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  • Religious leaders discuss HIV issues in the Netherlands (22 Mar 2010 11:50)

    ... two-day conference in the Netherlands to debate HIV issues and religions' response to the illness. ... can play a vital role in the AIDS response," said Michel Sidibe, UNAIDS Executive Director ... the event. The United Nations and the World Health Organization estimate that worldwide some 30.6 and 36.1 ...

  • WHO backs government in condom clash with Catholic Church (22 Mar 2010 08:51)

    ... Manila - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday backed the Philippine government's ... before Valentine's Day as part of the anti-HIV/AIDS campaign. The bishops alleged that condoms were ... condoms were an "extremely effective protection against HIV and other sexually transmitted infections." "The correct ...

  • Funding shortfalls foil new treatment guidelines (22 Mar 2010 03:34)

    ... (PlusNews) - Global funding shortfalls for fighting AIDS could make it impossible for developing countries ... impossible for developing countries to implement new World Health Organization treatment guidelines, activists have said. WHO released ... Gleneagles pledge to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care by 2010. "Instead ...

  • Report Highlights Gains In Malaria Fight, Documents Need For More Funding (22 Mar 2010 09:31)

    ... of 2009, have "helped to contain the disease," but is "far short of the estimated ... the partnership, which is backed by the World Health Organisation. ... In Zambia, for example, the number ... made in recent years to fight malaria, AIDS, and . This progress is fragile, however, ...

  • UN organizations launch campaigns for more toilets (22 Mar 2010 08:50)

    ... protection, it kills more children than malaria, HIV&AIDS and TB combined, Mr.Lane further commented. The ... cent to27 per cent, according to the World Health Organization data. Sub-Saharan Africa and the Oceania are ...

  • Drug-resistant TB now at record levels, says WHO (21 Mar 2010 03:30)

    ... to have emerged worldwide in 2008, the World Health Organization said this week. In its , the ... Lithuania, Moldova and Mozambique that people with HIV are more likely to have multi-drug resistant ... other patients with MDR-TB, coupled with poor infection control in those facilities. Poor absorption of ...

  • Going too far to battle disease (17 Mar 2010 04:41)

    ... is about to be undertaken by U.S. AIDS czar Dr. Anthony S. Fauci with the ... on Feb. 23, 2001: "The persistence of HIV in cells argues for a delay in ... Lancet by Dr. Reuben Granich of the World Health Organization, titled "Universal voluntary HIV testing with immediate ...

  • New Hope for AIDS (18 Mar 2010 15:32)

    ... things have changed ever since the first Aids case was diagnosed in 1981: specialists have ... Joint Program on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), it happens because even when a ... and if it is effective in other HIV subtypes. The vaccine has a modest protective ...

  • FINDING IMMUNITY TO AIDS (18 Mar 2010 19:19)

    ... candles during a ceremony to mark World AIDS Day in Jakarta on December 1, 2009. ... 1988 just a few years after HIV was discovered that Keith Fowke travelled ... African country is incredibly According to the World Health Organization, 33 million people worldwide are infected with ...

  • TB: A Disease of the Past? Action Now! (18 Mar 2010 13:25)

    ... will launch its 2010 campaign, 'TB: A Disease of the Past? Action Now!'. The UK ... Global Fund to Fight In 1993, the World Health Organization declared TB to be a 'global emergency'. ... diagnostics and vaccines; integration of TB and HIV/Aids programmes; and specific actions for hard-to-reach and ...

  • Haiti: ADRA Immunization and HIV Prevention Efforts Ongoing Among Displaced ... (17 Mar 2010 08:54)

    ... Haiti: ADRA Immunization and HIV Prevention Efforts Ongoing Among Displaced Populations A ... are living in the camp. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has provided many of the essential ... said Mr. Michel Sidib, executive director of UNAIDS. Before the January earthquake, there were approximately ...

  • Haiti: ADRA Immunization and HIV Prevention Efforts Ongoing Among Displaced Populations (17 Mar 2010 20:49)

    ... Haiti: ADRA Immunization and HIV Prevention Efforts Ongoing Among Displaced Populations Reuters ... are living in the camp. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has provided many of the essential ... said Mr. Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS. Before the January earthquake, there were approximately ...

  • World Tuberculosis Day Approaching (19 Mar 2010 19:51)

    ... 12,905 TB cases were reported nationwide. The World Health Organization estimates one-third of the world’s population is ... have high rates of TB, persons with HIV infection and AIDS, homeless persons, people who have spent time ...

  • Drug-resistant TB poses new challenge (20 Mar 2010 04:36)

    ... more difficult challenges, including vulnerability due to HIV/AIDS and drug-resistant patients, in the future. Currently, ... each day in the country. The 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) report revealed that the prevalence rate ... 100,000 citizens. HIV/AIDS is a burdening [factor]. HIV is a problem because tuberculosis is an ...

  • WHO Unsure if Drug-Resistant TB Getting Worse (20 Mar 2010 03:37)

    ... March 19, 2010 LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization says it doesn't have enough information to ... warned the collision of TB with the AIDS virus could fuel simultaneous epidemics - and ... an overall association between (drug-resistant) TB and HIV epidemics exists." In Estonia, Latvia and Moldova, ...

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