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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Gender equality gains traction with island leaders
A pledge by political leaders two years ago to accelerate efforts toward closing the gender gap in the Pacific Islands has been boosted with the announcement that three women will take the helm of the regional intergovernmental organisation, the Pacific … Continue reading
3 sue airlines for discrimination
A local court in Shenyang, northeastern China’s Liaoning Province on Thursday accepted a case against a budget airline which was accused of denying travel to HIV-positive passengers. The three plaintiffs, two HIV carriers and their friend, were denied boarding on … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, China, Courts, Human Rights, Laws
Tagged Airlines, discrimination, HIV-positive passengers, Shenyang
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What is Ebola virus?
An outbreak of the Ebola virus, which started in a rural region of Guinea in West Africa, has now spread to the nation’s capital Conakry. It now reportedly involves 122 people, of which 78 have died. Additional cases have been … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Ebola, Health
Tagged Allen Cheng, Ebola virus, riamsau.org, The Conversation, West Africa
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My wife infected me – Killer husband
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Phillip Katongu, for allegedly stabbing his wife to death. Katongu, who hails from Wamba, Nasarawa State, was apprehended by operatives of the Department of Criminal Investigations, Yaba, Lagos. The police said … Continue reading
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HIV cases rising among the elderly in Beijing
The number of newly discovered HIV cases in people aged 60 or older increased in Beijing in recent years. Men who have sex with men remain one of the key groups in which the city is intervening to stop the … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, China, Films, Health
Tagged Beijing, China Daily, Elderly, HIV and AIDS
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First Lady opens orphans’ summer camp
The fight against HIV and AIDS in China got a tremendous boost with China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan leading the opening ceremony of a summer camp for AIDS orphans at the Beidahei Hebei province last Friday. More than 50AIDS orphans from various provinces and regions participated in the camp which was … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Children, China
Tagged China, China Topix, First Lady Peng Liyuan, HIV and AIDS, WHO Ambassador, Xi Jinping
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Beckham auction to benefit African mothers with HIV
LONDON — British fashion designer and former pop star Victoria Beckham is giving away 600 pieces of clothing, including several evening dresses, to raise money and awareness for mothers living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Beckham’s iconic, white Dolce and … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Auction, Funding
Tagged m2m, Mitch Besser, Reuter, THE OUTNET.COM, Victoria Beckham, Wireimage
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Joep Lange: a brave researcher, a great friend and colleague
Dutch professor of medicine Joep Lange and his partner Jacqueline van Tongeren were among the 298 people who perished in Malaysia Airlines flight 17 after it was struck down on the Russian-Ukraine border last month. Lange was on route to … Continue reading
Where to now? Future directions for HIV treatment
The future of HIV treatment bears no resemblance to its past. Through the lonely days of the early single-drug treatment AZT to the arrival of combination therapy in 1996, and the new generation of fixed-dose therapies (one pill containing three or more … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Feature, Future, Health, Research, Treatment
Tagged David Cooper, Flickr, Future Treatment, HIV, The Conversation
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