HIV spreading in Europe, but AIDS cases declining: study

2011-11-30T13:30:42Z

HIV infections continued to rise in Europe in 2010, but thanks to treatment the number of cases of full-blown AIDS has dramatically declined in recent years, according to a report published Wednesday.

"The new data raises concern about the continuing transmission of HIV in Europe," the World Health Organisation's Europe office and the

Doctor brain drain costs Africa $2 billion

2011-11-25T07:01:07Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan African countries that invest in training doctors have ended up losing $2 billion as the expert clinicians leave home to find work in more prosperous developed nations, researchers said on Friday.

A study by Canadian scientists found that South Africa and LISBON (Reuters) - Austerity measures brought in to tackle Europe's economic crisis may cause a rise in drug-related HIV infections as stretched health services struggle to cope, the EU's narcotics agency said on Tuesday.

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Insight: In Greek crisis, HIV gains ground

2011-11-11T06:02:11Z

ATHENS (Reuters) - 'Contagion' is the label financial markets use for the economic spread of the Greek crisis. For hundreds of people in an increasingly chaotic society, the word has a deadlier meaning.

Take the mother of four introduced to Reuters by her social worker at the bright offices of an Athens non-governmental organizati...

UK study shows how better HIV drugs extend lives

2011-10-12T08:30:14Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Life expectancy for people in Britain who have HIV rose by 15 years between 1996 and 2008, thanks largely earlier diagnosis and treatment with better, less toxic drugs, scientists said on Wednesday.

While life expectancy for HIV patients is still lower than in the general population, dramatic progress...

Aurobindo uses patent pool for generic AIDS drugs

2011-10-11T03:30:13Z

LONDON (Reuters) - India's Aurobindo Pharma has become the first major generic drugmaker to join a patent pool designed to make HIV/AIDS treatments more widely available to the poor, paving the way for it to sell cheap medicines in many countries.

The ...

Sick Greek economy takes heavy toll on health

2011-10-09T16:30:11Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Greece's debt crisis is hitting the health of the nation hard, with the number of suicides increasing, more people turning to drugs and prostitution and rapidly rising rates of HIV infections, researchers said on Monday.

Swingeing budget cuts and growing unemployment are pushing more people into severe depression and...

Amphetamine-type drugs more common than cannabis: U.N.

2011-09-13T07:00:50Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are selling more cheap and easy-to-make amphetamine-type drugs, such as ecstasy and crystal meth, in new markets, and cannabis is now the only more widely used illegal drug, a United Nations report released on Tuesday said.

The number of methamphetamine pills seized in southeast <...

Science has delivered on HIV prevention. Now what?

2011-07-20T15:30:19Z

Scientists on Wednesday wrapped up their biggest forum in the 30-year history of AIDS, unveiling stunning weapons to prevent the spread of HIV.

But getting these impressive prototypes to the battlefield will take time. Not all may be suitable. And deploying them will need massive funding at a time of AIDS fatigue.

"Now it's up to the donors and the policymakers, with WHO (World Heal...

Italy hosts AIDS meet but fails to pay for aid fund

2011-07-20T12:30:28Z

Italy may be hosting a major conference on AIDS this week in Rome but the government has stopped paying contributions for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, participants at the meeting complained on Wednesday.

Italy failed to register any high-level official to take part in the conference, with Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio showing up only on the last day on Wednesday and ma...

Denmark sees doubling of chlamydia cases: health board

2011-06-16T13:30:38Z

Denmark has registered a doubling of cases of the venereal disease chlamydia over the past decade, Danish health officials said Thursday, saying the rise was very worrying.

"In 2000 there were 15,000 registered cases (of chlamydia), and in 2009 the number had increased to 30,000," a report published by Denmark's National Board of Health said, adding that in addition, "we think that one in 10 sexually active young people have the disease...

Stigma hurts Russia's fight against HIV: UN

2011-06-03T13:30:23Z

Russia and the ex-Soviet bloc need to step up their HIV prevention programmes to stop its rapid spread, but stigma and domestic drug policies are hindering progress, UN representatives said Friday.

