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All Africa.com. 1 December 2008. Kigali — As the world today commemorated International AIDS Day, the National AIDS Control Commission (C.N.LS) announced that HIV testing for all will be a top government priority. Dr. Anita Asiimwe, the Executive Secretary of CNLS said it was up to every individual to fight against HIV and to integrate that fight in daily programmes and activities.
'This year we are particularly encouraging all people especially couples to go for HIV testing and counseling, more...
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All Africa.com, 1 December 2008. Maputo — Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Monday launched a new 'Strategy to Accelerate Prevention of HIV Infection'. Launched on World AIDS Day, this strategy is the government's response to the need to control the spread of AIDS in Mozambique, and to reduce the number of new infections. The latest statistics indicate that 16 per cent of Mozambicans aged between 15 and 49 are infected with HIV.
The epidemic shows signs of stabilizing in the centre a more...
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Zahira Kharsany, IPS News. 1 December 2008, Johannesburg. According to the United Nations Children's Fund, early diagnosis and treatment greatly increase survival rates for HIV-positive newborns. but fewer than one in ten infants born to HIV-positive mothers in 2007 was tested for HIV within two months of birth. 'Children and Aids: Third Stocktaking Report 2008', released by the United Nations Children's Fund on World AIDS Day, warns that without the right treatment, half of children with HIV wi more...
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Kaiser Daily HIV Reports. The number of HIV/AIDS cases in Asia could reach 10 million by 2010 -- more than double current estimates -- unless countries take increased action to curb the spread of the disease, health officials said on Friday at the launch of an online database on HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region. The database -- available at aidsdatahub.org -- includes information on HIV/AIDS prevalence, risky behaviors and government responses in various Asian countries and regions within cer more...
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Kaiser Daily HIV Reports. On the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, advocates worldwide discussed numerous challenges facing HIV prevention efforts and called on governments to follow through on pledges to support HIV/AIDS care, prevention and treatment. The organizers of World AIDS Day 2008 -- which focuses on the themes of leadership, self-responsibility and advocacy -- said that many people in developing countries still lack access to affordable and effective HIV/AIDS treatment a more...
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The World Congress III against the Sexual Exploitation of Children, set for 25-28 November 2008 in Brazil, aims to promote international cooperation for more effective action on sexual exploitation. Here is one in a series of related stories. BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: Rumilya's life changed when her mother was detained for theft. Rumilya, then 12, and her sister Lili, then 16, were sent to live with 'caregivers'. One of them, Madina, had other ideas.
Madina told Rumilya that if she went to Dubai, more...
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CORK, Ireland, 21 November 2008 – When Ethel Quayle sat down to devise an approach to the problem of child exploitation on the Internet, she was aware that millions of people in cyberspace might be seeking help. But Dr. Quayle was not directly targeting children who were being exploited. Instead, she helped create an innovative, web-based, self-exploration site aimed at anyone worried about their own online behavior.
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