AIDS

New Delhi, Nov 20 : In a bid to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS, the Confederation of Indian Industriy (CII) Friday announced the launch of a toll free helpline in four languages. Making the announcement at a discussion organised by the...

In this article: Hiv/aids, HIV, Supply chain, International Labour Organisation, New Delhi, and India

...In: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture; Sexual Health / STDs; Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 20 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST HIV/AIDS program grants made by U.S.-based foundations totaled $618 billion in 2008, an 11 percent increase from...

In this article: Africa, Malawi, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Climate change, HIV, Terrence Higgins Trust, and Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

...communities and countries will reverberate for many years. " Africa now has 11.6 million AIDS orphans, according to AVERT, an international AIDS charity. If a main objective is keeping people alive from a disease that still has no cure,...

In this article: Barack Obama, Africa, World AIDS Day, HIV, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Johannesburg, and U.S.

...asked, "Will we stand by and let national governments scapegoat a sexual minority for HIV/AIDS while receiving major funding for AIDS relief?" Irresponsible and reprehensible behavior on the part of Ugandan officials should lead to a...

In this article: Homophobia, HIV, Uganda, United States, George W. Bush, Africa, Red Pepper, and New Republic

...humane change to a policy that no longer makes sense. "If we want to be the global leader in combating HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it," Mr. Obama said during a ceremony to reauthorize the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency...

In this article: HIV, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, United States, Cholera, Leprosy, Diphtheria, Yellow fever, and Smallpox

...Rust Drive in Saginaw. BASIS Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center provides free, confidential HIV/AIDS care services to more than 150 people living with HIV/AIDS in an eight-county area of mid-Michigan. BASIS Sacred Heart also provides free,...

In this article: HIV, Bay City, World AIDS Day, Saginaw Valley State University, and Northwood University

Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST Money available to treat HIV/AIDS is sufficient to end the epidemic globally, but only if we act immediately to control the spread of the disease. That was the conclusion of a study just published in...

In this article: Hiv/aids, Robert J. Smith, Medical advice, University of Ottawa, Terrence Higgins Trust, York University, and University of Manitoba

...and C. difficile, even ending addiction to cocaine and nicotine. Success on some vaccines in development, particularly for Alzheimer's and AIDS, likely would bring billions a year in sales. Just this fall and early next year, the swine flu...

In this article: FLU, Alzheimer's, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, U.S., Cervical cancer, Meningitis, Rotavirus, and Wyeth

After a federal threat to withhold millions in funding from the city because of poor oversight of AIDS programs, D.C. Council member David Catania on Monday ordered city health officials to gather the documents needed within 24 hours to...

In this article: Washington, D.C. and Department of Housing and Urban Development

...remains in the battle against AIDS in America. We've made great strides in treating and preventing AIDS since Elton John founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) in 1992. New cases of HIV in the United States have declined...

In this article: Elton John, HIV, Kaiser Family Foundation, Barack Obama, David Furnish, United States, Poverty, and Ford Foundation