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Celeb Book "Dear Me" Sends Money To Elton John AIDS Foundation

Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Prevention, Aids, Elton John, Hiv, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Elton John AIDS Benefit, Impact News

What would Emma Thompson, Desmond Tutu and Debbie Harry say to their 16-year-old selves if they had the chance? You can find out and help fund AIDS re...

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Mr. and Ms. Gates Go To Washington, Host Roundtable On Global Health Funding

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Women’s Rights, Global Aid, Melinda Gates, Living Proof Project, Bill Gates, Diane Tucker, Global Health Care, Childhood Vaccinations, Vaccinations, Small Business, Warren Buffet, Italy, Foreign Policy, Philanthropy, HIV/AIDS, International Philanthrophy, HIV/AIDS Africa, Health, Africa, HIV Prevention, Somalia, Health Care, Inside DC, Sidney Harman Shakespeare Theatre, Global Health, Gates Live Webcast, Media Criticism, Billionaires, Newspapers, Diane Tucker Gates, Bill Gates Washington, Bill Gates, Shakespeare, Impact News
Diane Tucker

The Gateses are visiting our nation's capital to reframe the conversation about global health aid. They said we should spend more time talking about what works and how to measure it.

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A Generation Free of HIV

Nigel Barker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Prevention, Nigel Barker, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Africa, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Impact News
Nigel Barker

Every year, nearly 370,000 children worldwide are infected with HIV. The numbers are staggering -- but it doesn't have to be this way.

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Since When Is the Expression of Fear and Ignorance a Basic American Right?

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv Infections, Health Care Reform, Aids, HIV Prevention, Hiv, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Thomas DeLorenzo

So to all of you in Washington, D.C., I ask this simple question. If you were left without the health care coverage that your positions bestow upon you, what would you do?

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Circumcision For Boys, Men?: Health Officials Weigh Recommendation To Fight HIV Risk

The New York Times | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Stds, Cdc, Sexual Health, Aids, HIV Prevention, Hiv, Male Circumcision, Circumcision, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Prevention, Living News

Public health officials are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of H.I.V., the...

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Cambodia: 'AIDS Colony' Violates Rights

Human Rights Watch | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Cambodia, Health, Vietnam Cambodia, Phnom Penh-Cambodia, HIV Prevention, Sanitation, Antiretroviral Drugs, World News
Human Rights Watch

"By bundling people living with HIV together into second-rate housing, far from medical facilities, support services, and jobs, the government has created a de facto AIDS colony," said Shiba.

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DOJ Drops Appeal of Injunction Against "Prostitution Pledge"

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV Prevention, US Global AIDS Policy, Prostitution Pledge, Pepfar, Sex Workers, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

This week, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped its appeal of a court injunction prohibiting enforcement of the "anti prostitution pledge" under U.S. Global AIDS Policy.

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Congress Set to End Needle Exchange Funding Ban

Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Congress, Human Rights, Hiv, Needle Exchange, Physicians for Human Rights, HIV Prevention, Harm Reduction, David Obey, Politics News
Jirair Ratevosian

Lifting the 20-year ban on federal funding of needle exchange provides greater options for states and local jurisdictions that require new and effective tools to prevent the spread of HIV.

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Take Action Against AIDS Today

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, National HIV Testing Day, HIV Prevention, HIV Test, Aids, Hiv, AIDS Testing, Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

On National HIV Testing Day, we are reminded that 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV in the United States, yet one in five of them do not know their status.

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America Must Realign Itself With Truth, Justice, And Fairness For All Americans

Scott Foval | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Scott Foval, Human Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Civil Rights, LGBTI Community, HIV Prevention, LGBTI Rights, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Scott Foval

Americans still have hypocritical double-standards about Gays, Lesbians, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Questioning Americans.

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African HIV-Carriers Should Be Branded: Swaziland Legislator

Raw Story | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv Infections, Swaziland, Foreign Affairs, Africa, HIV Prevention, HIV in Africa, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Africa, Timothy Myeni, Advocacy, World News

A legislator in the African nation of Swaziland has called for all those infected with the HIV virus to be branded on the buttocks....

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To End America's AIDS Crisis, Reinvest in Prevention

David Holtgrave | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Aids, Public Health, Hiv, HIV Prevention, Obama Health Care, Barack-Obama-Health-Policy, Living News
David Holtgrave

Last Thursday President Obama released a deeply disappointing 2010 budget proposal with only a small increase in domestic HIV prevention funding.

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Ugandan Spy Arrested For Stealing Thousands From AIDS Fund

BBC | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: AIDs Epidemic, Foreign Affairs, AIDS Funding, Hiv, Ugandan Spy, Aids Epidemic in Africa, HIV/AIDS, Africa, HIV in Africa, HIV Prevention, Aids, Uganda, HIV/AIDS Africa, Aids Charity, Advocacy, World News

A Ugandan spy who set up a bogus charity and embezzled thousands of dollars of funding meant for Aids patients has been jailed for 10 years....

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Taking the Wraps Off Condoms

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Women's Sexuality, Journal of the American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Preventions, Birth Control, Sexual Health, Dr. Stuart Berman, Chlamydia, Women's Health, HIV Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teenage Pregnancy, Cecile Richards, Gonorrhea, Condoms, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

Just in Case looks to be a simple and attractive makeup accessory, but serves a greater purpose. A hidden well contains two 2" x 2" condom foils.

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The Cure on Black AIDS Day

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 03.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Vaccine, Public Awareness Campaign, Ory Month, Hiv Infections, Minority Health, Gay Men, Kaiser Family Foundation, Black AIDS Day, Social Marketing Campaign, Black Hist, With Me Comes a Cure, HIV Prevention, Teen Sex, Microbicides, Chicago News
Johnathon Briggs

The statistics hit like a blow to the gut. Nearly half of all new HIV cases in the U.S. are among African Americans, even though we represent just 12 percent of the population.

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Let's Talk About Jobs, Baby

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 03.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, HIV Prevention, Std, African American Health, Gay Men, AIDS Prevention, Sex Education, Cook County Health, Obama Stimulus Plan, Family Planning Stimulus Plan, Stimulus Package, Chicago News
Johnathon Briggs

Congress should approve the $400 million in prevention funding so that we can stop talking about sex and start improving the health of all Americans-- not just the ones we morally agree with.

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