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Israeli Circumcision Expertise Helps Africa Fight HIV (July 8, 2008)
In The Chicago Tribune
Anti-Gay Laws in Africa Make Fighting HIV Much Harder, Activists Say (June 23, 2008)
From allAfrica.com
AIDS: Raising Awareness (2008)
Photos of posters and murals in Africa to raise awareness about HIV.
From allAfrica.com
HIV/AIDS in Africa: Portraits of 26 Women (2008)
Documentary photo story of women living with HIV in Africa by Sönke C. Weiss.
From allAfrica.com
HIV/AIDS Affecting Mining Industry Worldwide, Reuters Reports (July 12, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Gay, Male Sex Workers in Africa Urgently Need HIV Prevention, Study Says (June 28, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
Flash-Heating Could Inactivate HIV in Breast Milk, Study Suggests (May 21, 2007)
Method could offer HIV prevention option for mothers in areas without clean water; this press release includes a video explaining how the flash-heating process works.
From University of California-Berkeley
HIV/AIDS Stigma in Southern Africa "Exacerbated" by "Misunderstanding" About How HIV Spreads in the Region, Opinion Piece Says (April 17, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Obama Takes HIV Test to Lessen Stigma (August 27, 2006)
In Boston Globe
African Nations' Experience With ABC Prevention Method "Mixed" as Reported at AIDS Conference (August 15, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Born to be Infected: We Still Can't Protect Our Girls (August 8, 2006)
In Positively Aware
Africa's Last Taboo (March 2006)
Africa's demonization of gay people means HIV campaigns fail to target men who have sex with men; the consequences are dire, say the continent's gay activists.
In Positive Nation
Boston Globe Examines Expansion of African Mother-to-Child HIV Prevention Programs to Include Fathers, Families (September 20, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
From Treatment to Prevention: The Interplay Between HIV/AIDS Treatment Availability and HIV/AIDS Prevention Programming in Khayelitsha, South Africa (September 19, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
When Marriage Kills: The Danger of Not Pushing Condom Use in Africa (March 30, 2005)
In The New York Times
Women and AIDS: Have You Heard Us Today? (December 1, 2004)
From World Health Organization
One Man, One Bicycle and a World of Change in Africa (November 15, 2004)
Andrew Petkun is a photographer and AIDS activist who has made frequent visits to Africa. His goal: To use photojournalism to help eliminate the stigma attached to HIV.
From U.S. Department of State
New York Times Magazine Examines Promotion of Fidelity in HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs in Africa (June 14, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The Fidelity Fix: Another Way to Prevent the Spread of AIDS in Africa (June 13, 2004)
In this in-depth examination, Helen Epstein investigates why HIV is spreading so quickly in southern Africa.
In The New York Times
Boston Globe Profiles U.S. Efforts to Fight HIV/AIDS in African Militaries (May 26, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Baltimore Sun Examines Senegal's Successes, Challenges in Fight Against HIV/AIDS (May 24, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Sudanese Youth Fight to Stem AIDS (April 12, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nigerian Leader Confirms Polio Vaccine Not Tainted With HIV (March 18, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Large Mother-Child HIV Prevention Programs Can Work in Developing World, Study Says (January 27, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sierra Leone Government Officials to Submit to HIV/AIDS Tests (January 27, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African Development Bank Grants $8.3 Million to Central Africa for AIDS (September 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nevirapine Inexpensive, Long-Lasting Option in Preventing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, Study Says (September 12, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Nevirapine Reduced Mother-to-Child Transmission Better Than AZT -- At 70 Times Less Cost (September 12, 2003)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
WHO, UNAIDS Officials Urge Continued Promotion of Safe Sex in African HIV Prevention Programs (September 3, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The International Epidemiologist: A Talk With Zena Stein (September 2003)
A discussion of HIV among women, AIDS in Africa and the development of microbicides.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
United States Must Help Halt Spread of HIV Through Unsafe Medical Practices in Developing Nations, Opinion Piece Says (August 21, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Phase II Trial With PRO 2000 to Prevent HIV Transmission Begins in Africa (August 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Washington Post Profiles Impact of African "Cleansing" Rituals on HIV Spread (August 19, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Congressional Delegation Departs for Africa to Discuss HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment With Government, Health Officials (August 19, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Gates Grant to Help Fund HIV-Herpes Study (July 24, 2003)
A $30 million donation will fund a study in the developing world to determine whether acyclovir helps prevent HIV infection by treating herpes infections.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Women Successful in Negotiating Condom Use, Through Intervention Program (July 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Anti-AIDS Business Coalitions From 14 African Countries Meet in Zambia (July 21, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
UN Official: To Fight AIDS in Africa, Empower Women (July 21, 2003)
Excerpts from a column by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Formula Feed Is "Medicine to Prevent HIV" (July 18, 2003)
Researchers recommend that formula feeding for babies of HIV-positive women in developing countries be treated as though the formula is a medicine -- which means it should be supplied continuously and adequately paid for by the government.
