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Thursday, June 29, 2006
AP Wire | 06/24/2006 | AIDS finds its new prey in the South where rate of disease rises
AP Wire 06/24/2006 AIDS finds its new prey in the South where rate of disease rises: "AIDS finds its new prey in the South where rate of disease rises
BRETT BUCKNER
The Anniston Star
ANNISTON, Ala. - In 1997, Karen Morris thought she had cancer.
Having lost close to 60 pounds in a matter of months, she knew something was wrong. Living in Wilmington, Del., at the time, she visited her gynecologist, who found a fibroid tumor on her uterus.".....
BRETT BUCKNER
The Anniston Star
ANNISTON, Ala. - In 1997, Karen Morris thought she had cancer.
Having lost close to 60 pounds in a matter of months, she knew something was wrong. Living in Wilmington, Del., at the time, she visited her gynecologist, who found a fibroid tumor on her uterus.".....
Focus English News
Focus English News: "New York. In a radio address the Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg urged his administration to undergo HIV/AIDS tests stressing on the importance of such a step in the fight against the spread of the treacherous disease, AFP reports.
�The tests are of extreme importance because at the moment some 20,000 New Yorkers live with the disease without knowing it. This means they do not receive the necessary medical treatment and continue to transmit the virus to other people,� the Mayor stressed. "
�The tests are of extreme importance because at the moment some 20,000 New Yorkers live with the disease without knowing it. This means they do not receive the necessary medical treatment and continue to transmit the virus to other people,� the Mayor stressed. "
Navhind Times on the Web: India
Navhind Times on the Web: India: "Govt accepts UNAIDS� report of 5.7 m HIV/AIDS cases
UNI
New Delhi, June 27: The controversy over a UNAIDS report that India has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases took a new turn today with the UN agency claiming the Indian government has accepted its report.
�A minister at the launch of YUVA programme today said that India has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases. This indicates that the Indian government has accepted the UNAIDS report about the country having 5.7 million HIV/AIDS cases, the highest in the world,� the UNAIDS country representative, Mr Denis Braun told UNI."....
UNI
New Delhi, June 27: The controversy over a UNAIDS report that India has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases took a new turn today with the UN agency claiming the Indian government has accepted its report.
�A minister at the launch of YUVA programme today said that India has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases. This indicates that the Indian government has accepted the UNAIDS report about the country having 5.7 million HIV/AIDS cases, the highest in the world,� the UNAIDS country representative, Mr Denis Braun told UNI."....
Beat HIV/AIDS on a computer
Beat HIV/AIDS on a computer: "Beat HIV/AIDS on a computer
Wednesday Jun 28 14:31 AEST
Clicking to destroy demons, escape terror or hit a six in cricket are common video game scenarios on mobile phones.
Now an Indian software firm says its also a great platform to fight HIV/AIDS and plans to take its campaign global.
New Delhi-based gaming company ZMQ Software Systems released four games as part of a fund raising effort for HIV/AIDS awareness that can be accessed by users of Reliance Infocomm, one of India's largest private cellphone service providers.
'The games are now very popular,' the company's chief technology officer Hilmi Quraishi said, adding that 2.9 million people had downloaded the games between their December launch and April 30 this year.
'Games will educate mobile subscribers and create awareness while reducing stigma and discrimination,' he said. 'We have a target of getting at least 13-14 million people to download the games' by the end of this year.
The games include cricket featuring the Demons XI and Safety XI where the safety team is set a target while balls appear in form of condoms, faithful partners, information on HIV and the symbolic AIDS red ribbon."......
Wednesday Jun 28 14:31 AEST
Clicking to destroy demons, escape terror or hit a six in cricket are common video game scenarios on mobile phones.
Now an Indian software firm says its also a great platform to fight HIV/AIDS and plans to take its campaign global.
New Delhi-based gaming company ZMQ Software Systems released four games as part of a fund raising effort for HIV/AIDS awareness that can be accessed by users of Reliance Infocomm, one of India's largest private cellphone service providers.
'The games are now very popular,' the company's chief technology officer Hilmi Quraishi said, adding that 2.9 million people had downloaded the games between their December launch and April 30 this year.
