Nongovernmental organizations have received the first round of grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for HIV/AIDS treatment in Haiti and Guyana , and 12 other countries, under President Bush s $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. In an April 13 press release, USAID said the presid
The Bush administration s foreign aid priorities for the coming year are building a free Iraq , securing the future of Afghanistan , championing peace in Sudan , ending famine in Ethiopia and fighting HIV/AIDS world
Washington -- Around the world soap operas are the lifeblood of television and radio programming, entertaining millions with episodic stories of life s great and little dramas. But in Sierra Leone , the daytime dramas have become an educational tool, providing the forum to address the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved a test for HIV detection that is described as faster, simpler and easier for health care practitioners to use. This method tests oral fluid for HIV antibodies, according to an FDA press release, which describes the test as being 99 percent accurate while it yi
Judy Aita, Washington File United Nations Correspondent
United Nations -- World leaders joined local health workers in observing International Women s Day March 8 by focusing on women and HIV/AIDS. The alarming growth in the number of women infected and the importance of women in the fight to end the pandemic are matters of special concern, according to U.N. officials.
Washington -- The spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa is of growing concern to former Deputy European Commander (EUCOM) Marine Lieutenant-General Carl Fulford, who fears it will undermine the fragile reform process in emerging democracies as well as the ability of African military forces to field effective peacekeeping forces
The U.S. media have devoted a declining amount of coverage to the HIV/AIDS epidemic since a few years after the virus was discovered, a new study shows, but it also notes that an increasing amount of U.S. media coverage has recently focused on the international aspect of the epidemic. The Kaiser Family Foundation relea
Washington -- In some parts of Africa the killer HIV/AIDS infection is spreading like wildfire, threatening to overwhelm social, economic, political and security structures -- and Africa is not alone in trying to deal with these problems, says David Gordon, the author of a recently declassified U.S. government report o
The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) is applauding the United States announcement of a five-year strategic plan to attack the global epidemic and the release of $350 million to support AIDS relief efforts. After more than a year in the making, U.S. officials February 23 announced details of the $15 b
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Health Tommy G. Thompson announced February 23 the release of first-year funding for the President s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. They said the $350 million is ready for distribution to 14 nations in Africa and the Caribbean, which account for 50 percent of all t
Washington -- The Bush Administration started writing the checks February 23 to send $350 million in new aid to 14 nations suffering the worst of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Launched just one month after the U.S. Congress approved the funding, this distribution of aid is the first installment in the Emergency Plan for AIDS
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Randall L. Tobias outlined a strategy for implementing the $15 billion, five-year U.S. Emergency AIDS Relief Plan February 23 as the Bush administration sent the plan to Congress. At the same time, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson
The U.N. Development Program (UNDP) issued a warning February 17 about the potential for an expanding HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe. The report urges policymakers to take action before the epidemic begins to overtax social and health programs, drain resources and depress
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson says he has seen significant progress and new optimism in other nations as the United States has accelerated its efforts to help combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Speaking in Washington at a conference on Febrary 5, Thompson contrasted what he saw on two
Blacks said to account in 2002 for over 50 percent of U.S. AIDS cases National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day is observed on February 7 in the United States , and one of the nation s top medical researchers is urging African Americans to recognize the risks of the disease and increase their involvement in
The newly formed Global Coalition on Women and AIDS will work to better focus HIV prevention and protection efforts on women and girls. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) launched the new initiative February 2 in response to evidence that women are more vulnerable to infection, less able to protec
The U.S. Department of State February 2 released a fact sheet on the budget for President Bush s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The fact sheet notes that President Bush has budgeted $2.8 billion in FY 2005 to combat global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, more than any U.S. administration has ever devoted to the fi
A global survey of business leaders shows that firms are not very active in combating HIV/AIDS, even in the face of expectations that their businesses may be adversely affected by the advance of the epidemic. Commissioned by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, the survey was
The World Health Organization (WHO) is issuing new guidelines to national health officials on how to approach the dual epidemic of tuberculosis and HIV infections. The goal according to a January 21 WHO press release is to cure patients of TB and to manage their HIV infection to prevent the onset of AIDS. TB/HIV
The international effort to combat the global HIV/AIDS pandemic is about to enter a new phase, said Andrew Natsion, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in a January 14 Washington speech. The absolute urgency of containing and ultimately defeating the HIV/AIDS pandemic is one of the d
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