As the world prepares to mark the 30-year anniversary of the first recorded case of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, effective prevention is "to a large extent missing in the region," ...

HIV on rise in ex-communist bloc, AIDS experts warn

2011-05-27T16:30:19Z

More must be done to stem HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe, as infections continue to spiral in nations in the region, notably Russia, experts warned on Friday.

"Western Europe, including southern states like Portugal that used to cause a lot of worry on...

Star-studded Cannes AIDS gala raises record funds

2011-05-20T09:30:20Z

A star-studded AIDS fundraising gala on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival raised a record-breaking seven million euros (over $10 million), organisers said Friday.

Thursday night's event for the American AIDS research foundation amFAR, attended by Monaco's Prince ...

Clinton, Jackson bring star power to Vienna Life Ball

2011-05-20T08:30:26Z

Vienna is gearing up to welcome tens of thousands of revellers to its world famous Life Ball this weekend, one of the world's biggest AIDS charity events, with Janet Jackson and Bill Clinton in the star line-up.

While last year's mega-party in front of the Austrian capital's neo-Gothic City Hall was drenched by an unexpected cloudburst, the weather this weekend looks se...

African ministers hail HIV therapy progress

2011-05-13T13:30:39Z

African ministers on Friday hailed a lowering of mother-to-child HIV transmission rates as a result of treatment at a meeting in Rome on Friday, a day after a study found key benefits from early therapy.

"The vertical transmission of the virus from mother to child is reduced from 33.1 percent to 1.5 percent" due to treatment in Malawi, Health Minister Mary Shaba

Bill Roedy reflects on military and MTV in new book

2011-05-12T12:01:02Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the former head of MTV Networks International, Bill Roedy drew on his military career to build a youth entertainment business across 165 countries with an audience of millions -- and he had fun along the way.

He says there have many highlights during his 22-years at MTV -- which he left in January...

Britain To Lift Gay Blood Ban

2011-04-10T11:00:07Z

Health officials in Britain announced on Sunday that gay men will soon be allowed to donate blood for the first time

Health officials in Britain announced on Sunday that gay men will soon be allowed to donate blood for the first time.

There's a caveat, however. Only gay men who have not been sexuality active with another man for 10 years will be allowed to donate blood. That is, the ban will rem...

British scouts to 'be prepared' with sex education

2011-04-05T08:30:21Z

British scouts are giving their age-old motto "be prepared" a new twist with the launch Tuesday of sex education classes in a bid to help tackle the country's high rates of sexually transmitted diseases.

The Scout Association is adding learning about the birds and the bees to its more traditional activities such as camping, canoeing and climbing.

The programme, for scouts aged 14-18, is designed to encourage young people to learn about relationships and sexual he...

Janet Jackson to grace Life Ball Aids charity: organisers

2011-04-04T13:30:36Z

American pop singer Janet Jackson will be present at the 19th Life Ball, an annual Aids charity event, in Vienna on May 21 -- 30 years after the disease was first discovered, organisers said Monday.

Jackson, the younger sister of pop icon Michael Jackson who died from an overdose of power...

Report: Transplant may have cured man of AIDS

2010-12-14T18:00:17Z

Rare transplant may have cured man of AIDS, but doctors say it's not practical for the masses

Doctors say that a very unusual blood cell transplant appears to have cured an American man living in Berlin of infection with the AIDS virus.

However, they warn people not to get their hopes up, because this approach is too risky and impractical to be used widely.

The man had a blood...

Assange rape case spotlights Sweden's liberal laws

2010-12-08T15:31:31Z

Tales of flings at center of Assange case spotlight Sweden's unusual rape laws

A starry-eyed admirer was flattered to be invited to dinner with a man she considered a champion of free speech. Another woman supported the cause by lending her apartment to the same man, then returned early from her trip.

Both encounters resulted in sex. Now, after unleashing an unprecedented trove of U.S. government secre...