'Games will educate mobile subscribers and create awareness while reducing stigma and discrimination,' he said. 'We have a target of getting at least 13-14 million people to download the games' by the end of this year.
The games include cricket featuring the Demons XI and Safety XI where the safety team is set a target while balls appear in form of condoms, faithful partners, information on HIV and the symbolic AIDS red ribbon."......
Medical Journalist Says Reliance on Condoms Spreads HIV/AIDS
Medical Journalist Says Reliance on Condoms Spreads HIV/AIDS
A great site as an example for where information is used as propaganda... facts are twisted and pulled into a new context... but read for yourself...
A great site as an example for where information is used as propaganda... facts are twisted and pulled into a new context... but read for yourself...
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | SA Aids prisoners to get anti-retrovirals
Monday, June 26, 2006
Recent Releases | Report Examines How HIV/AIDS Affects Women - Kaisernetwork.org
Friday, June 23, 2006
VOA News - Africa AIDS Exhibit Opens in New York
VOA News - Africa AIDS Exhibit Opens in New York: "Africa AIDS Exhibit Opens in New York
By Anthony Stokes
New York
21 June 2006
For the next few days, New Yorkers catching trains at Grand Central Terminal will also have the opportunity to take a virtual trip through an African village. It is a journey organizers hope will inspire people to join the fight against the global AIDS pandemic."
By Anthony Stokes
New York
21 June 2006
For the next few days, New Yorkers catching trains at Grand Central Terminal will also have the opportunity to take a virtual trip through an African village. It is a journey organizers hope will inspire people to join the fight against the global AIDS pandemic."
Bradenton Herald | 06/22/2006 | Manatee's AIDS numbers jump: National HIV Testing Day is June 27
Bradenton Herald 06/22/2006 Manatee's AIDS numbers jump: National HIV Testing Day is June 27: "
Manatee's AIDS numbers jump: National HIV Testing Day is June 27
TIFFANY ST. MARTIN
Herald Staff Writer
In the first four months of this year, the number of new HIV cases in Manatee County stood at 18 - double what it was last year over the same time period.
And as for full-blown AIDS, one in every 279 county residents has the affliction, according to the latest figures from the county health department.
Richard Trifari, a community health educator at the Michael Bach Health Center, hopes numbers like that will make community members wake up and smell the statistics."
Manatee's AIDS numbers jump: National HIV Testing Day is June 27
TIFFANY ST. MARTIN
Herald Staff Writer
In the first four months of this year, the number of new HIV cases in Manatee County stood at 18 - double what it was last year over the same time period.
And as for full-blown AIDS, one in every 279 county residents has the affliction, according to the latest figures from the county health department.
Richard Trifari, a community health educator at the Michael Bach Health Center, hopes numbers like that will make community members wake up and smell the statistics."
ebar.com | The Bay Area Reporter Online
ebar.com The Bay Area Reporter Online: "Supes hold hearing on AIDS housingNEWS
by Rob Akers
Jimmy Loyce of DPH spoke at last week's hearing. Photo: Jane Philomen Cleland
San Francisco Board of Supervisors held a special hearing last week to discuss city plans to offset federal cuts to funding that helps provide housing for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Officials said they hope the discussion is a beginning to an eventual comprehensive housing plan in San Francisco."
by Rob Akers
Jimmy Loyce of DPH spoke at last week's hearing. Photo: Jane Philomen Cleland
San Francisco Board of Supervisors held a special hearing last week to discuss city plans to offset federal cuts to funding that helps provide housing for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Officials said they hope the discussion is a beginning to an eventual comprehensive housing plan in San Francisco."
