Southern Africa Urged to See AIDS as Wider Crisis
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GRANDE BAIE, Mauritius  - Southern Africa should  treat AIDS as a political, social and economic crisis because  it is killing off people crucial to its development, Malawian  President Bingu wa Mutharika said on Monday.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- The spread of HIV and AIDS is fuelling a massive tuberculosis crisis that could see one billion people infected in the next two decades, the UN warned yesterday.
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The South African government says it has contacted authorities in Canada over reports that a large number of its nationals with HIV have sought asylum after a recent AIDS conference.
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The World Health Organization urged political leaders in the Western Pacific region to step up efforts to stop the spread of the AIDS virus, saying the number of infections continues to grow.
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South Africa may lose the HIV battle as infection and death rates outpace treatment, Unicef warns.
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Apam (C/R), Nov. 24, GNA - Mr Isaac Edumadze, Central Regional Minister, on Tuesday urged the people in the region to use the celebration of the World AIDS Day to re-launch the campaign against the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Nearly one in every four South African servicemen has contracted HIV/AIDS while the country&#39;s political parties urged the government to increase public spending and education to fight against the pandemic.
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South African Aids experts call for mass circumcision after studies showed it reduced HIV infections.
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DURBAN, 9 November (IRIN) - With an increasing number of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS seeking foster care, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is placing enormous pressure on South Africa&#39;s child welfare system.
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The South African government has vowed to intensify its campaign against HIV/Aids. The campaign will include prevention, treatment and home-based care.
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ARUSHA, Tanzania  - African leaders will lobby the  Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money  Wednesday to solve a cash crunch facing its work, seen as vital  for the continent's health, officials said.
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South Africa's government long  ignored warnings about drug-resistant tuberculosis, putting  millions of HIV-positive people at risk now that a dangerous  new strain of TB has emerged, AIDS activists say.
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AIDS-stricken Southern African  nations should develop a policy of mass male circumcision to  fight the disease, the head of the United Nations anti-AIDS  agency said on Tuesday.
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Southern African countries, the world's region worst affected by AIDS, have been urged to embrace male circumcision to partially prevent the spread of HIV.
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AIDS-stricken Southern African nations should develop a policy of mass male circumcision to fight the disease, the head of the United Nations anti-AIDS agency said on Tuesday.
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South Africa announces a five-year plan to try to fight Aids and halve infection rates, on World Aids Day.
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South Africa's veteran Zulu leader Mangosutho Buthelezi, who has lost two children to AIDS, says the pandemic-blighted continent should stop sweeping the disease under the carpet.