August 17, 2004
Nigeria: Coordinating Body Develops Nigeria's Response to HIV/Aids
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has created a body to coordinate the national response to HIV/Aids. Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, who serves as chairman of the National… Read more »
July 07, 2004
Africa: UN Official Implicates HIV in Southern Africa Food Crisis
James Morris, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, who recently returned from a two-week trip through southern Africa, says there is a humanitarian crisis in the… Read more »
June 22, 2004
Africa: Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton Stress Africa's Importance at Sullivan Dinner
African countries need peace and security to prosper, Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's National Security Advisor said speaking to the Leon H. Sullivan Summit Awards Dinner on… Read more »
June 21, 2004
Africa: Africans View Globalization As Positive But Unfair, According to Eight-Nation Survey
Two out of three Africans surveyed in a poll released last week by GlobeScan and the World Bank believe that globalization has a positive effect on their lives. However, most… Read more »
June 16, 2004
Africa: Media Messages on Health and HIV/Aids Target At-Risk African Youth
Messages created by and for young people have become a centerpiece of efforts to educate teens about health risks. Organizers of those campaigns say they are potent tools for… Read more »
June 10, 2004
Africa: HIV Prevention Group Recommends Integrated Approach
The Global HIV Prevention Working Group released its third report today, recommending the integration of HIV/Aids treatment and prevention programs to reduce the rate of HIV… Read more »
June 09, 2004
Africa: U.S. Must Increase Funding for Global Fund
Edward W. Scott, Jr. founded BEA Systems, a software company, in 1995 following a career in the technology industry with Sun Microsystems and Pyramid Technology. Before entering… Read more »
South Africa: Youth Report on Aids Interventions
As part of the Global Health Council's Annual Conference, held June 1-4 in Washington, DC, public health experts and practitioners exchanged findings on youth perspectives on AIDS… Read more »
Africa: Girls Dating Older Men At Heightened Risk for HIV
Young women in cross-generational relationships have a higher risk of HIV infection than their peers, panelists said during a session titled "Program Reponses to Cross-Generational… Read more »
June 08, 2004
Africa: Health Panel Explores Impact of Media on Youth Behavior
Challenges and potential for mass media and social marketing strategies to reach youth with HIV/Aids prevention messages were explored during a panel at the Global Health Council's… Read more »
June 06, 2004
Africa: Film Industry Spokesman and Software Entrepreneur Join Forces to Fight HIV/Aids
"Aids is the greatest disaster in human history, says Richard Feacham, head of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. But the Geneva-based organization, founded… Read more »
May 18, 2004
Africa: Broader Approach Needed to Achieve Bush HIV/Aids Plan Goals, Says New Report
The US$15bn President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief announced by President George W. Bush in his January 2003 State of the Union address "is too near-term in orientation and too… Read more »
May 13, 2004
Botswana: Merck Official Says Partnership in Botswana is Learning from Experience and Passing It On
The African Aids pandemic has thrust pharmaceutical firms into the news, as companies and their supporters and critics have debated the appropriate role of intellectual property… Read more »
May 07, 2004
Eswatini: Unpaid Caregivers Ease Swaziland's Grim Struggle Against HIV/Aids
The village of Gamula is about as far from the center of power as it is possible to be in this Kuwait-sized country of a million people. Hunger is everywhere, in the bloated… Read more »
April 18, 2004
Africa: Africa Needs 'Greater Sense Of Urgency' to Manage HIV/Aids Epidemic
K.Y. Amoako, the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), which is based in Addis Ababa, is a prominent African voice for reform and… Read more »
April 09, 2004
Africa: U.S. Corporate Group Launches HIV Initiative
The Washington, DC-based Corporate Council on Africa, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has recently developed an HIV/AIDS Initiative to encourage private… Read more »
March 24, 2004
Africa: Activist Commissioner Wants to Engage Leaders at All Levels in Aids Strategy
Milly Katana is one of 20 members of Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA), which was established last year by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. She is… Read more »
March 22, 2004
Africa: AIDS in Africa: Planning for a Long War
The Commission for HIV/Aids and Governance in Africa holds its second commissioners' meeting Tuesday in the Mozambican capital, Maputo. Commission Chairman, K.Y. Amoako, argues… Read more »
January 16, 2004
Sudan: Sudan Settlement Possible in 'Days', Says State Department's Top Africa Diplomat
Although the goal of a December 31 peace agreement in Sudan has been missed, the government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) have… Read more »
December 02, 2003
Africa: Disabled People 'at Significantly Increased Risk' of HIV Infection
Major gaps in national HIV/Aids prevention campaigns and treatment programs have made disabled people more vulnerable to HIV infection than their non-disabled counterparts,… Read more »
Namibia: 'The Disease Is Here, So We Must Fight it Here'
Dr. Libertine Amathila, Namibia's Minister of Health and Social Services, has been a leader in the fight against HIV/Aids in Africa. Trained as a medical doctor, she has… Read more »
December 01, 2003
Africa: US Religious Leaders Tell President Bush to Do More on Aids
In a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush Monday, 85 inter-faith religious leaders said more effort is needed from the United States if the HIV/Aids fight is to be effective.… Read more »
Africa: Deciding Who Should Be First to Get the Drugs
In Sub-Saharan Africa about 27 million adults are currently living with HIV/Aids. Yet according to the World Health Organisation, just 1% of HIV positive people in the region have… Read more »
Africa: Scale Up Treatment - But Don't Forget Prevention, Says Gayle
As the HIV pandemic has become increasingly prominent as an international public policy issue, Dr. Helene D. Gayle has emerged as a central figure in governmental and… Read more »
November 30, 2003
Ghana: Aids Treatment Plan Begins In January
Ghana's Aids Commission was set up three years ago, getting legal status in 2001. The Commission reports directly to President John Agyekum Kufuor and it has 46 members, including… Read more »
