HIV-AIDS - Microfinance Tackles AIDS Head On - Inter Press Service
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Microfinance Tackles AIDS Head On - Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Apr 23 (IPS) - With two-thirds of the world’s HIV/AIDS victims living in sub-Saharan Africa, sickness and death is too often a part of doing business in the region. But now microfinance institutions have found ways to reduce financial risk
Uganda’s anti-gay law will closet homosexuals, lead to more high-risk - Vancouver Sun
When it comes to HIV prevention, Gug never really received much education on the subject. It’s not because he doesn’t want it. It’s because as a gay man living in Uganda, Gug — the alias under which he writes — is seen more as a problem than a
First government-backed gay bar opens in China - News.com.au
The bar opened Saturday in a low-key fashion in the tourist town of Dali in the southwestern province of Yunnan, Zhang Jianbo, founder of the Dali HIV/AIDS prevention and health association, the organisation behind the initiative, said. The venue
Manto’s diet gets strong backing - Independent Online
Former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advocacy for the use of beetroot, garlic and other vegetables to fight HIV/ Aids was strongly defended at a memorial service in Durban yesterday. Tshabalala-Msimang, 69, who was born in Durban, died
Researchers creating model of HIV care for developing nations - PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) — Expanding Michigan State University’s global health outreach, a team of researchers is working in the Dominican Republic to establish a model for HIV/AIDS care that can be exported to other resource-limited countries. The team, led
Kyrgyz City Launches Campaign Against Prostitution - Radio Free Europe
The Osh region has seen a rapid increase in HIV/AIDS, drug addiction, and prostitution in recent years. Some 80 percent of officially registered HIV-positive people in the region are drug users.
Group: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the year - WBOC
NEW YORK (AP) - Dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009’s Top 10 humanitarian crises, according to Doctors Without Borders. Other
Church called to take part in fight against HIV/AIDS - Jamaica Gleaner
Coordinator of the HIV pre-vention programme and lecturer at the United Theological College of the West Indies, Garth Minott, has said the Church needs to play a greater role in assisting persons affected by HIV and AIDS. “I am suggesting that, if we
HIV/AIDS among top 2009 - Daily Times
NEW YORK: Dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009’s top 10 humanitarian crises, according to Doctors Without Borders. Other crises
Microfinance Tackles AIDS Head On - Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Apr 23 (IPS) - With two-thirds of the world’s HIV/AIDS victims living in sub-Saharan Africa, sickness and death is too often a part of doing business in the region. But now microfinance institutions have found ways to reduce financial risk
Uganda’s anti-gay law will closet homosexuals, lead to more high-risk - Vancouver Sun
When it comes to HIV prevention, Gug never really received much education on the subject. It’s not because he doesn’t want it. It’s because as a gay man living in Uganda, Gug — the alias under which he writes — is seen more as a problem than a
First government-backed gay bar opens in China - News.com.au
The bar opened Saturday in a low-key fashion in the tourist town of Dali in the southwestern province of Yunnan, Zhang Jianbo, founder of the Dali HIV/AIDS prevention and health association, the organisation behind the initiative, said. The venue
Manto’s diet gets strong backing - Independent Online
Former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advocacy for the use of beetroot, garlic and other vegetables to fight HIV/ Aids was strongly defended at a memorial service in Durban yesterday. Tshabalala-Msimang, 69, who was born in Durban, died
Researchers creating model of HIV care for developing nations - PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) — Expanding Michigan State University’s global health outreach, a team of researchers is working in the Dominican Republic to establish a model for HIV/AIDS care that can be exported to other resource-limited countries. The team, led
Kyrgyz City Launches Campaign Against Prostitution - Radio Free Europe
The Osh region has seen a rapid increase in HIV/AIDS, drug addiction, and prostitution in recent years. Some 80 percent of officially registered HIV-positive people in the region are drug users.
Group: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the year - WBOC
NEW YORK (AP) - Dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009’s Top 10 humanitarian crises, according to Doctors Without Borders. Other
Church called to take part in fight against HIV/AIDS - Jamaica Gleaner
Coordinator of the HIV pre-vention programme and lecturer at the United Theological College of the West Indies, Garth Minott, has said the Church needs to play a greater role in assisting persons affected by HIV and AIDS. “I am suggesting that, if we
HIV/AIDS among top 2009 - Daily Times
NEW YORK: Dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009’s top 10 humanitarian crises, according to Doctors Without Borders. Other crises
