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Most 'orphans' have living parent...tomorrow." In Kenya, the BBC's Will Ross says several institutions have sprung up to take in children who have been forced on to the streets by poverty, the effects of HIV/Aids, and last year's inter-tribal violence. Our correspondent... In this article: Poverty, AIDS, HIV, Monrovia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and BBC |
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The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories | October 17, 2009
The Catholic Church's Next Scandal
...and boils down to a fixation on sexual morality. That has turned the Catholic hierarchy into a raging enemy of condom use-even when it comes to preventing the spread of AIDS. When Pope Benedict visited Africa last March, he caused a...
In this article: Catholic Church, The Daily Beast, Africa, God, HIV, James Carroll, Jon Krakauer, Pope Benedict XVI, and Rome
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BBC News | October 28, 2009
Russia warned about HIV epidemic
...HIV epidemic Syringes used by addicts are often contaminated A top international HIV/Aids expert has told the BBC that the epidemic in Russia is now out of control. Robin Gorna, head of the International Aids Society, urged Russia to...
In this article: HIV, Russia, Heroin, Methadone, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and Moscow
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Kenya to launch homosexual census
...is punishable by 14 years in jail in Kenya Kenya is to carry out a census of its gay population in an effort to bolster the fight against HIV/Aids - despite homosexuality being against the law. Nicholas Muraguri, head of Kenya's Aids...
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Africa leaders unite on malaria
...already happening on the ground in Africa "Malaria stills kills more people in Africa than HIV/Aids and tuberculosis combined... we need more funds to fight it," he told the BBC's Network Africa. But he said a lot of progress had been made...
In this article: Malaria, Africa, Insecticide, HIV, UN, New York, and Rwanda
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Medical News Today | October 06, 2009
BBC Examines 'Huge Imbalance' Between Funding For HIV/AIDS, Other Health Needs In Uganda
...of under 3%," Daniel Halperin, of Harvard, said. "But in spite of this, the vast majority of support, particularly from the U.S., is given specifically to the war on AIDS," the BBC writes. According to the news service, Premila Bartlett,...
In this article: Uganda, HIV, BBC, Harvard, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and Pakistan
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Alarming Africa male gay HIV rate
...HIV. The Oxford University researchers found that the prevalence of HIV/Aids among gay men in sub-Saharan African has been "driven by cultural, religious and political unwillingness to accept [gay men] as equal members of society". Lead...
In this article: HIV, Africa, Oxford University, BBC, and Burundi
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a set of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk. This transmission can involve anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.
AIDS is now a pandemic. In 2007, an estimated 33.2 million people lived with the disease worldwide, and it killed an estimated 2.1 million people, including 330,000 children. Over three-quarters of these deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth and destroying human capital. Most researchers believe that HIV originated in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century. AIDS was first recognized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1981 and its cause, HIV, identified by American and French scientists in the early 1980s.
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