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BREAKING NEWS UNESCO boss sounds alarm on AIDS in south Asia LIVINGSTONE, Zambia (AFP) Mar 03, 2004 UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura sounded an alarm Wednesday on the increase of AIDS in South Asia, saying it was rising "very rapidly" there. Senlis Council slams 2003 UN drug report as 'irresponsible' VIENNA (AFP) Mar 03, 2004 An international thinktank on Wednesday accused the UN agency on drugs of denying the worth of programmes that work with heroin addicts to prevent the spread of HIV and slammed it as "irresponsible." |
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One year on, Hong Kong still lives in shadow of SARS HONG KONG (AFP) Mar 03, 2004 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome lurks in the background of Hong Kong's economic, political and social landscape, one year after the world's first death from the disease was recorded in the city. Five AIDS patients sent to prison in case highlighting ignorance in China BEIJING (AFP) Mar 03, 2004 Five HIV/AIDS patients have been sentenced to prison terms of up three-and-a-half years for stealing in a case that underscores the problems China is facing in its struggle against the disease. SARS fears remain imprinted on Hong Kong's memory HONG KONG (AFP) Mar 03, 2004 The much-feared resurgence of SARS has failed to materialise but the disease remains deeply ingrained in Hong Kong's psyche one year on from the health crisis that brought the city to its knees. Officials say most China provinces could have AIDS from blood selling BEIJING (AFP) Mar 03, 2004 Most provinces in China could be affected by HIV/AIDS outbreaks from unsanitary blood sales, officials say, highlighting that Beijing does not know the extent of the epidemic it is grappling with. India should be included in Bush's AIDS plan: US think tank NEW DELHI (AFP) Mar 02, 2004 With 4.58 million people living with HIV/AIDS, second only to South Africa with five million, India is a fit case for US President George W. Bush's "emergency plan" for AIDS relief, a Washington-based private think tank said Tuesday. Only 10 percent of China's HIV/AIDS cases know they have disease: officials BEIJING (AFP) Mar 02, 2004 Just 10 percent of China's HIV-AIDS cases know they have the disease, the US Center for Disease Control and Preventionsaid Tuesday as it launched a 15-million-dollar campaign to help fight the crisis. |
US specialists train Vietnamese doctors in HIV/AIDS care HANOI (AFP) Mar 02, 2004 American HIV/AIDS specialists Tuesday began a series of training courses in Vietnam for health care workers as part of a US-government funded project. US launches 15 million-dollar program to fight HIV/AIDS in China BEIJING (AFP) Mar 02, 2004 Just 10 percent of China's HIV-AIDS cases know they have the disease, the US Center for Disease Control and Preventionsaid Tuesday as it launched a 15 million dollar campaign to help fight the crisis. UN, ministers, to assess progress in fighting AIDS LIVINGSTONE, Zambia (AFP) Mar 02, 2004 The heads of nine UN agencies and ministers from around 20 African countries will meet from Wednesday to Friday in Livingstone, Zambia, to assess progress in the battle against AIDS. 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. 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. |
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