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A man holds up a rainbow flag during a march in Lima November ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man holds up a rainbow flag during a march in Lima November 23, 2009. Hundreds of sex workers, lesbians, homosexuals, transgenders and HIV positive people marched in the streets of Lima on Monday to sensitize the government and people to their situation and to fight for their rights following the V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS, which took place in the city from November 21-23. REUTERS/Janine Costa (PERU POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

People march in Lima November 23, 2009. Hundreds of sex workers, ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People march in Lima November 23, 2009. Hundreds of sex workers, lesbians, homosexuals, transgenders and HIV positive people marched in the streets of Lima on Monday to sensitize the government and people to their situation and to fight for their rights following the V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS, which took place in the city from November 21-23. REUTERS/Janine Costa (PERU POLITICS CONFLICT HEALTH)

A woman holds a sign reading 'More Peace, less AIDS' during ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman holds a sign reading 'More Peace, less AIDS' during a march in Lima November 23, 2009. Hundreds of sex workers, lesbians, homosexuals, transgenders and HIV positive people marched in the streets of Lima on Monday to sensitize the government and people to their situation and to fight for their rights following the V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS, which took place in the city from November 21-23. REUTERS/Janine Costa (PERU POLITICS CONFLICT HEALTH)

An educator from the Reproductive Health Research Unit hands ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - An educator from the Reproductive Health Research Unit hands out condoms and leaflets in a bar around Hillbrow in Johannesburg to point out the importance of safe sex to help prevent the spread of HIV. Cape Town set up a vice squad tasked with 'cleaning up' the city's brothels ahead of the 2010 World Cup in a country which has the world's biggest HIV caseload. Photo:Stephane de Sakutin/AFP

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A patient looks at a notice board where a scene representing ...

(AFP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - A patient looks at a notice board where a scene representing the death of a man infected by Hiv-AIDS is painted on a paper in the Clinic of the Reach Out center Kampala, in 2003. Pairing family planning services with HIV/AIDS treatment can help curb Africa's population growth rate which records a yearly increase of 2.5 percent, health experts said Monday. Photo:Marco Longari/AFP

In a clinic in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, Ratib Samur makes ...

(AFP) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:31:00 GMT

(AFP) - In a clinic in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, Ratib Samur makes his way from one patient to the next armed with little more than a small box filled with enraged bees. He uses the bees to sting those who have come to him for help -- and amid the territory's deepening isolation, his clinic has been transformed into a hive of activity. Photo:Marco Longari/AFP

Princess Stephanie of Monaco, president of Fight Aids Monaco, ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Princess Stephanie of Monaco, president of Fight Aids Monaco, is given the start gun for the cross-country run organized by the Children and Future association which will give a part of the profits to Fight Aids Monaco in Monaco, November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Sebastien Nogier (MONACO ROYALS HEALTH SPORT)

An Iranian woman reads a leaflet at an exhibition marking World ...

(AFP) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Iranian woman reads a leaflet at an exhibition marking World AIDS Day in Tehran on December 1, 2008. Iran has recorded at least 3,409 deaths from AIDS, while another 2,097 people have been diagnosed as having the disease, according to health ministry figures reported by the ILNA news agency on Thursday. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

Scottish singer Annie Lennox has been presented with the 2009 ...

(AFP) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - Scottish singer Annie Lennox has been presented with the 2009 'Woman of Peace' award at a summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin for her work raising awareness of HIV/AIDS. Photo:John Macdougall/AFP

Vials containing the components of the H1N1 flu vaccine rest ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:07:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Vials containing the components of the H1N1 flu vaccine rest on a counter in a Toronto health clinic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

AIDS ribbons. Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - AIDS ribbons. Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status. Photo:/AFP

VIDEO: More people are HIV positive in South Africa than in ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: More people are HIV positive in South Africa than in any other country in the world. Yet many men still refuse to face up to the problem. A new scheme in Johannesburg hopes to change that, by talking directly to guys in the bars and clubs around town. Duration: 02:21 Photo:/AFP

Picture taken in August 2009, a medical laboratory technician ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - Picture taken in August 2009, a medical laboratory technician conducts a HIV test in a government hospital in Jakarta. Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday. Photo:Romeo Gacad/AFP

In this photo taken Tuesday April 14, 2009 a pedestrian passes ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:31:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this photo taken Tuesday April 14, 2009 a pedestrian passes an AIDS eductaion billboard in Johannesburg. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Denis Farrell-File)

A man suffering from HIV receives a supply of antiretroviral ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man suffering from HIV receives a supply of antiretroviral drugs at a prison clinic in Jakarta in July. The fight against AIDS in developing countries is facing a drastic funding shortfall amid rapidly rising treatment and prevention costs during the global financial crisis, experts have said. Photo:Romeo Gacad/AFP

A patient waits to ungergo a circumcision at a Swazi hospital ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - A patient waits to ungergo a circumcision at a Swazi hospital in Mbabane in 2007. The fight against AIDS in developing countries is facing a drastic funding shortfall amid rapidly rising treatment and prevention costs during the global financial crisis, experts have said. Photo:Mujahid Safodien/AFP

Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon is seen here in Mexico ...

