HIV/AIDS: Book review - AIDS at 30: A HistoryWednesday, 04 April 2012 |
International News
KAMPALA, 14 March 2012 (PlusNews) - While tracking the progress and pitfalls of the global fight against HIV/AIDS, Victoria Harden shows in her book, AIDS at 30: A History, that understanding how we got here is key to charting the path to overcoming the pandemic. It is important to remember, Harden emphasizes, the doubt and fear that surrounded the unknown illness as it attacked marginalized populations before eventually... |
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2012: Promoting Health and Dignity TogetherMonday, 26 March 2012 |
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International AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2012 : Promouvoir ensemble la Santé et la Dignité
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2012: Promover conjuntamente la salud y la dignidad
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2012: Promoting Health and Dignity Together
“Promoting Health and Dignity Together” is the theme of the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2012. The theme... |
HIV increasingly threatens women in Eastern Europe and Central AsiaWednesday, 14 March 2012 |
International News
Julia Lasker participated in a panel discussion entitled Achieving MDG6 in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Focus on Women and Girls. Credit: UNAIDS/Stan Honda The glamorous world of pop music and the grim realities of the HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe... |
SOUTH AFRICA: Global Fund monies finally releasedFriday, 24 February 2012 |
International News
CAPE TOWN, 22 February 2012 (PlusNews) - More than seven months overdue, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grant will finally be released to key South African AIDS organizations that have been struggling to survive. Some were on the verge of shutting down. The Global Fund released US$7,106,426.91 to the South African National Treasury on 6 February, the same day seven of the grant's sub-recipients delivered an open letter... |
Asia-pacific nations pledge equal partnership with communities for accelerated regional AIDS actionWednesday, 15 February 2012 |
International News
Dressed in a striking blue and red shalwar kameez (traditional dress from South and Central Asia), Akkai, a transgender woman from Bangladesh, steps onto the stage. Turning to her audience of government officials from Ministries of health, justice, public security, drug control, social protection; United Nations officials; and fellow members of key populations most affected by HIV, she started to sing: “I born as me/ My feelings... |
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