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Giving Mothers a Very Special Gift

Ambassador Eric Goosby, MD | Posted 05.12.2012

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What is the greatest gift we can give a mother this Mother's Day? There are many answers, but one is a healthy life for her and her child. This Mother's Day, let's sharpen our resolve to ensure mothers everywhere have children who are born HIV-free.

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Make Every Day Mother's Day

Michel Sidibé | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Michel Sidibé, Antiretroviral Treatment, Antiretroviral Therapy, Unaids, Public Health, Aids, AIDs Epidemic, Mother's Day 2012, Mother's Day Cards, Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, Video, Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Impact News

There are three simple things we can all do to ensure babies everywhere can be born free from HIV. Together we can go from 390,000 children becoming infected with HIV each year to zero.

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Giving Power to Couples to End the AIDS Epidemic

Michel Sidibé | Posted 05.07.2012

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For the AIDS response, couples' testing and counselling should be one more turning point to expand options to strengthen the impact of HIV prevention and treatment.

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Is Criminalization of HIV Transmission Effective? Swedish Case Reveals Why the Answer Is No

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abuse, Criminalization, Human Rights, Health, Unaids, Amnesty International, Hiv Transmission, Sweden, Domestic Violence, World News

The highly publicized use of the criminal law in Sweden to punish those living with HIV for being timid about their health status does not make it easier for anyone to disclose.

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WHO, Health and American Politics

Michael Hodin | Posted 04.12.2012

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Whoever makes the better sell of his Medicare vision may prove victorious come November.

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To Invest in Africa's Future, Finish the Fight Against AIDS

Michel Sidibé | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS Africa, HIV/AIDS, Africa, Unaids, AIDS Prevention, United Nations, Impact News

Africa is now poised to push towards a new vision of: zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. And it needs everyone's support.

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African-American Mayors Meet With Global Leaders for Historic Summit

Cheryl Wills | Posted 02.19.2012

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African-American mayors from across the United States left their tight-knit communities, some with as few as 855 citizens, and traveled across the Atlantic Ocean for a historic dialogue in Dakar, Senegal.

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AIDS Summit at the UN: Not Enough Talk About Sex

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Unaids, Egypt, HIV/AIDS, Women, Birth Control, United Nations, Hiv Infections, HIV Prevention, Adolescents, Forced Marriages, Early Marriages, Holy See, Sex Education, World News

World leaders gathered at the United Nations to mark the 30th anniversary of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Adrienne Germain and Alexandra Garita discuss the declaration and the controversies that arise whenever sex is a key part of an agenda.

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A World Where No Child Is Born With HIV

Anu Gupta | Posted 08.13.2011

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A baby is born with HIV every 90 seconds and half of all children with the virus die before age 2. This is simply unacceptable, especially when we have the knowledge and ability for every mother with HIV to have a healthy baby.

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HIV/AIDS Is Still Everyone's Business

Ben Plumley | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Unaids, Tuberculosis, Pangaea Global Aids Foundation, Global-Aids-Foundation, Richard Holbrooke, United Nations, Impact News

Global AIDS remains the same unprecedented threat to global health and social stability that we understood it to be a decade ago. The full impact of this virus will take us decades to understand fully.

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AIDS: The Next 30 Years

Mitchell Warren | Posted 08.09.2011

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This week the world has been looking back at 30 years of AIDS. But what about the next thirty years? Could we see an end to AIDS?

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Time to Act: Stop TB/AIDS

Jorge Sampaio | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Unaids, HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization, Stop Tb Partnership, Tuberculosis, Swaziland, United Nations, World News

People living with HIV can raise their families, work and pursue their dreams. We cannot stand by and watch as TB -- which can cost as little as $100 for treatment and cure -- steals those dreams.

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Important Progress, But Also New Challenges, in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fewer people worldwide are getting infected with HIV than 10 years ago, and those who have already contracted the virus are living longer, according t...

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The Responsibilities of Being Young, Beautiful and HIV Positive: HIV Allegations Place Pop Star on Trial

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are valid arguments that show the potential counter productivity of criminalizing HIV when the issue is viewed from a societal perspective.

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The HIV/AIDS Fight Needs Cooperation, Not Division

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the years, activists and protesters have exhibited tremendous creativity, passion, and energy in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Let's re-direct that energy into making programs work better to serve all populations.

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Why Young People Will Help Us Defeat AIDS

Georgia Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

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We are seeing a sea change on AIDS, a turning point in attitudes. Young people are not "the future," they are the here and now. And they're making smarter choices about their sexual health.

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The Truth About China's Response to HIV/AIDS

Joe Amon | Posted 05.25.2011

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China has made some strides in the fight against AIDS. But the government should be held to account for stifling the work and voices of Chinese AIDS activists and nongovernmental organizations.

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Vuvuzela: Going Viral to Save Lives

Kari Stoever | Posted 05.25.2011

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The vuvuzela is quickly becoming the world's first viral instrument. I recommend we make it the international instrument of solidarity to prevent deaths from HIV/AIDS and TB.

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Impacting AIDS this World AIDS Day

Josh Ruxin | Posted 05.25.2011

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World AIDS Day has become a time to reflect on the daunting challenges we face in the battle against this tenacious killer. Although huge strides hav...

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Uganda's Anti-Gay Law: Opposition Grounded in Bipartisan Confluence of Human Rights and Public Health

Dr. Mark Dybul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unaids, Uganda, Anti-Gay Laws, Hiv, Africa, Rick Warren, Obama, Obama Administration, Aids, AIDS in Africa, World News

Gay men and women cannot be legislated out of existence. The practical impact of a proposed anti-gay law will be to undermine Uganda's efforts to combat its HIV epidemic.

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One Step Closer to Universal AIDS Prevention and Care

Susan Smith Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

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It can cost as little as 40 cents a day to provide ARV treatment to an individual in Africa and just $26 to provide the medicine to help prevent the transmission of HIV from a mother to her child.

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World AIDS Day 2009: The Business Imperative

Richard H. Wilkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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In addition to the human tragedy, AIDS has economic implications. Its spread threatens the health, stability and viability of the global work force. Businesses must not only join, but lead the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS.

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First Vaccine Helps Prevent HIV Infection

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE and MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BANGKOK — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and ...

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Report from Rio: Men and Boys in Gender Equality

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 05.25.2011

What is striking about this meeting is the number of men involved -- accounting for at least half the attendants. A far cry compared to other gatherings on women.

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Pope's Condom Statement Gets Mixed Reviews

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

Pope Benedict's statement yesterday that condoms are not the solution to the AIDS crisis in Africa elicited strong reactions from both sides of the po...

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