(AFP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon is seen here in Mexico City, in August, during the XVII International AIDS Conference. Ban Ki-moon hailed US President Barack Obama's removal of a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive visitors, and urged other countries to do the same. Photo:Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP

An AIDS patient joins AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and other ...

(AFP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - An AIDS patient joins AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and other AIDS patients in a protest rally in June 2009 in Hollywood, California. The United States is poised to lift a decades-old ban on HIV-positive visitors from abroad that was based on fear and ignorance of the facts, President Barack Obama said Friday. Photo:David Mcnew/AFP

A poster hangs on a wall at Nhlangano health center to aim at ...

(AFP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - A poster hangs on a wall at Nhlangano health center to aim at encouraging people to get tested for HIV and TB on October 27, 2009. 80 percent of TB patients in Swaziland also have HIV, placing severe pressure on the small kingdom's public health system. Photo:Stephane de Sakutin/AFP

A tuberculosis epidemic is overwhelming health clinics across ...

(AFP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - A tuberculosis epidemic is overwhelming health clinics across Swaziland. It's fueled by the high rate of HIV amongst the population. But the government and NGOs are fighting back. Duration 02:18 Photo:/AFP

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the Administration's ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the Administration's plan to help small businesses at the Eisenhower Executive Office building near the White House in Washington, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama (C) signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 as Jeanne White-Ginder (2nd R), mother of Ryan White, looks on in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, October 30, 2009. White was 13 years old when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984 after contracting the disease from a blood-clotting agent used to treat his hemophilia and was barred from school out of fear of spreading the disease. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)

U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)

Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White, holds up the Ryan ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White, holds up the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 after it was signed by U.S. President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, October 30, 2009. White was 13 years old when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984 after contracting the disease from a blood-clotting agent used to treat his hemophilia and was barred from school out of fear of spreading the disease. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) is congratulated as Jeanne White-Ginder ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama (C) is congratulated as Jeanne White-Ginder (R), mother of Ryan White, looks on after the signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, October 30, 2009. White was 13 years old when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984 after contracting the disease from a blood-clotting agent used to treat his hemophilia and was barred from school out of fear of spreading the disease. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)

Jeanne White-Ginder (R), mother of Ryan White, is comforted ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Jeanne White-Ginder (R), mother of Ryan White, is comforted by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the signing of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, October 30, 2009. White was 13 years old when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984 after contracting the disease from a blood-clotting agent used to treat his hemophilia and was barred from school out of fear of spreading the disease. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the signing of the Ryan ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the signing of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) is applauded by Jeanne White-Ginder ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama (C) is applauded by Jeanne White-Ginder (R), mother of Ryan White, after signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, October 30, 2009. White was 13 years old when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984 after contracting the disease from a blood-clotting agent used to treat his hemophilia and was barred from school out of fear of spreading the disease. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)

A man passes by an official logotype of the AIDS conference, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man passes by an official logotype of the AIDS conference, displayed on an electric board, in Moscow, October 29, 2009. Russia must legalise methadone to stop an AIDS epidemic from spreading, with at least one million Russians infected with HIV, experts warned on Wednesday. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA HEALTH)

Robin Gorna (R), the executive director of the International ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Robin Gorna (R), the executive director of the International Aids Society (IAS), is seen before a briefing during a three-day AIDS conference in Moscow, October 29, 2009. Russia must legalise methadone to stop an AIDS epidemic from spreading, with at least one million Russians infected with HIV, experts warned on Wednesday. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA HEALTH)

People get information about AIDS near a giant red ribbon, symbolizing ...

(AFP) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - People get information about AIDS near a giant red ribbon, symbolizing AIDS awareness. The number of people with HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean is on the decline, but more must be done to contain the disease, a senior official said Monday, on the eve of a regional meeting on the ailment. Photo:Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP

A customer hive-fives workers during the grand opening of Microsoft's ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A customer hive-fives workers during the grand opening of Microsoft's first retail store in Scottsdale, Arizona October 22, 2009. The first store also launched the new Windows 7 in its most important release for more than a decade, aiming to win back customers after the disappointing Vista and strengthen its grip on the PC market. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES BUSINESS SCI TECH)

A giant red ribbon, the symbol of the International AIDS Awareness ...