From aidsmap.com
HIV Prevention Must Overcome Denial, Focus on Human Consequences of Disease, Health Journalist Says (July 18, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Gadhafi Tells African Leaders: "Straights" Don't Get AIDS (July 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Significant Association Found Between Oral Contraceptive Use and HIV Acquisition (July 14, 2003)
In The 2nd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, from The Body PRO
Campaign Changing African Views on Female Circumcision (July 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African Healers Join the AIDS Fight (July 2, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Experts Urge Schooling in Africa (June 26, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Could Follow Chad-Columbia Oil Pipeline (June 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Viacom and BBC to Launch Pan-African HIV Radio Campaign (May 21, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African Churches Urged to Fight Stigmatization of AIDS (May 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bill Gates Donates $28 Million to Diaphragm Research Project (May 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Global Youth Project Tailors Prevention Messages to Different Social and Political Contexts (April 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Places, Not People, Are Key to HIV Prevention, Study Says (April 28, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Keeping the Faith in Fighting AIDS in Africa (April 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Prevention vs. Treatment? (April 2003)
Myth: The best way to control AIDS in the developing world is to put all available resources into stronger prevention programs
A book excerpt from Global AIDS: Myths and Facts.
To read PDF, click here
In Global AIDS: Myths and Facts, from South End Press
Senator Sessions to See If Sex or Needles Prime Cause of African AIDS (March 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Outdated Contraceptive May Help in Third World (December 11, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
All-Out Effort Fails to Halt AIDS Spread in Africa (December 6, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stigma Major Barrier to Fighting AIDS, Says Piot (December 2, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
African AIDS Education Fails to Change Behavior (November 5, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Large African Bank Unveils New AIDS Initiative (October 14, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Africa: Condoms With Coca-Cola? AIDS Campaign Widens the Net (August 2, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Promoting Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Through the Viramune Donation Programme: A Model of Public-Private Partnership (July 10, 2002)
In The XIV International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
African Clerics Acknowledge They've Failed to Combat AIDS (June 11, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Scientists Optimistic That AIDS Vaccine Could Be Developed in Africa (June 4, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
UN Soap Opera Fights HIV/AIDS in Africa (June 4, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Africa: AIDS Prevention Touted Over Treatment (May 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"No Glove, No Love" Campaign to Fight Africa AIDS (April 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Warriors; Carter, Gates Sr. Find Hell and Hope in a Continent's Plague (April 15, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
International AIDS Physicians Group Decries African Bishops' Condemnation of Condom Use (July 31, 2001)
In Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Panel 3: Communities Suporting Orphans in Their Homes: A Low-Cost Model for Care (December 2000)
In AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2000, from UNAIDS
Women's Interest Group Urges Worldwide Effort to Combat AIDS in Africa (November 2000)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Success in Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission Not a Reality for All (September/October 2000)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
African Scientists Launch Vaccine Strategy for the Continent (July 13, 2000)
From UNAIDS
Male Circumcision: An Ignored Intervention (July 10, 2000)
In The XIII International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
Education Can Help Save Young People From AIDS, UNAIDS Chief Says (April 26, 2000)
From UNAIDS
The Deadly Gender Gap (December 30, 1998)
Fighting AIDS in Africa means convincing men to take responsibility for what is often thought of as a woman's disease.
In The Village Voice
Voices From Africa
Private and community-based HIV/AIDS approaches.

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