Topic: Central Asia
Official indifference, stigma and a blinkered reflex to criminalise drug addicts have turned Eastern Europe and Central Asia into the region where HIV is spreading fastest, the world AIDS forum heard. The six-day forum staged a series of workshops and seminars where ...
Nowhere in the world is the HIV virus spreading faster than in eastern Europe and Central Asia, where more than 80 percent of those infected are under 30 years old, UNICEF said Monday. "Eastern Europe and Central Asia are the only parts ...
Few Eastern Europe and Central Asian leaders have said they would attend a major AIDS conference next month, organisers said Thursday, despite rising HIV rates in the two regions. Former US president Bill Clinton tops the billing for the July 18-23 International ...
A row over Uzbekistan's stand on HIV-AIDS erupted Thursday hours ahead of a celebrity fund-raising gala held at the Cannes film festival each year. In an open letter, French media watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) denounced the scheduled attendance at ...
An AIDS outbreak at two children's hospitals in Uzbekistan has killed at least 14 children and left 133 infected with HIV, according to a documentary posted on a respected Central Asian news Web site on Monday. The editor of Ferghana.ru said the ...
An AIDS activist in Uzbekistan has been sentenced to seven years in prison for writing a brochure that authorities said would promote antisocial behaviour, activists said Thursday. Maxim Popov was convicted last September, his colleagues told AFP, but his case only came ...
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