(AFP) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - A giant red ribbon, the symbol of the International AIDS Awareness campaign, appears at the Anhangabau Palace - the city hall building, in downtown Sao Paulo. The Catholic Church said Thursday it will launch a campaign in Brazil urging early testing for AIDS, despite maintaining its opposition to government incentives promoting condom use. Photo:Mauricio Lima/AFP

A man creates am AIDS awareness ribbon. Even though a vaccine ...

(AFP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man creates am AIDS awareness ribbon. Even though a vaccine still lies over the horizon, at least a path has now emerged for getting there, say experts interviewed at the AIDS Vaccine 2009 conference, ending in Paris on Thursday. Photo:Toru Yamanaka/AFP

AIDS ribbons. Even though a vaccine for AIDS still lies over ...

(AFP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - AIDS ribbons. Even though a vaccine for AIDS still lies over the horizon, at least a path has now emerged for getting there, say experts interviewed at the AIDS Vaccine 2009 conference, ending in Paris on Thursday. Photo:/AFP

Video: Researchers said that an experimental AIDS vaccine has ...

(AFP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Video: Researchers said that an experimental AIDS vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection in a 'breakthrough' in the quarter-century battle against the deadly epidemic. Duration: 01:22 Photo:/AFP

Data from an AIDS vaccine trial in Thailand was presented to ...

(AFP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Data from an AIDS vaccine trial in Thailand was presented to scientists on Tuesday for the first time, confirming the prototype as only a partial shield against HIV but still a pioneering achievement. Photo:/AFP

A patient gives a blood sample at a medical centre. A group ...

(AFP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - A patient gives a blood sample at a medical centre. A group of Taiwanese HIV patients are appealing against a US court decision barring them from suing pharmaceutical giant Bayer which they blame for their plight, their lawyer said Tuesday. Photo:Joel Robine/AFP

A patient prepares her medication at a HIV/AIDS clinic. Three ...

(AFP) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - A patient prepares her medication at a HIV/AIDS clinic. Three pharmaceutical firms said Monday they support continued efforts by a Canadian generic drug maker to distribute cheaper versions of their patented HIV/AIDS medicines in Rwanda. Photo:Anna Zieminski/AFP

People who smoke crack cocaine are at increased risk of becoming ...

(CBC) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:50:21 GMT

(CBC) - People who smoke crack cocaine are at increased risk of becoming infected with HIV a finding that highlights the need to adopt and to evaluate the use of safe inhalation rooms and safer crack kits, B.C. researchers say.

A man places a piece of crack cocaine into a pipe to be smoked ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man places a piece of crack cocaine into a pipe to be smoked in the suburb of Bluefields City in the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua January 28, 2007. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to ...

(AFP) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, attends a press conference in Paris in 2008. Photo:Philippe Wojazer/AFP

An Afghan HIV patient sits during the opening by Afghanistan ...

(AFP) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Afghan HIV patient sits during the opening by Afghanistan Minister of Public Health, Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatemi, of the first Ante-Retroviral Treatment (ART) center in Kabul on April 2009. Leaders in the war on AIDS pleaded with donors on Monday to maintain support for an AIDS vaccine despite the global financial crisis. Photo:Massoud Hossaini/AFP

VIDEO: Bostwana is still suffering under an HIV/AIDS crisis ...

(AFP) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:35:00 GMT

VIDEO: Bostwana is still suffering under an HIV/AIDS crisis ...

(AFP) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: Bostwana is still suffering under an HIV/AIDS crisis which is among the worst in the world, and among its most vulnerable are the children left in the pandemic's wake. One organisation has established several villages dedicated just to orphans, where they can grow up with the special care they need. Duration: 02:21 Photo:/AFP

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In this March 31, 2006 file photo, Chinese AIDS activist Hu ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:06:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this March 31, 2006 file photo, Chinese AIDS activist Hu Jia speaks during an interview at a cafe in Beijing. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ng Han Guan, File)

A HIV-positive mother cares for her child at the Tygerberg Hospital ...

(AFP) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - A HIV-positive mother cares for her child at the Tygerberg Hospital in the South African city of Cape Town in 2007. The number of HIV positive pregnant women in South Africa has stabilised at 29 percent, but among expecting mothers in their early 30s the rate was still 40 percent, a government study said Monday. Photo:Axel Schmidt/AFP