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BREAKING NEWS Theory AIDS came from contaminated polio vaccine is false: study PARIS (AFP) Apr 21, 2004 An international team of scientists says it has refuted a theory that AIDS originated in a contaminated oral polio vaccine used in the then Belgian Congo in the 1950s. Independent SARS probe savages Canadian health system TORONTO (AFP) Apr 20, 2004 A withering independent report Tuesday savaged the provincial health system in Ontario as unprepared, poorly led and uncoordinated to battle an outbreak of SARS which spread from Asia last year. |
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Canada amends bill on cheap AIDS drugs for poor countries OTTAWA (AFP) Apr 20, 2004 The Canadian government said Tuesday it was amending planned legislation aimed at supplying cheap generic drugs to developing countries plagued by HIV/AIDS and other epidemics. Canada amends bill on cheap AIDS drugs for poor countries OTTAWA (AFP) Apr 20, 2004 The Canadian government said Tuesday it was amending planned legislation aimed at supplying cheap generic drugs to developing countries plagued by HIV/AIDS and other epidemics. Ethiopia, Pfizer in partnership to provide free drugs to AIDS patients ADDIS ABABA (AFP) Apr 16, 2004 The Ethiopian government and US drug giant Pfizer on Friday signed a partnership agreement to provide free medicines to AIDS sufferers in the Horn of Africa country, the health ministry said. US, Vietnam armed forces work together on HIV/AIDS prevention HANOI (AFP) Apr 15, 2004 US military HIV/AIDS experts ended Thursday a four-day workshop in Hanoi aimed at raising awareness and knowledge of the disease within the Vietnamese military. Verdict in Libyan AIDS trial is put off to May 6 BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) Apr 15, 2004 A Libyan court on Thursday postponed its verdict in the trial of six Bulgarian and one Palestinian health workers who face a possible death sentence if they are convicted of injecting blood tainted with the virus that causes AIDS into children in their charge. Chinese government to pay for AIDS tests in worst affected regions BEIJING (AFP) Apr 14, 2004 In its second move this week to fight the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS, the Chinese government has offered to pay for voluntary AIDS testing in areas worst-hit by the disease, state media reported Wednesday. |
Botswana president starts Lesotho visit, AIDS on agenda MASERU (AFP) Apr 14, 2004 Botswana President Festus Mogae arrived Wednesday in the tiny southern African kingdom of Lesotho on a three-day visit during which AIDS -- a major problem for his country -- will figure on the agenda. China plans free distribution of condoms to stem the spread of AIDS BEIJING (AFP) Apr 12, 2004 China plans to start handing out free condoms at all entertainment venues in a bid to stem the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS, state media reported Monday. Chinese AIDS victim kills eight after neighbours shun him BEIJING (AFP) Apr 12, 2004 A Chinese AIDS patient who felt discriminated against by his neighbours went on a rampage through his village, killing eight people before committing suicide, state media said Monday. South Africa's AIDS timebomb looms large in elections JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Apr 09, 2004 South African politicians are targeting President Thabo Mbeki over his sluggish response to AIDS with hard-hitting campaigns that relentlessly remind voters that the disease kills 600 citizens every day. Top Chinese leader threatens "severe punishment" for hiding AIDS BEIJING (AFP) Apr 08, 2004 China's health minister has called for nationwide efforts to combat the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in China, warning of severe punishment for anyone who tries to cover-up the epidemic. Top Chinese leader threatens "severe punishment" for hiding AIDS BEIJING (AFP) Apr 08, 2004 China's Vice Premier and Health Minister Wu Yi has called for nationwide efforts to combat the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in China, warning of severe punishment for anyone who tries to cover-up the epidemic. |
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