Medecins Sans Frontieres International

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 ...

Researchers at a world AIDS conference Monday stood up to cheer a trial proving that early use of drugs to treat HIV all but eliminates the risk of transmitting the killer virus through heterosexual intercourse.Experts said the bold experiment marked a turning ...

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 ...

World Cup trip for Zimbabwe's HIV Positive Ladies Football ClubFor members of the Positive Ladies Football Club, playing soccer is much more than just a way to have fun.All its members are women infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. In this impoverished district ...

An international medical aid group says funding cutbacks are hurting the fight against AIDS across Africa.Mit Philips, a health policy analyst for Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, says doctors are turning away patients in South Africa. Kenyans fear clinics will ...

HIV, TB cut life expectancy in mountainous African kingdom of LesothoMedical workers are increasingly concerned that the lethal combination of HIV infection and tuberculosis may become the world's next major health crisis.To mark World TB Day on Wednesday, Medecins Sans Frontieres drew ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Governments around the world are blocking aid to trapped populations and people with HIV/AIDS are being turned away from health clinics because funding is lagging, Doctors Without Borders said in a bleak report outlining the world's 10 worst ...

HIV/AIDS among Doctors Without Borders' Top 10 humanitarian crises of 2009Dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009's Top 10 humanitarian crises, according to Doctors Without ...

Doctors Without Borders pleads for more AIDS funding, saying other crises have hurt donationsA medical aid group says funding for AIDS is threatened, and that could set back " dramatic" progress in decreasing HIV illness and death.Medecins Sans Frontieres officials said at ...

Report Finds Shortage of Doctors, Nurses in Africa Is Hampering Efforts to Treat AIDS PatientsA shortage of doctors and nurses in Africa is now one of the biggest obstacles to providing life-saving drugs to AIDS patients, condemning untold numbers to an unnecessary ...

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Topic: Medecins Sans Frontieres International

Science has delivered on HIV prevention. Now what?

To cheers, HIV drugs trial sets AIDS campaign on new course

WHO: 5.2 million people on AIDS drugs in 2009

Soccer is a life saver for HIV Positive Ladies

Health group says donor cuts hurts AIDS in Africa

HIV, TB cut Lesotho life expectancy

Aid group lists Top 10 worst humanitarian crises

Group: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the year

Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding

Report: Doctor shortage hurts AIDS care

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