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Detecting primary HIV infection in Africa without viral load test is possible October 29, 2007

Oct 2007 [Aidsmap]: US and African researchers have developed a formula that makes it possible to accurately detect acute HIV infection without widespread use of HIV RNA assays.

Women who don't have enough to eat taking more sexual risks in Africa October 29, 2007

Oct 2007 [Aidsmap]: Not having enough food is associated with a higher frequency of multiple high-risk sexual behaviours among women in Botswana and Swaziland.

How Stripping Spreads AIDS August 23, 2007

2007 [TCS Daily]: No one in the US government and few in the anti-AIDS community are dealing with a major issue in the transmission of AIDS called "property stripping."

Maternal HIV and malaria increases the risk of tetanus in Kenyan newborns August 10, 2007

2007 [Aidsmap]: Maternal HIV and malaria infection during pregnancy reduces tetanus antibody levels in newborns and mothers thereby exposing them to an increased risk of tetanus.

South Africa reports slight decline in HIV prevalence among pregnant women August 10, 2007

2007 [Aidsmap]: After a steep increase in the 1990s, and several years of plateauing, South Africa's HIV prevalence may finally have entered a phase of decline.

New AIDS Cases in Africa Outpace Treatment Gains August 02, 2007

2007 [NY Times]: For each sub-Saharan African who was placed on anti-AIDS drugs last year, experts say, five more were newly infected. The region’s rate of new infections has not budged since the late 1990s, experts say.

Watch your HIV epidemic closely, warns World Bank scientist, or risk pointless prevention work August 02, 2007

2007 [Aidsmap]: No one size fits all approach to stopping AIDS. Prevention programmes needed to recognise the difference between a concentrated epidemic and a generalised epidemic.

Indian HIV estimate cut to 2.5 million people August 02, 2007

2007 [Aidsmap]: India, once believed to have the largest HIV-positive population of any country in the world, today announced that new, more accurate surveillance data suggest India has about 2.5 million people living with HIV.

Million more AIDS deaths forecast in South Africa by 2010 August 02, 2007

2007 [Aids Map]: Even the fastest rate of treatment scale up in South Africa will be unable to prevent around one million AIDS deaths between now and 2010.

Mass Circumicision to Fight AIDS? June 07, 2007

2007 [BBC]: South African Aids experts have called for a mass circumcision programme after studies showed it reduced the rate of HIV infection by up to 60%.

New AIDS Cases in Africa Outpace Treatment Gains June 07, 2007

2007 [New York Times]: Four years ago, the region surrounding this somnolent seaport, Mozambique’s second largest city, offered hardly any AIDS-prevention advice to pregnant women. Today, two dozen health clinics give mothers-to-be H.I.V. counseling, tests and medicine to protect their newborns from catching the virus.

WHO Seeks More AIDS Tests in Nations at Epidemic's Center May 31, 2007

2007 [New York Times]: The World Health Organization on Wednesday advised health workers in countries hard hit by AIDS to urge every patient to be tested for H.I.V. rather than to simply offer tests in limited circumstances.

AIDS in Africa May 22, 2007

2003 [CRS]: An in-depth report on AIDS in Africa, its social and economic consequences, and the role of the US.

HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease May 21, 2007

[RTI]: Citations on HIV/AIDS.

The geographical understanding of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa May 21, 2007

2005 [Norwegian Journal of Geography]: Despite the small number of geographers who are conducting research on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, there is now a sophisticated understanding of the origins, spread and spatial dynamics of the epidemic.

Scourge of a Continent May 21, 2007

2006 [Matthew Ruben]: As people and consumer goods travel with increasing rapidity across the globe and to remote areas, it has become much easier for viruses to spread.

Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic May 10, 2007

2006 [UN AIDS]: In the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, adopted at an historic special session of the UN General Assembly in 2001, leaders from 189 Member States committed to comprehensive, time-bound targets for the delivery of the effective HIV prevention, treatment, care and support needed to halt and begin to reverse the global epidemic by 2015.

AIDS in Africa May 10, 2007

2006 [Nicholas Cook]: Sub-Saharan Africa (“Africa” hereafter) has been more severely affected by AIDS than any other part of the world.

Global AIDS Alliance May 03, 2007

2007 [Website]

HIV/AIDS: Global Trends April 24, 2007

2005 [Global Health]: Globalization affects all facets of human life, including health and well being.

HIV/AIDS in Africa April 09, 2007

2007 [AVERT]: Sub-Saharan Africa is more heavily affected by HIV and AIDS than any other region of the world. An estimated 24.5 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2005 and approximately 2.7 million additional people were infected with HIV during that year.

Health Care Reform and the Crisis of HIV/AIDS in Africa April 09, 2007

2004 [New England Journal of Medicine]: South Africa's transition to a democracy — characterized by a liberal constitution, a bill of rights, and attempts to pursue reconciliation rather than revenge — has been widely admired as a paradigm shift in human relationships from seemingly inevitable conflict to a negotiated peace.

Preventing HIV/AIDS in Africa April 09, 2007

2003 [Oxfam]: HIV/AIDS has become the single biggest killer in Southern Africa. In South Africa it is estimated that 5 million people are currently living with the virus and that their life expectancy is less than five years.

Africa: HIV/AIDS April 09, 2007

2007 [Eldis]: The AIDS crisis is one of the most important factors driving the human resources crisis in Africa. UNAIDS's most recent update reports that 25.8 million adults are living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, with 3.2 million adults and children infected with HIV in 2005.

Does the Private Sector Care About AIDS? April 09, 2007

2006 [Center for Global Development]: This paper analyzes the determinants of firms’ decision to provide HIV/AIDS prevention activities.

The Globalization of AIDS April 09, 2007

[Charles Geshekter]: This paper challenges the conventional claim that AIDS in Africa is a microbial problem to be controlled through abstinence, behavior modification, condoms and drugs.

Death Stalks a Continent April 09, 2007

2006 [TIME]: Even as you read this, AIDS is taking lives in Sub-Saharan Africa, swallowing families, communities, hopes. So far 17 million have died. At least 25 million may follow. An intimate look at a modern curse.

Fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa April 09, 2007

2004: Testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Afairs United States Senate

The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic April 09, 2007

2006 [CDC]: Since the first cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reported in 1981, infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has grown to pandemic proportions, resulting in an estimated 65 million infections and 25 million deaths.

HIV/AIDS and the Developing World April 09, 2007

2005 [Center for Global Development]: HIV/AIDS is one of the largest challenges the global community has ever faced.

The G8 Must Take Action to Make AIDS History April 05, 2007

We, the undersigned organizations, call on leaders of the G8 nations to make good on their existing promises and to commit additional resources to make AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria history through commitments on these key issues.

Alternative Approaches April 02, 2007

2007 [Eldis]: This report details how the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and fight against HIV and AIDS can never succeed whilst the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to bind growth and sovereignty of developing nations.

HIV/AIDS in Africa April 02, 2007

2001 [Foreign Policy in Focus]: Africa accounts for 70% of all HIV/AIDS cases in the world although it represents only 10% of the global population. More than 25 million Africans live with HIV/AIDS, and 17 million have already died.