Growth in global health funding slows

2010-11-30T15:00:28Z

Rich countries have funnelled billions of health care dollars, euros and yen into the developing world despite the worst economic downturn in decades, according to a study released Tuesday.

But the pace of giving has slowed considerably, said the report by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations (IMHE) at the University of Washington.

After climbing 13 percent an...

UN says AIDS epidemic slows, infections dropping

2010-11-29T14:41:18Z

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Belgian archbishop's spokesman quits

2010-11-02T08:00:14Z

Spokesman quits after controversial remarks by Belgium's arch-conservative archbishop

The spokesman for the arch-conservative leader of Belgium's Roman Catholic Church has resigned after his boss defended priests accused of pedophilia and criticized AIDS patients.

Spokesman Juergen Mettepenningen told repor...

Swiss drug policy should serve as model: experts

2010-10-25T10:30:18Z

GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland's innovative policy of providing drug addicts with free methadone and clean needles has greatly reduced deaths while cutting crime rates and should serve as a global model, health experts said on Monday.

Countries whose drug policy remains focused on punishing offenders, including

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2010-11-03T09:39:41Z

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Belgian Church head criticized for AIDS remarks

2010-10-15T11:30:23Z

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's Roman Catholic Church, already reeling from allegations of sexual abuse, faced a new scandal Friday after its primate wrote that AIDS was "a sort of inherent justice."...

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2010-11-02T21:56:49Z

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George Clooney, Darfur Genocide, and Celebrity Activism

2010-10-07T08:54:42Z

George Clooney has announced that his Darfur involvement has been "the greatest failure of my life." Liberal celebrities often ignore the true causes of global humanitarian disasters, and refuse to recognize what it would actually take to reverse them. Even worse, their deeds can deepen and prolong the crisis.

Four years ago, Clooney and his father Nick, a journalist, traveled to the war-torn, famished, AIDS-ravaged country and documented the civil war that had killed approximately 300,...

High HIV Rate for Men Having Sex With Men in France

2010-11-02T13:56:58Z

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HIV spread "out of control" among French gay men

2010-09-09T10:31:38Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Transmission of the AIDS virus seems to be "out of control" among gay men in France despite an overall fall in the number of new HIV cases in the country, according to a study published on Thursday.

Scientists from the French National Institute for Public Health Surveillance found that nearly half of the...

What is Blood Plasma Donation?

2010-11-05T10:22:31Z

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Doctors alarmed by HIV risk for European gays

2010-09-08T16:20:23Z

Homosexual men in Europe are increasingly failing to adhere to safe sex, according to two new studies. In France, transmission of the AIDS virus "seems to be out of control" among men who have sex with men, said a paper published on Thursday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Overall incidence of HIV in F...

Tearful German HIV pop star escapes jail term

2010-08-26T12:15:44Z

An HIV-positive pop star broke down in tears on Thursday after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence for infecting a former sex partner with the virus.

The court in Darmstadt, western Germany, convicted 28-year-old Nadja Benaissa, a member of Darmstadt, western Germany, convicted 28-year-old Nadja Benaissa, a member of DARMSTADT, Germany (Reuters) - A German pop singer who confessed to knowingly exposing two men to the risk of HIV after finding out she had the virus herself was convicted by a court on Thursday of grievous bodily harm.

Nadja Benaissa, 28, from German girl-

German pop star sentenced in HIV trial

2010-08-26T05:15:49Z

An HIV-positive pop star who infected a former sex partner with the virus walked free Thursday after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence.

The court in Darmstadt, western Germany, convicted 28-year-old Nadja Benaissa, a member of g...

Scientists say vaginal gel cuts HIV-infections by half

2010-11-02T15:00:29Z

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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.

Auth...

AIDS charity Life Ball raises 1.5 mln euros

2010-07-22T09:16:08Z

Vienna's glitzy AIDS charity Life Ball last weekend raised 1.5 million euros (1.9 million dollars) for international and national HIV and AIDS projects, organisers said Thursday.

