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BREAKING NEWS Clinton strikes deal to increase distribution of cheap AIDS drugs NEW YORK (AFP) Apr 06, 2004 The charitable foundation set up by former president Bill Clinton said Tuesday that it has signed agreements with three aid agencies to make cut-price AIDS drugs available to hundreds of thousands of people in the developing world. China to abolish forced isolation of AIDS patients BEIJING (AFP) Apr 05, 2004 China's parliament is to adopt an amendment to a law on the prevention of contagious diseases which will abolish the forced isolation of AIDS patients, Xinhua news agency reported Friday. |
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Verdict date set for Libyan AIDS trial against Bulgarians SOFIA (AFP) Apr 05, 2004 A Libyan court will hand down a verdict on April 15 in the case of seven health workers -- six Bulgarians and a Palestinian -- charged with spreading AIDS in a children's hospital, Bulgarian radio said Monday. South African opposition turns the heat on Mbeki over AIDS JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Apr 05, 2004 The leader of a small but vocal opposition party underwent HIV testing on Monday and urged President Thabo Mbeki to follow suit as the campaign for the April 14 elections turned a spotlight on AIDS, South Africa's number one killer. S.African politician takes AIDS test, urges Mbeki to follow suit JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Apr 05, 2004 A woman politician contesting the top job in South Africa's April 14 general elections underwent an HIV/AIDS test on Monday and urged President Thabo Mbeki to follow suit and spread awareness on the pandemic ravaging the country. Chinese anti-AIDS activist arrested over Tiananmen gesture BEIJING (AFP) Apr 05, 2004 A Chinese anti-AIDS activist Monday said he was arrested for using a remembrance festival to commemorate those who died in the 1989 massacre of pro-democracy protestors in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. 70 percent of hospital patients in Zimbabwe have HIV/AIDS: NGO HARARE (AFP) Apr 02, 2004 Around 70 percent of patients admitted to Zimbabwe's hospitals suffer from HIV and AIDS-related illnesses, a health expert said Friday. China ends daily reporting on SARS epidemic BEIJING (AFP) Apr 02, 2004 China's Ministry of Health Friday ended its daily reports on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), noting only four confirmed cases of the deadly disease had been discovered since the beginning of winter. |
China launches nationwide epidemic reporting computer network BEIJING (AFP) Apr 02, 2004 Chinese hospitals and disease prevention and control centers nationwide this week began reporting infectious diseases to the government through a new computer network, state media said Friday. S. Africa starts free anti-retrovirals for HIV patients in key province JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Apr 01, 2004 South African health authorities Thursday began distributing free anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to HIV/AIDS patients in the country's richest province of Gauteng, a health department spokesman said. Asia facing higher HIV risk as youths become more sexually active SINGAPORE (AFP) Apr 01, 2004 Asia's youth are becoming increasingly susceptible to HIV through "boyfriend-girlfriend" relations as many become sexually active at a younger age, regional health experts warn. Three percent of African AIDS patients have access to antiretrovirals DAKAR (AFP) Mar 31, 2004 Only three percent of the 3.9 million AIDS patients in Africa who could benefit from anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) have access to them, delegates at a forum were told here Wednesday. Three percent of African AIDS patients have access to antiretrovirals DAKAR (AFP) Mar 31, 2004 Only three percent of the 3.9 million AIDS patients in Africa who could benefit from antiretroviral drugs have access to them, delegates at a forum were told here Wednesday. China punishes 3,798 civil servants for negligence during SARS epidemic BEIJING (AFP) Mar 31, 2004 China has punished a total of 3,798 civil servants for negligence during the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), state media reported Wednesday. |
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