Faith Groups Address HIV Increase among Hispanics | Christianpost.com- Christian News Online , Christian World News
Faith Groups Address HIV Increase among Hispanics Christianpost.com- Christian News Online , Christian World News: "Faith Groups Address HIV Increase among Hispanics
Thursday, Jun. 22, 2006 Posted: 8:12:03AM EST
The Hispanic community is the fastest growing minority population in the United States and is swelling church attendance numbers. Recent reports, however, have also indicated increasingly alarming HIV/AIDS statistics within the community. "
Thursday, Jun. 22, 2006 Posted: 8:12:03AM EST
The Hispanic community is the fastest growing minority population in the United States and is swelling church attendance numbers. Recent reports, however, have also indicated increasingly alarming HIV/AIDS statistics within the community. "
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Global Challenges | U.S. Ambassadors Voice Concerns About HIV/AIDS Programs at Recent PEPFAR Meeting - Kaisernetwork.org
AIDS stigma lingers after 25 years | www.azstarnet.com �
AIDS stigma lingers after 25 years www.azstarnet.com :
"Tucson Region
AIDS stigma lingers after 25 years
Tucsonan exemplifies disease's new face
By Carla McClain
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 06.18.2006
It no longer means certain, gruesome death. We can now live long, productive, almost normal lives with it.
But after a quarter-century battling one of the greatest of all human plagues, AIDS remains a disease of failure and stigma, those who live with it say.
'This is a story of failure, of total failure in so many ways you can't end up anywhere but pessimistic about it,' said Dr. Fritz Bredeek, an infectious-disease physician at Special Immunology Associates, the largest HIV/AIDS practice in Southern Arizona."
"Tucson Region
AIDS stigma lingers after 25 years
Tucsonan exemplifies disease's new face
By Carla McClain
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 06.18.2006
It no longer means certain, gruesome death. We can now live long, productive, almost normal lives with it.
But after a quarter-century battling one of the greatest of all human plagues, AIDS remains a disease of failure and stigma, those who live with it say.
'This is a story of failure, of total failure in so many ways you can't end up anywhere but pessimistic about it,' said Dr. Fritz Bredeek, an infectious-disease physician at Special Immunology Associates, the largest HIV/AIDS practice in Southern Arizona."
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Wtnh.com, Connecticut News and Weather - Aids Project New Haven helping those with HIV, AIDS
Wtnh.com, Connecticut News and Weather - Aids Project New Haven helping those with HIV, AIDS: "Make a Difference
Aids Project New Haven helping those with HIV, AIDS
(New Haven-WTNH, June 9, 2006 5:59 PM) _ This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first Aids diagnosis in the United States. The first Aids service organization in New England was created soon after that in New Haven. Since then, Aids Project New Haven has been making a difference in the Elm City.
by News Channel 8's Darren Duarte "
Aids Project New Haven helping those with HIV, AIDS
(New Haven-WTNH, June 9, 2006 5:59 PM) _ This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first Aids diagnosis in the United States. The first Aids service organization in New England was created soon after that in New Haven. Since then, Aids Project New Haven has been making a difference in the Elm City.
by News Channel 8's Darren Duarte "
The Democrat Newspaper
The Democrat Newspaper: "Magazine Launched to FOCUS ON HIV/AIDS
(Hmm Reminds me of BP+, SIDA Ahora, POZ, POZ espaniol... and other publications... why not fund them?)
Magazine - Focus on HIVAIDS
Dr. Kathleen Allen-Ferdinand cuts the ribbon to mark the launch of the magazine
Collaboration between media personnel, Rotary (Service) Clubs and the National Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS has resulted in the production of a glossy magazine entitled Focus on HIV/AIDS
The official launch took place on Wednesday 7th June at the Angelus Resort when members of the Rotary Clubs and Media participated in a formal programme at which Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Mr. Elvis Newton, was the featured Speaker.
It is foreseen that the magazine will fill the great need to have reliable information in one place that will answer the many questions people ask about HIV/AIDS and so it is expected to eliminate ignorance about the subject. It is also hoped that it will be a force that will bring about the end of discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS. "
(Hmm Reminds me of BP+, SIDA Ahora, POZ, POZ espaniol... and other publications... why not fund them?)
Magazine - Focus on HIVAIDS
Dr. Kathleen Allen-Ferdinand cuts the ribbon to mark the launch of the magazine
Collaboration between media personnel, Rotary (Service) Clubs and the National Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS has resulted in the production of a glossy magazine entitled Focus on HIV/AIDS
The official launch took place on Wednesday 7th June at the Angelus Resort when members of the Rotary Clubs and Media participated in a formal programme at which Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Mr. Elvis Newton, was the featured Speaker.
