Updated January 22, 2006
Press announcement for Barry & Martin's Prize 2005
Updated January 15, 2006
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PAKISTAN: UNODC to launch HIV/AIDS prevention programme in prisons
HIV and AIDS worsens the food insecurity situation in Malawi
Updated December 11, 2005
Forcing patients to pay for AIDS care endangers treatment success
TANZANIA: Clinical trials on HIV/AIDS vaccine to start in March 2006
Updated December 3, 2005
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November 25, 2005UN says urgent need to ensure funds reach HIV/AIDS prevention workers
Canadian Football league Player Is HIV Positive and was charged with sexual assault
Updated November 13, 2005
Victims of HIV scandal detained at major conference in China
British medics give cautious response to HIV patient 'cure' claim
Poor legal protection for women, children exposes them to HIV
Updated November 5, 2005
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UGANDA: AIDS treatment capacity overwhelmed, says NGO official
Russia's spiralling HIV, health problems highlighted in UN report
Updated October 15, 2005
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Gilead Says HIV Combo Pill Again Fails to Work As Well As Separate Treatments
Feds Say Half of Gay Men Who Have HIV Don't Know It, Notes AHF
Updated August 7, 2005
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Yao Ming and other NBA stars attended AIDS awareness activity in China
Thailand offers anti-retroviral drugs to all Thais with HIV/AIDS virus
HIV/AIDS in southern Africa takes toll on grandparents caring for orphans
Updated July 4, 2005
Stigma of AIDS still hampers war on killer virus in Asia: experts
More aggressive government programs needed to fight AIDS in Asia-Pacific
Japan faces potential AIDS-tuberculosis dual-epidemic, experts say
Updated June 2
5, 2005China tells UN it is capable of curbing exploding HIV/AIDS epidemic
Chinese campaign launched to fight discrimination against AIDS orphans
NIGERIA: Patient fees preventing access to AIDS drugs, activists
NIGER: Hazardous sex and no AIDS treatment in frontier trucking town
Updated June 12, 2005
China urges needle exchanges, free condoms in newly aggressive AIDS strategy
Report: 24,500 HIV-AIDS patients in Myanmar lack anti-retroviral drugs
Updated May 31, 2005
Updated May 2, 2005
Chinese region aims to provide free AIDS treatment for up to 20,000
India signs pact with UNAIDS to battle HIV/AIDS in defence forces
Annan's wife urges Indian police to treat HIV/AIDS sufferers with dignity
Updated April 24, 2005
Rights groups dismayed over mufti's call to isolate AIDS victims
Clinton plans to provide AIDS treatment to 60,000 children worldwide
Gel could offer women greater chance to combat AIDS than vaccine: UNAIDS
Woman tests positive for both HIV, bird flu in a first in Vietnam
Updated April 10, 2005
Updated April 3, 2005
More than 4,000 South African teachers succumbed to AIDS last year
Report says 80 percent of HIV-positive in CIS below 30 years old
Updated March 28, 2005
Japanese courts keep guilty verdict on bureaucrat over HIV blood
Aid groups slam Indian passage of patent law ending manufacture of cheap copies of Western medicine
India gets pat from WHO for war on TB, pledges to step up campaign
Disease-plagued Africa set to lose without cash for genome research
Updated March 20, 2005
Gene study of mutant AIDS virus shows drug-resistant, vicious foe
Singapore may ask HIV carriers to help trace sexual partners: report
Updated March 13, 2005
Updated March 6, 2005
Rising use of injectible drugs may lead to HIV epidemic in Pakistan
Africa faces up to 89 million new HIV-AIDS infections by 2025
South Africa awards tenders to speed up rollout of AIDS drugs
Updated February 27, 2005
UNICEF calls on China to treat AIDS as a general public health issue
Bill Clinton on low-key visit to China to promote AIDS awareness
Sweden and ADB set up multi-donor trust fund to fight HIV/AIDS
US doctors who raised AIDS alarm in New York defend their decision
New Indian drug patent rule hurts poor AIDS patients: US experts
S.African health officials warn against bogus AIDS cure claims
HIV-positive Indian boy kicked out of school after other parents protest
Scientists discover a key to how AIDS virus attacks the body
Two new HIV-related viruses likely came from monkeys, scientists say