This year's event on the square in front of the Austrian capital's neo-Gothic Town Hall and attended by former US president Bill Clinton and Hollywood actress Reuters) - Huge disparities between Western and Eastern Europe in tackling the AIDS virus mean the HIV crisis in the region is far from over, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday.

The U.N. health ...

Is there a cure for AIDS? Forum lifts a taboo

2010-07-21T08:16:15Z

Scientists at the world AIDS conference have discussed an idea that had become almost taboo.

Can AIDS be cured?

The question is being broached in gingerly fashion, given the many false dawns in the nearly three-decade-long war on AIDS.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which causes AIDS has proven to be a tough, wily, mutating foe, quite possibly the most tenacious and devious pathogen in our species' history.

But, buoyed by the success of anti-HIV drugs, som...

Some drug firms keen, others reluctant on AIDS pool

2010-07-21T06:45:26Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - Drugmakers Merck, Tibotec and Gilead are in advanced talks with UNITAID about a patent pool to make AIDS drugs more widely available to the poor, the health funding agency said on Wednesday.

But ViiV Healthcare -- a GlaxoSmithKline and

International AIDS meeting: reports of success

2010-11-02T13:11:02Z

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Thousands march in Vienna for rights of AIDS patients

2010-07-20T16:15:30Z

Several thousand activists and anti-AIDS campaigners marched through Vienna's city centre on Tuesday evening, demanding more respect for human rights in the fight against HIV.

Men and women of all ages, nationalities and sexual orientation paraded down the famous Ring boulevard in the early evening, carrying banners and accompanied by vuvuzelas and loud whistles.

Julio Montaner, director of the Thousands of AIDS activists rally in Austria for more rights

Thousands of AIDS activists have rallied in downtown Vienna with singer Annie Lennox to demand more rights for people with the disease.

The activists — many carrying banners, waving flags and blowing on whistles — appealed ...

Record number of children getting HIV drugs: WHO

2010-07-20T11:16:38Z

Life-saving drugs that quell HIV reached a record 355,000 children at the end of last year, compared with 276,000 a year earlier, but more young lives could be saved if antiretroviral treatment began earlier, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.

The figures were released at the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna,...

Superheroes, quilts and wish trees to fight AIDS

2010-07-20T09:16:27Z

Colourful, creative and a little bit crazy: the fight against AIDS can be all that as activists demonstrated Tuesday at the Global Village on the sidelines of the World AIDS Conference in Vienna.

At one end of the Village, super-heroes Methadone Man and Buprenorphine Babe stood in bright latex suits, ready to affront the deadly scourge of HIV/AIDS.

Methadone and buprenorphine are used to treat drug addi...

AIDS spreading in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

2010-07-20T08:15:22Z

Global AIDS conference warns of growing epidemic in Eastern Europe, Central Asia

Experts and activists are warning that AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is on the rise even as a global conference reports progress on other fronts.

An estimated 1.5 million adults and children were living with HIV in the region in 2008, a 66 percent increas...

Major step seen in quest for anti-HIV vaginal gel

2010-07-19T11:16:08Z

Scientists on Monday reported a major stride towards a vaginal gel that can thwart HIV, a goal that would be of huge benefit to African women bearing the brunt of the AIDS pandemic.

A prototype cream tested in South Africa reduced risk of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by 39 percent overall, but by 54 percent among those women who adhered most to it, they said.

The study coincided with the six-day 18...

WHO: 5.2 million people on AIDS drugs in 2009

2010-07-19T04:30:08Z

The number of people taking crucial AIDS drugs climbed by a record 1.2 million last year to 5.2 million overall, the World Health Organization said Monday — but Bill Clinton says that's still not nearly enough.

Between 2003 and 2010, the number of patients receiving lifesaving antiretroviral treatment increased twelve-fold, according to the...

AIDS conference chief lashes out at world leaders

2010-07-18T09:30:33Z

The head of an international AIDS conference says world leaders lack the political will to ensure that everyone infected with the disease gets treatment.