It is foreseen that the magazine will fill the great need to have reliable information in one place that will answer the many questions people ask about HIV/AIDS and so it is expected to eliminate ignorance about the subject. It is also hoped that it will be a force that will bring about the end of discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS. "
Giving no quarter to AIDS - The Boston Globe
Giving no quarter to AIDS - The Boston Globe: "Giving no quarter to AIDS
Exhibit details battle waged over 25 years
By Lauren Johnson, Globe Correspondent June 11, 2006
A silvery cocktail shaker and two sleek martini glasses shimmer inside the glass case at the Center for Latino Arts, Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center, on West Newton Street in the South End. In one glass, a cool green gel simulates a drink. In the other, candy-colored pills fill the clear cone."
"The piece is meant to challenge the notion that there is anything pleasant about taking a regimen of pills," said Kurt Reynolds , a Boston artist whose work, including "Cocktail?" is now on display in the center's exhibit "Above and Beyond: Our Community Responds to HIV/AIDS ."....
Exhibit details battle waged over 25 years
By Lauren Johnson, Globe Correspondent June 11, 2006
A silvery cocktail shaker and two sleek martini glasses shimmer inside the glass case at the Center for Latino Arts, Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center, on West Newton Street in the South End. In one glass, a cool green gel simulates a drink. In the other, candy-colored pills fill the clear cone."
"The piece is meant to challenge the notion that there is anything pleasant about taking a regimen of pills," said Kurt Reynolds , a Boston artist whose work, including "Cocktail?" is now on display in the center's exhibit "Above and Beyond: Our Community Responds to HIV/AIDS ."....
The Nation Newspaper | AIDS fight at standstill'
The Nation Newspaper AIDS fight at standstill': "AIDS fight at standstill'
Published on: 6/11/06.
Stories by KARIN DEAR
GOVERNMENT would rather see HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination continue than risk being voted against by a block of voters who oppose decriminalisation of homosexuality and prostitution.
That's the strong view of profoundly disappointed Professor E.R. 'Mickey' Walrond who, last year, authored the controversial Government-commissioned report: The Legal, Ethical And Socio-Economic Issues Relevant To HIV/AIDS In Barbados. ".....
Published on: 6/11/06.
Stories by KARIN DEAR
GOVERNMENT would rather see HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination continue than risk being voted against by a block of voters who oppose decriminalisation of homosexuality and prostitution.
That's the strong view of profoundly disappointed Professor E.R. 'Mickey' Walrond who, last year, authored the controversial Government-commissioned report: The Legal, Ethical And Socio-Economic Issues Relevant To HIV/AIDS In Barbados. ".....
'Aids can be cured'
'Aids can be cured': "'Aids can be cured'
12/06/2006 14:53 - (SA)"
Cape Town - A "shockingly" large number of public servants believe HIV/Aids is curable, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has found.
"That even a minuscule proportion of the public service believes there is a cure for HIV and Aids should be viewed gravely," says a PSC report based on an evaluation of the public service HIV/Aids policy framework. ....
12/06/2006 14:53 - (SA)"
Cape Town - A "shockingly" large number of public servants believe HIV/Aids is curable, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has found.
"That even a minuscule proportion of the public service believes there is a cure for HIV and Aids should be viewed gravely," says a PSC report based on an evaluation of the public service HIV/Aids policy framework. ....
Churches Challenged to Join AIDS Battle, 'Step Out in Faith' | Christianpost.com- Christian News Online , Christian World News
Churches Challenged to Join AIDS Battle, 'Step Out in Faith' Christianpost.com- Christian News Online , Christian World News: "Churches Challenged to Join AIDS Battle, 'Step Out in Faith'
Monday, Jun. 12, 2006 Posted: 1:00:46PM EST
Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., will be hosting its second global HIV/AIDS conference this year to open the eyes of the Christian community and challenge church leaders to enter the battle for the millions dying of the incurable disease. "
Monday, Jun. 12, 2006 Posted: 1:00:46PM EST
Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., will be hosting its second global HIV/AIDS conference this year to open the eyes of the Christian community and challenge church leaders to enter the battle for the millions dying of the incurable disease. "
New York Blade Online
New York Blade Online: "25 Years of AIDS
Communities look back, plan future battles
By KERRY ELEVELD
Monday, June 12, 2006
Gay Men�s Health Crisis (GMHC) held a rally last Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of the day the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued its first report on HIV/AIDS. A gathering of about 150 people came together, bound by a sense of loss and commitment and a recognition of what this epidemic has both given and taken away."
