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  • Angola: Government Reaffirms Political Commitment to HIV/AIDS
    AllAfrica | 08 July 2010

    The deputy minister of health, Evelize Frestas, Wednesday in Luanda, said there has been a great political involvement and commitment of the country to the HIV/AIDS fight in all sectors of society, including companies, churches, non-governmental organisations and public sector.

  • Angola: Government Assures Antiretroviral Aid Until 2012
    AllAfrica | 08 July 2010

    The Angolan Government has pledged to cater for 80 percent of people in need of anti-retroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV until 2012.

  • More HIV treatment would save millions:study
    Moreover.com HIV/AIDS feed | 07 July 2010

    A study by Vancouver researchers suggests increasing drug treatment for people infected with HIV will prevent new cases and could save almost $1 billion over 30 years. The B.C. Centre for Excellence in AIDS/HIV study is the first to gauge the

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    LSUHSC awarded $4 million to understand effect of THC on HIV
    Moreover.com HIV/AIDS feed | 07 July 2010

    LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans has been awarded a $4 million grant over five years to study how THC, a component chemical of marijuana, might reduce inflammation and viral replication in people with HIV, as a basis for future drug discovery.

  • BOTSWANA: HIV treatment for refugees, but for how long?
    IRIN Plus News | 07 July 2010

    Until just over a year ago, people living in Dukwi, a remote refugee camp about 200km from Francistown, Botswana's second city, were burying other residents who had died from AIDS-related illnesses at the rate of about five a month.

  • Zimbabwe: Global Fund Injects U.S. $21 Million
    AllAfrica | 07 July 2010

    Zimbabwe has received US$21 million from the Global Fund's Round Five Phase Two to implement programmes to fight HIV and Aids.

  • Zimbabwe: HIV Prevalence Declines
    AllAfrica | 07 July 2010

    Health experts have said behaviour change - particularly among men - has led to the decline in Zimbabwe's HIV prevalence from 16 percent in 2007 to the current rate of 13 percent.

  • EAST AFRICA: Community HIV drug distribution improves adherence
    IRIN Plus News | 07 July 2010

    Local East African programmes are discovering the benefits of bringing HIV services closer to rural communities, with mobile drug distribution improving HIV-positive patients' adherence to antiretroviral treatment.

  • Kenya: Health Personnel Lined Up for Blood Collection Training
    AllAfrica | 07 July 2010

    A $2 million initiative seeking to improve the safety of drawing blood in Sub-Saharan Africa has been launched by PEPFAR and Becton-Dickinson.

  • Uganda: HIV Among Kids Can Be Prevented, Says Medic
    AllAfrica | 07 July 2010

    The spread of HIV from parents to their children can be prevented, an official has said.

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