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Thursday, January 24, 2013 — No Region Specified

Ugandan HIV campaign targets "cheaters"

Source: Plus News
A new Ugandan HIV-prevention campaign that frankly addresses sexual infidelity is generating heated debate over the direction the country's HIV strategy should take.
TAGS:health care, HIV/AIDS, public health
Thursday, January 24, 2013 — No Region Specified

Africa: Global Fund Executive Director Calls for Focused Action to Fight Infectious Disease

Source: All Africa
Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said today that concentrated action will achieve significantly greater impact on infectious diseases that threaten maternal and child health.
TAGS:health care, HIV/AIDS, malaria, public health, tuberculosis
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 — No Region Specified

Independent evaluation validates UNITAID’s approach

Source: Express Pharma
UNITAID has established itself as a pioneering innovative financing mechanism with a successful business model to improve product markets for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries, according to UNITAID’s first independent Five-Year Evaluation.
TAGS:health care, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 — No Region Specified

Ambassador Goosby to lead new Office of Global Health Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State

Source: U.S. Department of State Blog
Ambassador Eric Goosby, who serves as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. has been named to lead the new Office of Global Health Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State.
TAGS:health care, HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 — Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria: Global Fund Happy With HIV, TB Treatment in Nigeria

Source: All Africa
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Tuesday expressed delight at the level of care and treatment given to persons infected with HIV and tuberculosis in Nigeria.
TAGS:health care, HIV/AIDS, pharmaceutical industry, public health, tuberculosis
Monday, December 03, 2012 — No Region Specified

US secretary of state launches five-point 'Blueprint' to eradicate Aids pandemic

Source: The Guardian
A five-point plan for ending the Aids pandemic has been unveiled by the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, who said the Obama administration would focus efforts on women and girls but also the stigmatised communities most affected by HIV – drug users, sex workers and men who have sex with men. "Make no mistake about it – HIV may well be with us into the future, but the disease that it causes need not be," said Clinton at the launch of the so-called Blueprint at the state department in Washington before World Aids Day on Saturday.
TAGS:HIV/AIDS

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