HIV-AIDS AWARENESS

Five U.S. students have been honored for their efforts in fighting global poverty. Victoria Cavaliere reports from VOA's New York bureau that the students have taken on projects ranging from sanitizing drinking water to fighting the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus. NetAid.org screenshot The third annual Global Action Awards, hosted by NetAid, is half celebration, half awards ceremony. NetAid...

The world's largest conference on HIV/AIDS is getting underway in the Australian city of Sydney with over 5,000 delegates attending. The conference will examine research suggesting that male circumcision can reduce HIV infection rates by 60 per cent. The participants are also being urged to sign a declaration, which is aimed at boosting HIV research funding. ...

Moves to bring sex out of the closet in largely conservative India have kicked up a morality debate between educators who say sex education will reduce HIV rates, and critics who fear it will corrupt young minds.It's an emotive issue pitting modernists against conservatives in a country with the world's highest number of HIV cases at about 5.7 million, a figure that experts say may balloon to ...

The number of people estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in India is about 2.47 million, or half of previous estimates, according to United Nations-backed government estimates released on Friday, Indian Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss announced, Reuters reports (Zaheer, Reuters, 7/6). UNAIDS estimates from 2006 said that there were about 5.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS in India (Kaiser...

An international HIV/AIDS conference opened in Nairobi Thursday with United Nations affirming the centrality of gender equality and recognition of the critical role that women play in the fight against the pandemic. The International Summit on Women's Leadership on HIV and AIDS is seeking to mobilize urgent responses to rising HIV infection rates among women and girls in the world. ...

HIV/AIDS is a condition that affects young adults, reducing their productivity and bringing their lives to an early end. While assessing the economic impact of AIDS is difficult, studies suggest that some of the hardest-hit countries with generalized epidemics may forfeit 2 per cent or more of annual GDP growth. Thus businesses have much to gain from preventing the spread of HIV infection among...