AIDS drugs cocktail better than single nevirapine dose in newborns
Updated February 20, 2005
S. Africa's death rate jumps 57 pct, HIV/AIDS among biggest killers
Mandela touts new AIDS concert, says 'not enough has been done'
British opposition party plans to test immigrants for tuberculosis, HIV
Sweden to grant Tanzania 22 million dollars for HIV/AIDS treatment project
Updated February 12, 2005
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao spends Lunar New Year with AIDS victims
Sex workers must fight to survive men as well as AIDS in India
Updated February 6, 2005
Updated January 30, 2005
AIDS: "Three by Five" goal shadowed by funding shortfall, says WHO
Japan's AIDS experts alarmed as HIV infections hit record high
BOTSWANA: Raising youth AIDS awareness like 'trying to fight a dead animal'
Updated January 23, 2005
Updated January 16, 2005
Pakistani premier urges South Asian countries to jointly fight AIDS
Mozambique to more than double free HIV treatment in 2005: ministry
Updated January 8, 2005
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Report: Gay and bisexual Cambodian men risk spreading HIV-AIDS infections
One-fifth of pregnant women in Singapore skip routine HIV tests
Updated December 17, 2004
NIH Guidline
Report of the NIH Panel to Define Principles of Therapy of HIV Infection
Updated December 12, 2004
Updated December 5, 2004
Asia-Pacific societies could collapse under HIV/AIDS pandemic: UN envoy
Taiwan to launch AIDS prevention campaign amid rise in female cases
Singapore mulls HIV testing for couples planning to tie the knot
Updated November 27, 2004
Updated November 20, 2004
Singapore will not promote condom use publicly to fight AIDS: report
Annan calls for greater urgency in efforts to help Africa AIDS sufferers
Ethiopian MPs turn to music and song to raise AIDS awareness
Cheap antibiotic slashes AIDS deaths among children: Zambian study
Another Indian company pulls cheap AIDS drugs from WHO listing
Updated November 13, 2004
Chinese Guideline of HIV/AIDS treatment (in Chinese)
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Updated October 17, 2004
Once-conservative Beijing to install 1,000 condom vending machines
German in HIV scare faces deportation from Thailand: officials
Updated September 26, 2004
Substance abuse in Asia-Pacific gives rise to social/health problems: WHO
South African health ministry sees AIDS pandemic 'stabilising'
California 'govern-ator' Schwarzenegger OKs sale of clean needles
Updated September 20, 2004
India sitting on AIDS "timebomb", says international funding agency chief
California porn producers fined for allowing unsafe sex movies
South African AIDS group wants government to disclose ARV plan
China, India at the tipping point in AIDS crisis, conference told
China to include AIDS prevention classes in all universities
Alarm after blood donors test HIV-positive in India's Tripura state
WHO to provide care to 120,000 AIDS sufferers in Eastern Europe in 2005
Updated September 5, 2004
Updated August 28, 2004
Chinese law addresses AIDS for first time ever in legal amendments
HIV-AIDS is a disease, not a social evil: Vietnamese President
Kenyan could give drugs to 181,000 AIDS patients in 2005: minister
Updated August 21, 2004
Updated August 14, 2004
Roger Moore condemns Beijing hotels, schools for turning away "AIDS orphans"
Australia to open a breast milk bank to help premature babies, ageing mums
Updated June 6, 2004
Updated May 30, 2004
Top Chinese AIDS activist under house arrest during US envoy visit
China becomes major exporter of AIDS drug raw material to developing nations
China to invest 121 million dollars to improve rural health care
British scientist accused of illegal study on Kenyan AIDS orphans
Sweden to help pay for HIV/AIDS treatment for millions worldwide
Canada first to pass law to send cheap AIDS drugs to poor countries
Updated May 16, 2004
Updated May 9, 2004
Libyans lash out at US for condemning AIDS case death sentences
US denounces Libyan court verdict against Bulgarian medics as 'unacceptable'
Birth control condom campaign to begin in conservative Afghanistan
Updated April 30, 2004
At least six AIDS sufferers arrested in China for seeking gov't help
Health transition in China with non-communicable diseases now major killer
Rights watchdog says harsh drug policies fuelling AIDS in Russia
Updated April 17, 2004
