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BREAKING NEWS Bono's pressure group says Canada must live up to AIDS commitments TORONTO (AFP) Mar 12, 2004 An Africa action group founded by U2 frontman Bono has warned Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin that a draft parliamentary bill designed to get cheap generic drugs to poor countries is flawed. WHO to hold talks on risks of world flu epidemic GENEVA (AFP) Mar 12, 2004 About 100 experts from 40 countries are to gather in Geneva next week to discuss the risk of a world flu epidemic, amid fears triggered by an outbreak of bird flu in Asia. |
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Nigeria starts local production of anti-retroviral AIDS drugs LAGOS (AFP) Mar 12, 2004 Nigeria has begun local production of anti-retroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, a growing menace in Africa's most populous country, health officials said Friday. China province Hubei admits extent of AIDS cases from tainted blood BEIJING (AFP) Mar 10, 2004 The central Chinese province of Hubei revealed Wednesday the extent of its HIV/AIDS cases from tainted blood, as it prepares to send government employees to live in affected areas to tackle the problem. Fiji must address AIDS threat to indigenous people: chief SUVA (AFP) Mar 10, 2004 It is vital that Fiji begins to address AIDS, which threatens to wipe out the nation's indigenous people, a top traditional leader said Wednesday ahead of a meeting here of 16 Pacific nations on the disease. UN says women becoming main victims of AIDS epidemic UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Mar 09, 2004 Women are becoming the main victims of the global AIDS epidemic, Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Monday at a UN session to mark International Women's Day. UN says women becoming main victims of AIDS epidemic UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Mar 08, 2004 Women are becoming the main victims of the global AIDS epidemic, Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Monday at a UN session to mark International Women's Day. UN says women becoming main victims of AIDS epidemic UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Mar 08, 2004 Women are becoming the main victims of the global AIDS epidemic, Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Monday at a UN session to mark International Women's Day. |
Reject violence against women to help protect them from AIDS, UN urges men GENEVA (AFP) Mar 08, 2004 The United Nations called Monday on men to reject violence against women in order to protect their daughters from the AIDS pandemic. South African AIDS group threatens government with further court action CAPE TOWN (AFP) Mar 08, 2004 South Africa's leading AIDS lobby group promised Monday to launch court action against the government within two weeks if a programme aimed at treating five million who are infected with the virus was not speeded up. UN warns HIV infections soaring among Asian women BANGKOK (AFP) Mar 08, 2004 HIV infection rates among Asian women are soaring and being married is one of the biggest risk factors as many women are contracting the disease from their husbands, the United Nations said Monday. UN warns HIV infections soaring among Asian women BANGKOK (AFP) Mar 08, 2004 HIV infection rates among Asian women are soaring and being married is one of the biggest factors as many women contract the disease from their husbands, the United Nations said Monday. Six-month-old WTO accord on AIDS drugs still having little pratical impact PARIS (AFP) Mar 07, 2004 A deal struck six months ago to change WTO rules on intellectual property rights to enable poor countries to import generic prescription drugs they cannot manufacture has yet to make any real impact in Africa, home to most of the world's AIDS sufferers. Poor countries fail to take advantage of WTO accord on AIDS drugs PARIS (AFP) Mar 07, 2004 Poor countries that fought to be able to import generic prescription drugs have failed to use changes to the WTO rules on intellectual property rights, reviving a row over who is to blame for the lack of treatment for millions of AIDS sufferers. |
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