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Africa Has 70 Per Cent of Patients Infected With AIDS
BRAZZAVILLE, 16 August 2010 (allAfrica.com) — At least 70 per cent of sick people in the world that are infected with AIDS are found in Africa.
SWAZILAND: ABC approach to be shelved
MBABANE, 16 August 2010 (PlusNews) - In a country with the highest HIV infection rate in the world and the lowest life expectancy, experts are still at a loss as to why Swazis have resisted all attempts to change the behaviours that put them at risk from the virus.
GLOBAL: Straight Talk with Dr Zeda Rosenberg, CEO of the International Partnership for Microbicides
JOHANNESBURG, 13 August 2010 (PlusNews) - There were cheers and some tears at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna in July when delegates heard the news that a clinical trial in South Africa, had found a vaginal gel containing the antiretroviral drug, tenofovir, was 39 percent effective at reducing women's risk of contracting HIV during sex
South Africa: Bolstering the Search for HIV Vaccine - Living With AIDS # 443
JOHANNESBURG, 13 August 2010 (allAfrica.com) - Intensifying their search for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection, scientists are planning to run an improved version of the successful Thai HIV vaccine trial in South Africa next year.
Could HIV be a matter of biology?
JOHANNESBURG, 10 August 2010 (PlusNews) - Africa’s HIV epidemic may not be driven by behaviour alone according to a new study suggesting that Kenyan women are more biologically susceptible to the virus.
Africa: Obama angry over spread of HIV
6 August 2010 (allAfrica.com) - President Obama has told African governments to change the behaviour of their citizens to prevent HIV spread, saying treating patients while others are catching the virus is untenable.
