Tuesday
25th July 2005
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 Treatment
Action Campaign (Cape Town)
PRESS
RELEASE
Forty Injured, Ten Shot at Peaceful Protest to
Demand Treatment
July
13, 2005
On
12 July 2005, the South African Police Services in Queenstown
brutally assaulted and then opened fire on unarmed, peaceful protesters
asking for HIV treatment.
At least ten of the injured people were people who live openly
with HIV/AIDS. The majority of the protesters were women. At no
stage was there violence, threat of violence or any form of provocation
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UN’s HIV/AIDS Africa envoy questions G8 Summit results, calls
for advocacy
25
July 2005 – The
United Nations Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa has questioned the
results of the recent G8 Summit when it came to addressing the
AIDS pandemic and he has called for the creation of an international
women’s agency....
 Provision
of ARVs to Positive Women Helps Prevention of Paediatric HIV/Aids
- Dr. Sinkala
Lusaka
July 12, 2005
The
provision of anti retroviral drugs (ARVs) to positive women
in clinics has improved the prevention of paediatric HIV/AIDS,
Lusaka Health District director, Dr Moses Sinkala has observed......
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 Ageing,
population, AIDS face humanity
Updated:
2005-07-26 06:24
PARIS:
Massive population growth in the poorest countries, global ageing,
and the battle against the AIDS virus will be the key challenges
for the international community over the next 50 years, according
to an international conference that concluded here at the weekend..
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 Africa
faces shortage of AIDS medics-Clinton
20
Jul 2005 15:20:07 GMT
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ES SALAAM, July 20 (Reuters) - Africans infected by HIV/AIDS are
receiving cheaper life-prolonging drugs but lack the medical personnel
to administer them and manage their treatment, former U.S. President
Bill Clinton said on Wednesday. ....
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HOMELESS
WORLD CUP LAUNCHES GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR AFRICA
Organisers of the Homeless World Cup are embarking on an international
campaign for Africa
following the UK ban on five participating African football
teams -
Burundi, Cameroon, Zambia, Nigeria, and Kenya. It launches at
the start of the annual global street soccer tournament on Wednesday
20 July 2005.....
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President
Mogae says his country is determined to beat HIV/Aids |
Botswana
praised for Aids fight
By Ania Lichtarowicz : BBC health reporter,
Rio de Janeiro
Botswana
has been praised by scientists at a conference in Brazil for its
determination to tackle Aids/HIV.
Botswana
is one of the countries worst affected by HIV infections. United
Nations figures show that almost 40% of its population is HIV
positive.....
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