Chinese government to pay for AIDS tests in worst affected regions
China plans free distribution of condoms to stem the spread of AIDS
US, Vietnam armed forces work together on HIV/AIDS prevention
Updated April 10, 2004
Updated April 3, 2004
Global shortage of safe blood for transfusions on agenda at Beijing meet
S.Africa starts free anti-retrovirals for HIV patients in key province
Three percent of African AIDS patients have access to antiretrovirals
70 percent of hospital patients in Zimbabwe have HIV/AIDS: NGO
Updated March 20, 2004
Nigerian capital has highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country: official
Zambia bans distribution of condoms in schools to prevent 'immorality
Updated March 13, 2004
China province Hubei admits extent of AIDS cases from tainted blood
China's AIDS whistleblower Gao Yaojie vows to continue helping sufferers
Poor countries fail to take advantage of WTO accord on AIDS drugs
South African AIDS group threatens government with further court action
STD, Sex Education and Vaccine
Updated March 6, 2004
Only 10 percent of China's HIV/AIDS cases know they have disease
Officials say most China provinces could have AIDS from blood selling
Momentum in AIDS fight, but world still falling behind: conference
India helping South African drugmakers slash costs of AIDS medicine
Aghanistan's opium poppies fuel drug abuse and spread of AIDS
Updated February 28, 2004
AIDS, environment and gender gap to hamper China's development: UN
Leaders urge swift action to halt spread of AIDS in Europe, Central Asia
Updated February 21, 2004
Top Chinese leader met with country's most famous AIDS activist
USAID earmarks 55.9 million dollars for southeast Asia, China projects
Prosecutors demand death penalty for foreigners in Libyan AIDS trial
HIV growth rates in Estonia, Russia and Ukraine are among world's highest, U.N. declares
Updated February 14, 2004
Malawi president urges end to AIDS stigma, silence at policy launch
French AIDS researcher to be inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame
Updated February 7, 2004
Eight-year-old boy sues Chinese hospital for transfusion causing HIV
WHO urges Africa to see female genital mutilation as rights violation
Updated January 31, 2004
South Africa's high AIDS toll fuels new invention: a refrigerated coffin
Britain to give India AIDS package- 123 million pounds ( 223 million dollars)
Updated January 11, 2004
Updated January, 2004
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Updated September 28, 2003
Helping women is key to tackling Africa's AIDS disaster, forum told
AIDS treatment for Africa: Focus now on medical infrastructure
Updated September 21, 2003
Several delegates to miss AIDS meeting in Kenya over security fears
African AIDS campaigners want more money, even cheaper drugs
Women victims of traditions that spread AIDS: Kenya's first lady
Kenya conference to examine role of elderly in caring for AIDS orphans
Updated September 14, 2003
UN envoy asks Asia to act now on AIDS or face dire consequences
Ethiopia launches plan to cut mother-to-child AIDS transmission
Updated September 6, 2003
China defends AIDS policy, says it is determined to address epidemic
Western world should react to AIDS as it did to SARS: minister
Pioneering AIDS doctor says Libyan epidemic result of negligence
HIV-positive aspiring diplomat sues Powell, US State Dept for discrimination
Round-table donor talks end in Laos with warning on HIV/AIDS
Updated August 31, 2003
Vietnam government delegation to head to US for HIV/drugs study tour
Southern African summit ends with leaders pledging to fight AIDS
Updated August 24, 2003
Billions more condoms needed to halt HIV/AIDS epidemic in Asia: WHO
Call for Mbeki to apologise after S. Africa AIDS treatment turnaround
Japanese Red Cross to revise donor system after tainted blood scare
Indian sex workers hone their art of love from Kamasutra to prevent AIDS
Updated August 2, 2003
Japan Red Cross supplied 6,400 units of possibly contaminated blood
India makes first step in open discussion of growing AIDS scourge: activists
Updated July 27, 2003
Deal on medicines for poor countries taking shape: negotiators
Incoming UN health chief to make major announcement on HIV/AIDS
Updated July 19, 2003
China starts offering free AIDS drugs but lacks doctors to administer them
Demonstrators disrupt AIDS conference -- but get Mandela's blessing
