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D.C. HIV/AIDS Report: HIV and AIDS Cases Rise 22 Percent In D.C.
Update: Monday, March 16, 2009; 7:07 pm EST: As noted at the end of this story, Dr. Hader was to take questions about the levels of HIV/AIDS cases in the Washington, D.C. area today at 2:00 pm. Questions and...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1228 views | 59 recommendations | 9 comments
Nigerian state urges AIDS patients to marry
Unusual government program aims to curb spread of the deadly disease. " BAUCHI, Nigeria - With her golden dress shimmering in the sun and ornate henna tattoos covering her hands, Hauwa Idris is the picture of a... India: Safer injection campaign a breakthrough success
Marc Koska’s Safepoint Trust, the East Sussex-based, UK charity, reaches over 500 million people in India with its Safer Injection message, alters India’s Health Policy, and is set to prevent millions of deaths...
created by filesharejunkie | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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589 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Ex-girlfriend's lawsuit claims Roberto Alomar has AIDS
If this is true he should be sent to jail. "An ex-girlfriend of Roberto Alomar filed an explosive lawsuit alleging the former baseball star insisted on unprotected sex for four years despite having AIDS. The... Indevus PRO 2000 Gel May Protect Women From AIDS Infection
A newly developed gel may help protect women from contracting HIV, the virus which causes AIDS. The gel was made by Indevus Pharmaceuticals and is called PRO 2000. " They are trying to find a microbicide -- a gel or cream that women and perhaps men can use to protect...
created by Terri Potratz | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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131 views | 17 recommendations | 2 comments
Johnson & Johnson's new HIV treatment to be approved by FDA
A division of Johnson & Johnson is seeking FDA approval for its new HIV drug that can help HIV non-respondents, patients who are no longer responsive to conventional HIV treatments. The new drug by the name of...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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214 views | 7 recommendations | 1 comment
Lesotho: Feeling the Pinch of Soaring Food Prices
" Urban families in Lesotho, a small landlocked southern African country, are struggling to cope with rising food prices, according to a recent survey. Practically every household interviewed in a vulnerability assessment reported being affected by escalating food costs; more...Suit decries US funding of Catholic outreach
" The US Department of Health and Human Services hired the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2006 to help immigrants who had been forced into prostitution or slave labor. The bishops have disseminated millions... Eight years behind Senegalese bars - for loving men, not women
By Miriam Mannak In Senegal, nine men have received a nine-year jail sentence. Not because they killed, stole, pillaged, raped, abused, hijacked, hurt, stabbed, shot, assaulted or robbed - they were punished...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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497 views | 70 recommendations | 11 comments
Mississippi Tops List for Teen Pregnancies
The Center for Disease Control has released information stating Mississippi as the leading state in teen pregnancies, stealing the top spots from New Mexico and Texas. The report reveals data gathered from birth... Malawi's looming famine - Millions at risk
By Miriam Mannak While Zimbabwe has fallen victim to a cholera outbreak of note and Mozambicans are fleeing the floods, another crisis looms in Southern Africa. It is an old, forgotten and silent crisis – which...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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751 views | 14 recommendations | 1 comment
New sex-abuse scandal divides Irish Catholics
As christmas times falls, a new chid sex abuse issue rocks the Irish Catholic Church. "DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Ireland's most prominent Catholic leader is questioning whether all of his fellow bishops... Top Ten Humanitarian Crises List Released by MSF
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released its 11th annual top-ten humanitarian crises list highlighting what the organization sees as the 10 worst humanitarian crises in the world for... Cell phones can now monitor HIV
The increase in mobile phone penetration have enabled many services for the people living in far flung areas. People living in developing countries have been biggest beneficary of this. This has already...
created by Sanjay Jha | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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382 views | 37 recommendations | 6 comments
Blunder in South African health dept costs Aids NGOs dearly
As a result of mismanagement within the South African Health Department, thirteen HIV/Aids organisations have been left severely underfunded. Some of them are even forced to retrench staff and stop some of their...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
268 views | 43 recommendations | 6 comments
268 views | 43 recommendations | 6 comments
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