Lethal mixture drives AIDS pandemic in ex-Soviet bloc

2010-07-22T09:16:20Z

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 policymakers and grassroots workers portrayed a regional pandemic growing at murderous pace.

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HIV rising fastest in EEurope, central Asia: UNICEF

2010-07-19T11:16:03Z

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 of the world where the HIV epidemic remains c...

Eastern Europe, Central Asia leaders shunning AIDS meet

2010-06-10T09:16:25Z

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 AIDS Conference in

Row over Uzbekistan clouds Cannes celebrity AIDS gig

2010-05-20T08:15:47Z

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...

Film: 147 toddlers infected in Uzbek HIV outbreak

2010-03-23T11:45:53Z

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 2007 outbreak was first reported in an official documentary produced by Uzbek prosecutors for government television.

But, he said, the video never aired because authorities had secon...

Uzbekistan jails AIDS advocate over work: activists

2010-04-16T06:57:28Z

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 to light this week after US-based watchdog

4 more toddlers infected with HIV in outbreak in Kyrgyzstan

2010-09-10T06:13:16Z

Four more Kyrgyz toddlers have been infected with HIV in an outbreak blamed on medical negligence, officials said Wednesday, raising the number of people diagnosed to 26.

The latest cases involve children who are 2 and 3 years old and were found after an analysis of blood samples from the southern city of Osh where the outbreak occurred, Kyrgyz toddlers and two adults have been diagnosed with HIV in an outbreak blamed on medical negligence, officials said Friday, raising the number of people infected to 22.

The latest cases were found in the southern city of Osh during widespread blood testing following the outbreak in June, said Sagynaly Mamatov of the regional AIDS center.

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4 Kyrgyz doctors fired for infecting 10 children, 1 adult with HIV

2010-09-09T11:38:06Z

Four top Kyrgyz doctors were fired Monday for accidentally infecting 10 children and one adult with the virus that causes AIDS, the Republican AIDS Association said.

Health Minister Tuygunaaly Abdraimov fired the head of the southern 21 People Convicted in HIV-Infection Scandal That Outraged Kazakhstan

A court convicted 21 medical workers Wednesday for their roles in infecting scores of children with the virus that causes AIDS in a case that has outraged Kazakhstan.

The Shymkent district court gave suspended sentences to five senior health officials, including the district's chief medical ...

Australia Tennis Hopman Cup

2011-01-04T06:30:53Z

Serbian Novak Djokovic plays a backhand during his match against Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev on day two of the Hopman Cup team tennis tournament in Perth, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Wake)

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Kazakhstan Russia Space

2010-12-15T12:01:08Z

Russian Space Agency experts help to U.S. astronaut Catherine Coleman, , crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, to stand up after inspecting her space suit prior the launc...

WikiLeaks Cable Culture

2010-12-10T03:01:06Z

FILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 1, 2010 file picture, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, center, talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Turkish President Abdullah Gul at the start of the OSCE Summit at the Palace of Independence in

WikiLeaks Diplomats Life

2010-12-08T03:31:34Z

FILE - In this July 26, 2005, file photo then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld shares a light moment with U.S. Ambassador Richard Hoagland, left, and unidentified servicemen in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. A diplomat's life is not just caviar and coattails. For H...

Kyrgyzstan US Clinton

2010-12-04T07:01:31Z

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Kyrgyzstan's President Roza Otunbayeva seen at a news conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. The United States will reconsider its military p...

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