Topic: Sub-Saharan Africa
A breakthrough test of a vaginal gel to protect women against HIV unleashed a wave of optimism at the world AIDS conference on Tuesday after two days of rows over funding. Hearty applause broke out in the main hall of the Vienna ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study raises the question of whether corn contaminated with a fungus-derived toxin is helping to facilitate the transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. The toxins, called fumonisins, are produced by a particular type of fungus ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is now endemic, an international organization that funds the treatment and prevention of killer diseases said on Monday. The elimination of mother-to-child ...
Sub-Saharan Africa still has the world's highest number of HIV cases, accounting for 67 percent of global infections, a United Nations reports said on Tuesday. "An estimated 1.9 million people were newly infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa in 2008, bringing to ...
Traffic accidents, suicide and violence, as well as AIDS and tuberculosis are among the leading causes of early death among the world's under-24s, according to a paper published on Friday in The Lancet. Epidemiologists pored over data from the 2.6 million deaths ...
Rates of HIV infection among gays in some African countries are 10 times that of the general male population, and stigma, poor access to treatment or testing are to blame, doctors said in The Lancet. A wall of silence, repression and discrimination ...
US President George W. Bush marked World AIDS Day on Monday by highlighting his dramatic and widely praised overhaul of US efforts to battle the deadly disease, particularly in Africa. Bush, pointing to a 28-foot red ribbon (8.5 meters) hanging from the ...
US President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed legislation tripling funds to fight the killer diseases of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in the world's poorest countries, mainly in Africa. Congress approved a package earlier this month which lifted funding for the five-year ...
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Bringing water to Sub-Saharan Africa
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HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
This video promotes raising awareness about AIDS/HIV in Africa ...2009-06-04