Julio Montaner — the president of the International AIDS Society and chairman of the AIDS 2010 conference — says the G-8 group of rich nations has failed to deliver on a pledge...

World economic crisis hits AIDS funding

2010-07-18T09:15:31Z

Funding by rich economies for poor countries fighting HIV/AIDS fell back slightly last year, to 7.6 billion dollars after 7.7 billion dollars in 2008, as a result of the economic recession, a report card issued at the world AIDS forum said on Sunday.

The 7.6 billion dollars were provided by the Group of Eight (G8) nations, the European Commission and oth...

Storm cuts short start of Austrian Life Ball

2010-07-17T20:30:16Z

Thunderstorm cuts short star-studded opening of flashy Austrian AIDS gala

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and others ran for cover Saturday as the opening of a flashy Austrian AIDS gala was cut short by a fierce thunderstorm.

Appearances by Clinton, burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese and Pat...

Bill Clinton among the stars at Vienna AIDS ball

2010-07-17T15:15:48Z

Former US president Bill Clinton was among the star guests at a ball in the Austrian capital Saturday to raise money for the fight against AIDS on the eve of an international conference on the disease.

The opening ceremony of the "Life Ball" was cut short by a huge downpour that sent performers and celebrities, who also included US actress

Norway's princess in Vienna for AIDS conference

2010-07-15T10:16:33Z

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit will be in Vienna this weekend for an AIDS gala and the opening of a Youth Pavilion at the AIDS 2010 conference, organisers said Thursday.

The princess will one of the guests of honour at a special gala being held in the Austrian parliame...

HIV: Top medical journal blasts Russia over drug users

2010-07-13T17:15:16Z

Russia could more than halve its rates of new HIV infections by ending criminalisation of intravenous drug users, experts said in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Wednesday.

In an analysis published ahead of the International AIDS Conference, the experts said Russia's strict laws on drug use had helped fan its HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Research shows that...

Sex now chief cause of Ukraine's AIDS epidemic

2010-07-10T21:15:44Z

"I am not a drug addict!" insisted Andri, 32, staring desperately at the walls of a clinic for people with HIV in Kiev.

The young father contracted HIV through a casual sexual relationship, like alarming numbers of others in a country where heterosexual transmission has overtaken drug abuse as the main cause of AIDS.

The trend has alarmed researchers, showing that the HIV epidemic in Ukraine...

Getting to Know the Enemy

2010-11-02T14:03:54Z

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HIV patients protest clinic closure in Ukraine

2010-07-07T02:15:17Z

About 200 HIV-positive people and AIDS activists are holding a protest outside Ukraine's Cabinet building against a recent decision to close a clinic that treats the country's most seriously ill AIDS patients.

Ukraine's growing HIV/AIDS epidemic is considered Europe's most serious.

The clinic is on the grounds of the renowned Pecherskaya monastery in K...

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Clinton and Hurley to star at Vienna AIDS ball

2010-06-30T09:16:43Z

Actress Whoopi Goldberg, former US president Bill Clinton and model Elizabeth Hurley will be guests of honour at Vienna's annual Life Ball on July 17, organisers said Wednesday.

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Disquiet Follows Irish Science Budget Cut and Policy Shift

2010-11-02T14:03:30Z

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Swingers at risk of sexual disease: Dutch study

2010-06-24T08:16:00Z

Middle-aged swingers -- heterosexual couples who swap partners at sex parties -- have been identified as an "at-risk" group for chlamydia and gonorrhoea, says a Dutch study published on Thursday.

Researchers in South Limburg, a district of 630,000 people that includes Maastricht city, sounded the alarm after looking at statistics from three sexual disease clinics which have been registering swingers as a patient category since 200...

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

Group urges Bristol to protect HIV-drug for babies

2010-06-07T15:15:40Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Board members of an international group that helps ensure patient get access to HIV drugs has warned that Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's plans to close a factory in France could leave thousands of babies without a life-saving treatment for the virus that causes AIDS.