Praise for Bush plan at AIDS conference, but worries over details
HIV-infected man get fours years in prison for unprotected sex
Updated July 12, 2003
China steps up arrests, violence against HIV-positive protesters
Amnesty International urges China to come clean on AIDS epidemic
China, India make development goals attainable, but poorest need help: UNDP
Education crucial to curbing population growth, stemming AIDS: Annan
Bush meets Uganda AIDS victims, praises Museveni for stemming disease
Updated June 29, 2003
Updated June 22, 2003
Updated June 15, 2003
Updated June 8, 2003
G8 nations pledge cheaper drugs to combat HIV and other diseases
Family of AIDS victim awarded 45,000 yuan in compensation case
Thompson urges nations to match U.S. commitment to fight AIDS
Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria seeks three billion dollars
Updated May 25, 2003
Bayer denies it knowingly sold suspect blood-clotting products
Washington stands alone in opposition to relaxing patents on AIDS drugs
Top UN adviser says Laos must act now to prevent AIDS epidemic
Trial Data Involving REMUNE to Be Published by Peer-Reviewed Journal Aids
CytRx Acquires Broad Product License for Breakthrough DNA-Based HIV Vaccine
NIH Awards HIV Grant to Antigen Express for Novel T-Helper Cell-Expanding Virus Vaccine
Updated May 3, 2003
Bush Gives Zambian Mother Kiss -- and Commitment to Fight AIDS
Abstinence Wins Over Condoms in Battle for Effective HIV/AIDS Prevention
UNICEF highlights ignorance about HIV/AIDS among young Indonesians
UNICEF Lauds White House Leadership On AIDS Bill 'Young People Are Our Best Vaccine Against AIDS'
Medical Services Develops Revolutionary New Multitest Rapid Test Kit for HIV 1&2
HIV Continues to Dominate the Worldwide $10 Billion
Antiviral Drug Market
FDA Approves New, More Convenient Formulation Of Widely Used HIV Medicine, VIRACEPT(R)
Updated April 26, 2003
Updated April 19, 2003
Updated March 15, 2003
Woman in Sweden accused of buying HIV drugs with fake prescriptions
World Bank: Corruption and AIDS dragging down Malawi economy
Updated March 8, 2003
Sens. Feingold, Durbin say Africans question AIDS commitment
Private sector must do more to fight AIDS, business group says
AIDS vaccine experiment fails but shows promise in blacks and Asians
Advocates say AIDS vaccine researchers need to break through blacks' mistrust of medical community
Updated February 15, 2003
Drugs agreement still on hold as WTO members await U.S. reaction
CIA director says AIDS threatens stability, economic health worldwide
US Ambassador criticizes South African government's use of resources in fight against AIDS
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Announces $3 Million in New HIV/AIDS Research Grants
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AIDS ReSearch Alliance and UCLA AIDS Institute Convene Meeting Targeting HIV Reservoirs
Progenics Presents New Findings from a Phase-2 Clinical Trial of PRO 542 HIV Entry Inhibitor
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Harmless virus may block HIV's destructive power to infect cells, scientists find
VIRxSYS to Initiate Phase I Clinical Trials for Innovative Treatment of HIV/AIDS
Next-generation PI, TMC114, Shows Promising Antiviral Activity in Patients Failing HIV Therapy
Updated February 8, 2003
Nearly 4.2 million people living with AIDS in South Asia, officials say
U.N. officials urge South Asian leaders to take action against AIDS
Red Cross campaigner urges donors to give more to global AIDS fund
Corporations Can Profitably Fight AIDS, Researchers Say in Harvard Business Review
UNFPA and Rotary Renew Cooperation on Population and Development Issues
LIAI Researchers Uncover Key Elements of Immune System Function
Boehringer Ingelheim Launches Global Phase III Clinical Trials for New Anti-HIV Agent Tipranair
FDA Accepts Roche Molecular Systems' Automated HIV-1 Viral Load Test Application for Review
MedMira announces the completion of initial shipment of MiraWell(TM) Rapid HIV test
Updated February 2, 2003
Rights group says sexual abuse fueling spread of HIV in Zambian girls
Pakistan's religious right wants Americans fingerprinted, tested for HIV; Government rejects demands
Treatment to start to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission
Updated January 25, 2003
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