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BREAKING NEWS AIDS, drought and war cause food shortages in half of Africa ROME (AFP) Mar 01, 2004 Drought, AIDS and conflict have combined to create serious food shortages in half the countries in Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report published Monday. Nigeria seeks private sector support to fight AIDS LAGOS (AFP) Feb 27, 2004 Nigeria is seeking private sector support in its battle to prevent HIV/AIDS sapping the economic lifeblood of Africa's most populous nation, officials said Friday. |
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Former nurse, S. African health minister defend eccentric AIDS diet JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Feb 27, 2004 A former nurse who claims she inspired South Africa's Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's prescription of an eccentric diet for HIV/AIDS sufferers told a leading daily on Friday that she was no quack. Rights watchdog slams torture "epidemic" in Egypt NEW YORK (AFP) Feb 26, 2004 New York-based Human Rights Watch on Thursday slammed Egypt's record on torture in a special report that documented 17 deaths in detention over a two-year period. Taiwan law to ask hotels, sauna parlors to offer condoms TAIPEI (AFP) Feb 26, 2004 All hotels and sauna parlors in Taiwan must make condoms available to their customers in the island's latest attempt to curb the spread of AIDS, a cabinet official said Thursday. Researchers identify protein that blocks AIDS replication in monkeys WASHINGTON (AFP) Feb 26, 2004 Researchers on Wednesday said they identified a protein able to block the replication of the HIV virus in monkeys, a key discovery that sheds light on halting the spread of AIDS among humans. India needs to defuse ticking AIDS bomb, sex workers told CALCUTTA, India (AFP) Feb 25, 2004 India must take swift action against HIV/AIDS by educating its population about the disease in order to prevent infection levels skyrocketing, Indian officials said at a conference Wednesday. Vaccine campaign in Liberia amid fears of yellow fever epidemic UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Feb 25, 2004 Health agencies will launch a vaccination drive in Liberia this week to fight an outbreak of yellow fever, the United Nations said on Tuesday. |
Hong Kong HIV infections fall 12 percent in 2003 HONG KONG (AFP) Feb 24, 2004 The government said Tuesday the number of new HIV cases in Hong Kong fell 12 percent in 2003. 15-billion-dollar US anti-AIDS plan underway WASHINGTON (AFP) Feb 24, 2004 The 15-billion-dollar US anti-AIDS program got officially underway with the release Monday of its first 350 million dollars and its five-year plan. Leaders urge swift action to slow AIDS in Europe, Central Asia DUBLIN (AFP) Feb 23, 2004 Urgent action is needed to halt the increasingly swift spread of HIV and AIDS through Europe and Central Asia, a conference of 55 nations from the two continents in Dublin was warned on Monday. Leaders urge swift action to halt spread of AIDS in Europe, Central Asia DUBLIN (AFP) Feb 23, 2004 Urgent action is needed to halt the increasingly swift spread of the AIDS virus through Europe and Central Asia, a conference of 55 nations from the two continents in Dublin was warned on Monday. Japanese tainted-blood trial halted over doctor's mental health TOKYO (AFP) Feb 23, 2004 The Tokyo High Court on Monday halted the trial of Japan's former leading authority on haemophilia implicated in the nation's deadly tainted blood scandal because of the doctor's poor mental health. EU AIDS conference to focus on Europe, central Asia epidemic DUBLIN (AFP) Feb 22, 2004 Ireland, the current holder of the European Union presidency, opens a two-day conference on Monday focused on halting the spread of AIDS in Europe and central Asia, where more than two million people are infected with the incurable disease. |
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