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Recent Releases In Global Health...Send Letter To Obama The "Science Speaks: HIV & TB News" blog writes of a letter sent to President Obama on Thursday "urging him to maintain robust scale up of AIDS services as part of his Global Health Initiative." The blog, which links to... In this article: Unicef, Barack Obama, Global Fund, Malaria, Huffington Post, Ann Veneman, AIDS, Kaiser Family Foundation, and U.S. |
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New York Daily News | October 30, 2009
President Obama to lift 1987 ban on foreigners with AIDS entering the country
President Obama to lift 1987 ban on foreigners with AIDS entering the country NewsPoliticsPresident Obama to lift 1987 ban on foreigners with AIDS entering the country President Obama to lift 1987 ban on foreigners with AIDS entering the...
In this article: Barack Obama
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Medical News Today | November 09, 2009
President Obama Discusses Africa's HIV/AIDS Epidemic With President Of Botswana
President Obama Discusses Africa's HIV/AIDS Epidemic With President Of Botswana Article Date: 09 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST President Barack Obama met with Botswana's president, Ian Khama, on Thursday to discuss issues facing the country,...
In this article: Barack Obama, Hiv/aids, Africa, HIV, Ian Khama, Botswana, Terrence Higgins Trust, and Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | October 30, 2009
US to overturn travel ban on HIV sufferers early next year Barack Obama says
...own effort several years ago to help combat the stigma. During a visit to Kenya, his father's native country, Mr Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama publicly took an HIV/Aids test. Enter your favourite pet photos for your chance to win...
In this article: HIV, Barack Obama, US, Blood transfusion, Michelle Obama, and White House
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CNN | October 30, 2009
Obama to lift HIV/AIDS travel ban
Obama to lift HIV/AIDS travel ban "If we want to be the global leader in combating HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it," President Obama said Friday. He says administration to publish rule next week eliminating ban by the start of 2010
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, HIV, White House, E mail, Physicians for Human Rights, House of Representatives, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Huffington Post | November 16, 2009
David Furnish: As HIV/AIDS Public Interest Wanes, Elton John Aids Foundation Work Becomes More Urgent
David Furnish: As HIV/AIDS Public Interest Wanes, Elton John Aids Foundation Work Becomes More Urgent Two weeks ago, President Obama signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. This crucial measure ensures that half a...
In this article: HIV, Elton John, Kaiser Family Foundation, Barack Obama, David Furnish, United States, Poverty, and Ford Foundation
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Goosby Says PEPFAR Remains Among 'Highest Priorities' Of Obama Administration, Welcomes Partnership With South African President Zuma
...interview from Washington, where he "also described a new era of cooperation with South Africa, the nation that bears the greatest AIDS burden" and is also "the largest recipient of PEPFAR funds," according to the AP. "We are very...
In this article: Barack Obama, U.S., Terrence Higgins Trust, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, South Africa, and Hillary Rodham Clinton
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MedicineNet | November 02, 2009
Health Highlights: Nov. 2, 2009
Obama Ends Ban on People With HIV/AIDS Entering U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday ended a 22-year-old policy barring people with HIV/AIDS from entering the United States. Calling the original decision one "rooted in fear rather...
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Unicef, Domestic pig, Human Genome Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, United Nations, and Ryan White
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The Australian | November 06, 2009
Africa Action Applauds Decision to Lift HIV Ban
...Action said, "While lifting the travel ban was a positive step forward, President Obama must now sustain his commitment to fight HIV/AIDS and fulfill the U.S. obligation to fully support the Global Fund" The Global Fund is a public-private...
In this article: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Africa Action, HIV, Malaria, Barack Obama, U.S., and United Nations
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washingtonpost.com | November 18, 2009
An unfair policy on AIDS is lifted
...are HIV-positive. That ended last month when President Obama lifted the prohibition. This punitive policy took effect when AIDS was little understood. Today we know that HIV is not spread through casual contact and that infection is...
In this article: HIV, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, United States, Cholera, Leprosy, Diphtheria, Yellow fever, and Smallpox
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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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