 | Haiti: Risk and Treatment Amid the Rubble
10 March 2010 | Latin America
In the aftermath of Haiti's 7.0 magnitude quake, one of the Caribbean's largest antiretroviral (ARV) programmes is struggling to resurrect itself from the rubble.
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| Counting on Clicks to Finance the Battle Against AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis
9 March 2010 | Global
To help Americans do something to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, several foundations and travel companies, in cooperation with the United Nations, are starting a campaign allowing travelers to donate $2 every time they pay for certain items.
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| UK Gives South Africa Millions of Condoms
9 March 2010 | Africa
The UK has donated £1m ($1.5m) to South Africa to buy condoms in a bid to combat HIV and AIDS, as the nation builds up to the football World Cup.
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| Ugandan Government Unable to Afford Treatment for AIDS Patients
9 March 2010 | Africa
Uganda is unable to offer lifetime treatment to the country’s 350,000 AIDS patients because it can’t afford the $4 billion it would cost to supply them with medication, the Uganda Aids Commission said.
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| Millenium Village Concept Debated
9 March 2010 | Africa
In the past five years, life in this bushy little patch of western Kenya has improved dramatically.
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| GSK Dedicates India Plant for Elephantiasis Drug
8 March 2010 | Asia
Britain's GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday it was dedicating a facility in India to production of albendazole, part of a combined treatment for the elephantiasis-causing infection lymphatic filariasis (LF).
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| UNAIDS: Funding Cuts Could Lead to HIV 'Nightmare'
8 March 2010 | Africa
Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV "nightmare," the United Nations' AIDS agency chief warned.
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| HIV Among Newborns Could be 'Eradicated by 2015'
8 March 2010 | Global
Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, said the Global Fund to fight the three diseases.
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| Webcast: Report of the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy
5 March 2010 | Global
This event marks the culmination of nine months of deliberation by the Commission - a group formed to develop actionable recommendations for a long-term U.S. strategic approach to global health.
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| Impunity for Domestic Violence, 'Honour Killings' Cannot Continue - U.N.
5 March 2010 | Global
So-called 'honour killings' are an extreme symptom of discrimination against women, which - including other forms of domestic violence - is a plague that affects every country, the U.N. human rights chief says, calling on governments to tackle impunity.
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