Africa
A listing of content for this category:
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| 'Shopping' for a mate is costly in Sub-Saharan Africa | Why are African HIV rates so high? A little know fact about HIV is that the transmission rate of... | 17 August 2011 |
| 2015 Quilt: The beginning of the end of AIDS starts with you | On World AIDS Day, December 1st, ONE and (RED) launched a (2015)QUILT www.2015quilt.com. The quilt... | 7 December 2011 |
| Africa: HIV-positive women still confused about infant-feeding choices | The latest guidelines on infant-feeding options for HIV-positive mothers in Africa have not been... | 15 December 2011 |
| African viewpoint: Status update | As wars rage, governments fall, economies crumble and the planet's climate disintegrates, we would... | 15 December 2011 |
| AIDS conference begins in Rome | The head of the United Nations AIDS program called Sunday for an increase in access to drugs that... | 11 January 2012 |
| Churches urged to take lead in AIDS fight | African organizer invites Christians to see the disaster for themselves Moral condemnation has no... | 30 November 2011 |
| Grannies striding to turn tide on AIDS | Grandmothers want to turn the tide on HIV and AIDS in Africa. On June 12, the Georgian Bay Grannies... | 27 May 2011 |
| HIV therapies provide near normal lifespan in Africa | A landmark study by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British... | 5 August 2011 |
| How to Fight HIV Criminalization in Courts of Law and Public Opinion | As the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, DC, presented hopes of... | 9 August 2012 |
| ICASA 2011: For Nigeria to increase funding for HIV programme | By most accounts, investment in the health of Africans is considered to be a priority issue on the... | 6 January 2012 |
| Janet Siddall helps African families through 'Grandmothers to Grandmothers.' | Canada’s former ambassador to Tanzania, Janet Siddall, saw firsthand the suffering of AIDS victims... | 9 August 2011 |
| Kenya HIV families torn between health or food | Rosalia Adhiambo won't take the free anti-HIV drugs that would prolong her life. The spiraling... | 22 December 2011 |
| Magic Johnson gave AIDS victims hope | Jody cried when he heard the news about Magic Johnson, first from sadness then afterwards admitted... | 10 November 2011 |
| MTCT rates decline in Africa | African health ministers met this week to discuss the AIDS pandemic. While the challenges... | 30 June 2011 |
| Nigerians set to find out how to get to Sesame Square | Starring a yam monster, an HIV-positive puppet and talking drums, the Nigerian version of the... | 10 January 2012 |
| North Vancouver teen meets Will and Kate | (Click on picture for video) A North Vancouver, B.C. teenager who got a once-in-a-lifetime chance... | 11 July 2011 |
| Orbinski offers hope in fight against AIDS | Award-winning humanitarian and Canadian physician Dr. James Orbinski spoke Thursday night at the... | 23 June 2011 |
| Overseas experiences inspire doc to push for change | Dr. James Orbinski was working at a Doctors Without Borders clinic in South Africa in January 2000... | 27 January 2012 |
| Pope looks to avoid AIDS flap déja vu on key visit to Africa | Pope Benedict XVI arrives tomorrow in Benin for his second visit to Africa, and he’ll be trying to... | 18 November 2011 |
| Seva Canada Fights Blindness in AIDS Patients | New program to prevent AIDS-related blindness in developing countries Seva Canada, a Vancouver-... | 3 June 2011 |
| South Africa loses $1.4 billion training doctors who emigrated | South Africa, the nation with the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS, has spent more... | 29 November 2011 |
| Surrey students Zambia-bound | Three Surrey residents were among eight Douglas College students to head to Zambia this week to... | 18 May 2011 |
| Swaziland: HIV patients 'eat dung to make drugs work' | Some HIV-positive patients in Swaziland are so poor they have resorted to eating cow dung before... | 5 August 2011 |
| Too many Africans die of AIDS | We build schools in Kenyan villages where teachers die, but their students refuse to name the cause... | 3 June 2011 |
| United Nations crowdsources the future of youth AIDS prevention | Three thousand people between the ages of 15 and 24 are infected with HIV every day. How can AIDS... | 10 November 2011 |
