AIDS
in Africa A Global Battle's Missing Weapon by Richard
Holbrooke and Richard Furman
"Of all the mind-numbing statistics about H.I.V. and
AIDS, the most staggering - and important - is this: 95
percent of those infected worldwide do not know they are
harboring the most deadly virus in history, and are therefore
spreading it, however unintentionally."
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South
African Fight Against HIV/AIDS Gets Major Boost
by Candace Freeman
"South Africa's fight
against HIV and AIDS has received a shot in the arm with
the US government's announcement today of an initial US40
million Dollar (R275.86 million) allocation towards combating
the global epidemic."
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Sex,
not Unsafe Injections, Fuels AIDS in Africa
"A team of experts largely
from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS, in an
article published in The Lancet medical journal, rejected
a recent suggestion that Africa's epidemic is driven by unsafe
health care injections and blood transfusions."
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WHO
unveils plans to treat 3 million by 2005 by Keith
Alcor
"The World Health Organisation
has published details of its plan to bring antiretroviral
treatment to 3 million people living with HIV by the end of
2005."
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