Topic: Caribbean
Five HIV isolates that had been forgotten in freezers for 2 decades are revealing new details about how and when the virus spread from Africa to Haiti and then exploded on the world scene.. Because some of the first AIDS cases surfaced ...
Male sex tourists, largely from the United States and Europe, may be fueling an HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean, and efforts to stop the epidemic will be severely hampered unless HIV prevention dollars are diverted to help male prostitutes, a new study ...
The HIV epidemic in the Caribbean has not been given any paramount focus over the years, yet the region has the highest infection rate after Sub-Saharan Africa. With regards to HIV/AIDS, the Caribbean has significantly diverse rates of infection, as within the ...
Haiti, a country located in the West Indies, has the unenviable distinction of being the poorest country in the Northern Hemisphere. This has left Haiti with the highest incidence rate of HIV in the world outside of sub-Saharan Africa. According to a ...
As Antigone Barton, a staff writer for the Palm Beach Post, points out however, not every sight in the Caribbean is post card perfect. In her three part series entitled, "Heroes of the Epidemic", Barton reports on the growing HIV/AIDS crisis in ...
Guaiacum or lignum vitae is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 30 feet (9.1 m) tall, though most are about 10 feet (3.0 m) tall. It is native to the tropical rain forests in South America and to various islands ...
Commonly known as bitter melon , ampalaya is a plant that grows in tropical and sub-tropical areas around the world. At times, the flesh and pith are used as ingredients in dishes. The flesh and pith may be consumed raw, or cooked ...
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As Haiti struggles to rebuild itself after a devastating earthquake, people with AIDS are still waiting for aid promised to them before the catastrophe, activists here said Tuesday.There are some 120,000 people with the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV in Haiti, which ...
This week a Hollywood heavy-hitter continues to give up glamour for giving, a "Survivor" raises AIDS awareness through soccer, and everyone's favorite octagenarian sells beefcake for pets. Six months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the stories are still bleak--rubble still not ...