Communities look back, plan future battles
By KERRY ELEVELD
Monday, June 12, 2006
Gay Men�s Health Crisis (GMHC) held a rally last Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of the day the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued its first report on HIV/AIDS. A gathering of about 150 people came together, bound by a sense of loss and commitment and a recognition of what this epidemic has both given and taken away."
London Free Press - Today - Journalist hailed for AIDS coverage
Inside Binghamton University
Inside Binghamton University: "Student plans career in HIV/AIDS research
Orlando Harris expects to graduate next spring with bachelor�s degrees in nursing, human development and Africana studies. The New York City native hopes to use his varied training as an HIV/AIDS researcher one day, but first he plans to go to graduate school and become a nurse practitioner. "
Orlando Harris expects to graduate next spring with bachelor�s degrees in nursing, human development and Africana studies. The New York City native hopes to use his varied training as an HIV/AIDS researcher one day, but first he plans to go to graduate school and become a nurse practitioner. "
queerplanet.com.au :: Single in the City: Single, Sex and AIDS
queerplanet.com.au :: Single in the City: Single, Sex and AIDS: "Single in the City: Single, Sex and AIDS
As any sexually active gay man in Sydney, I have always had HIV and AIDS in the back of my mind. AIDS is turning 25 this year. As single guys, it is important to not foget the message of safe sex."....
(an interesting article from Australia)
As any sexually active gay man in Sydney, I have always had HIV and AIDS in the back of my mind. AIDS is turning 25 this year. As single guys, it is important to not foget the message of safe sex."....
(an interesting article from Australia)
After quarter century of AIDS, gains but new threats
After quarter century of AIDS, gains but new threats: "After quarter century of AIDS, gains but new threats
By Anindita Dasgupta
Twenty-five years since the onset of the AIDS pandemic, many gains have been made in combating the disease. Yet, the struggle is hardly over.
Since June 5, 1981, when the first cases of pneumocystis were reported in Los Angeles among gay men, the medical community has made vast advancements in treatment of the 1 million Americans estimated by the Centers for Disease Control to be living with H.I.V. While there is now federal funding for Americans to receive drug treatment, multipronged treatment approaches and rapid H.I.V. testing (test results available 30 minutes after testing), public health specialists maintain that finding a cure for AIDS is still a long ways off. "
By Anindita Dasgupta
Twenty-five years since the onset of the AIDS pandemic, many gains have been made in combating the disease. Yet, the struggle is hardly over.
Since June 5, 1981, when the first cases of pneumocystis were reported in Los Angeles among gay men, the medical community has made vast advancements in treatment of the 1 million Americans estimated by the Centers for Disease Control to be living with H.I.V. While there is now federal funding for Americans to receive drug treatment, multipronged treatment approaches and rapid H.I.V. testing (test results available 30 minutes after testing), public health specialists maintain that finding a cure for AIDS is still a long ways off. "
KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville, TX: HIV/AIDS Clinic Loses Funding
KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville, TX: HIV/AIDS Clinic Loses Funding
HIV/AIDS Clinic Loses Funding
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Funding cuts could close an East Texas clinic. The HIV/AIDS clinic in Tyler is losing almost half of its funding. The clinic provides early access to help manage medical care for more than 100 East Texas patients with HIV or AIDS.
"Without the clinic there is no managed care even though the patients will take medication there will not be anyone to manage the side affects and make adjustments. People decline very fast, the patient decline very fast without managed care," says Bob Westbrook, Board Chairman of Northeast Texas Public District.
Westbrook says the health district will be looking to state, federal or private donations to keep the clinic open.
HIV/AIDS Clinic Loses Funding
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Funding cuts could close an East Texas clinic. The HIV/AIDS clinic in Tyler is losing almost half of its funding. The clinic provides early access to help manage medical care for more than 100 East Texas patients with HIV or AIDS.