The ...

Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Linked to Gene Change

2010-10-27T07:48:55Z

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Sweden pushes condom use as study hints risky sex common

2010-05-10T12:16:40Z

Only 56 percent of young Swedes always use a condom when having casual sex, a study published Monday showed, as health authorities launched a campaign to promote condom use in an attempt to halve new HIV infections.

The study by the National Board of Health and Welfare -- based on an online poll of 4,714 Swedes aged 15 to 24 -- also showed that 40 percent could not accurately say...

"Harm reduction" needed to cut drug-user AIDS risk

2010-06-12T18:35:26Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Barely a twentieth of the estimated $3.2 billion needed is put into preventing drug users spreading the AIDS virus, experts said on Monday, and the shortfall is fuelling HIV epidemics in parts of Europe and Asia.

In a report on the use of "harm reduction" measures like clean needle exchanges and safer drug substitut...

Drug users must be helped to halt AIDS spread: U.N.

2010-04-23T07:45:31Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Countries in eastern Europe and central Asia face spiralling AIDS epidemics if they fail to help people who inject drugs and stop the spread of infection, the head of the United Nations agency for HIV/AIDS said on Friday.

Michel Sidibe told Reuters countrie...

Whoopi Goldberg star guest at AIDS charity Life Ball

2010-09-08T13:00:51Z

Hollywood actress Whoopi Goldberg will be the guest of honour at Vienna's glitzy AIDS charity Life Ball on July 17, organiser Gery Keszler announced Wednesday.

The fashion-show-cum-party-event celebrates this year its 18th anniversary and has the honour of opening the World AIDS conference which will be...

E.Europe in spotlight at Vienna AIDS conference

2010-03-10T10:16:19Z

AIDS 2010, the 18th International AIDS Conference being held in Vienna later this year, will focus on marginalised groups living with the disease, such as injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, organisers said Wednesday.

"AIDS 2010 will be the conference for people without a voice," the head of UNAIDS, Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.

The money, equivalent to 1.1 million euros or 1.5 million dollars, is to bolster the host's condom supplies, a move health o...

Failure to aid drug users drives HIV spread: study

2010-06-12T18:35:29Z

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 90 percent of the world's 16 million injecting drug users are offered no help to avoid contracting AIDS, and governments that ignore them risk a spiraling public health crisis, drugs experts said on Monday.

A "critical health problem" is growing in places like Russia, China, Atlanta Hawks guard Jamal Crawford,left, shoots over Sacramento Kings guard Beno Udrih, of Slovenia during the first half of an ...

Blue Jackets Coyotes Hockey

2011-01-04T21:01:31Z

Columbus Blue Jackets' R.J. Umberger (18) scores a goal against Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov, of Russia, during the second period of an New Jersey Devils' Andy Greene (6) and Minnesota Wild's Martin Havlat (24), of the Czech Republic, compete for the puck during the first period of an Italy's Manuela Moelgg competes during the first run of an alpine ski women's World Cup slalom event, in Zagreb, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Russia Schwarzenegger

2011-01-04T09:32:15Z

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 file photo, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, invites then California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for a ride in his vintage car, a Soviet built Chaika luxury car, during their meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia. The Russian president and the Terminator are tweeting, and m...

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AIDS spreading in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Major step seen in quest for anti-HIV vaginal gel

WHO: 5.2 million people on AIDS drugs in 2009

AIDS conference chief lashes out at world leaders

World economic crisis hits AIDS funding

Storm cuts short start of Austrian Life Ball

Bill Clinton among the stars at Vienna AIDS ball

Norway's princess in Vienna for AIDS conference

HIV: Top medical journal blasts Russia over drug users

Sex now chief cause of Ukraine's AIDS epidemic

Getting to Know the Enemy

HIV patients protest clinic closure in Ukraine

TARGETED ACTION ON HIV AND TUBERCULOSIS NEEDED TO REACH DRUG USERS

0ver45s are less aware of STI risks

Sexually transmitted infections