iran - Hindustan Times
iran's state-backed motor manufacturer, iran khodro, has unveiled a new car specially designed for women that might take the country's gender sensitivity to new levels, the daily telegraph has reported. the car, with electronic parking aids and a ...
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Annie Lennox Speaks For The World’s Kids - Gay Wired.com
musician annie lenox opened a two-day conference on hiv and children monday in dublin, saying governments around the world must do more to support hiv-positive children and those living in families affected by aids, reports the irish times . she also ...
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S Africa Concedes Virus Link With Aids
south africa's new health minister has broken dramatically from a decade of discredited government policies on aids, declaring that the disease is unquestionably caused by hiv and must be treated with conventional medicine.
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Nigeria: 'maths Can Be Modeled To Tackle Hiv/aids, Others'
the menace of the hiv/aids and other life threatening diseases in the country can be effectively halted if the potency of mathematical variables is well harnessed.
allafrica.com

In Gender-sensitive Iran, A Car Designed Specially For Women - Guardian Unlimited
iran 's biggest motor manufacturer is to take the country's gender sensitivity to new levels by producing a car specially for women. it will be fitted with features common on the international market but seen as female-specific in iran's male ...
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Grandmothers: The Unsung Heroes - Idaho Mountain Express
after spending years volunteering and visiting africa, susie banfield, a sun valley resident and grandmother of 15, co-founded a non-profit organization called voiceless children with photojournalist felix masi of kenya. the purpose of the ...
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Aid Agencies: World's Poor Will Be Biggest Victims
(by alexander g. higgins, associated press writer) the world's poorest people will be hungrier, sicker and have fewer jobs as a result of the global financial crisis, and cash-strapped aid agencies will be less able to help, aid groups are warning. the charities that provide food, medicine and other relief on the ground say cutbacks have already started, but it will take months or more before ...
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Anthony Lions Club Collecting Used Eyeglasses And Hearing Aids
the anthony lions club will collect used eyeglasses and hearing aids saturday, october 11 at sunland park mall from 10am to 6pm as part of lions world sight day.
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Rampant Violence Is Latin America's 'worst Epidemic' - Guardian Unlimited
violent crime in latin america kills more people and wreaks more economic havoc than aids, the head of the organisation of american states warned this week. drug trafficking, gang warfare, kidnapping and other crimes pose one of the gravest threats ...
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