"Without the clinic there is no managed care even though the patients will take medication there will not be anyone to manage the side affects and make adjustments. People decline very fast, the patient decline very fast without managed care," says Bob Westbrook, Board Chairman of Northeast Texas Public District.
Westbrook says the health district will be looking to state, federal or private donations to keep the clinic open.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
New America Media
New America Media: "NEW YORK --When a strange disease, later known as AIDS, was first detected at UCLA 25 years ago, it was difficult to get African-Americans interested in what was largely dismissed as ''White gay disease.''
Today, however, AIDS is increasingly considered largely a ''Black disease'' that afflicts both gays and straights, males and females.
''Today, more than half of all people living with HIV/AIDS and newly-infected with HIV each year in the United States are Black,'' Phill Wilson, executive director of the Black AIDS Institute, said at a news conference here Monday. "
Today, however, AIDS is increasingly considered largely a ''Black disease'' that afflicts both gays and straights, males and females.
''Today, more than half of all people living with HIV/AIDS and newly-infected with HIV each year in the United States are Black,'' Phill Wilson, executive director of the Black AIDS Institute, said at a news conference here Monday. "
VOA News - NYC's Asian and Pacific Islanders Confront AIDS
VOA News - NYC's Asian and Pacific Islanders Confront AIDS: "Immigrants from the 43 nations of Asia and the Pacific Islands are a growing segment of New York City's population and are confronting the same challenges facing their neighbors, including HIV/AIDS.
Xinhua - English
Xinhua - English: "BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The economic losses brought by AIDS to China in the coming five years are estimated to exceed 300 billion yuan (42.25 billion U.S. dollars), said a renowned AIDS expert here on Wednesday. "
Opinion | Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Editorials, Opinion Pieces on 25 Years of AIDS - Kaisernetwork.org
Opinion Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Editorials, Opinion Pieces on 25 Years of AIDS - Kaisernetwork.org: "Several editorials and opinion pieces recently addressed the 25th anniversary of the first AIDS diagnosis in the U.S. Twenty five years after the first cases were diagnosed, AIDS-related illnesses now are the No. 1 cause of death worldwide among people ages 15 to 59. According to UNAIDS, about 40 million people worldwide are HIV-positive. In the U.S., one million people are HIV-positive, and 40,000 new cases are expected to be diagnosed this year, CDC reports. More than 500,000 people in the U.S. have died of AIDS-related causes since 1981(Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 6/5). "
Saturday, June 03, 2006
AIDS' Next 25 Years May Be Worse for Africa
AIDS' Next 25 Years May Be Worse for Africa
By TERRY LEONARDThe Associated PressFriday, June 2, 2006; 3:35 PM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- It began innocuously, when a statistical anomaly pointed to a mysterious syndrome that attacked the immune systems of gay men in California. No one imagined 25 years ago that AIDS would become the deadliest epidemic in history.
Since June 5, 1981, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has killed more than 25 million people, infected 40 million others and left a legacy of unspeakable loss, hardship, fear and despair.
By TERRY LEONARDThe Associated PressFriday, June 2, 2006; 3:35 PM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- It began innocuously, when a statistical anomaly pointed to a mysterious syndrome that attacked the immune systems of gay men in California. No one imagined 25 years ago that AIDS would become the deadliest epidemic in history.
Since June 5, 1981, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has killed more than 25 million people, infected 40 million others and left a legacy of unspeakable loss, hardship, fear and despair.
globeandmail.com : Lewis decries funding shortfalls for global HIV-AIDS programs
globeandmail.com : Lewis decries funding shortfalls for global HIV-AIDS programs
NEW YORK -- Global HIV-AIDS programs are facing massive financing shortfalls in the coming years -- leaving millions to live and die untreated -- as countries balk at setting new funding targets at a United Nations conference here this week, Stephen Lewis said yesterday.
NEW YORK -- Global HIV-AIDS programs are facing massive financing shortfalls in the coming years -- leaving millions to live and die untreated -- as countries balk at setting new funding targets at a United Nations conference here this week, Stephen Lewis said yesterday.
