Scientists say malaria fuels AIDS spread in Africa
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Malaria may be helping spread the AIDS virus across Africa, the continent hardest hit by the incurable disease, scientists said on Thursday.
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A vaccine against malaria, which kills up to three million people a year, could be a reality by the end of the decade, scientists involved in one of the biggest clinical trials in Africa said yesterday.
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Researchers from universities in the UK, the US and South Africa have successfully identified key genes in the body&#39;s fight against HIV infection.
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An international team of researchers, including a researcher at the Tulane National Primate Research Center near Covington, has brought millions of vulnerable women closer to a potentially powerful weapon against HIV.
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A cheap and widely available antibiotic could be used to cut Aids-related death in African children by more than 40 per cent, Government-backed scientists have said.
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JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 13 -- Two major studies released Wednesday confirmed  that circumcision can  dramatically slow the spread of HIV among African men, suggesting that widely offering the procedure could prevent millions of deaths in countries most seriously affected by AIDS, researchers said.
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South African researchers said on Friday they were encouraged by results from two HIV studies indicating that vaccines might one day be effective in controlling viral levels and even preventing infections.
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Meat from African wild animals being sold illegally in the UK is spreading a virus similar to HIV, a leading scientist has warned.
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South Africa and other African nations hard hit by AIDS should consider a mass campaign to circumcise males to help stem the spread of the epidemic, researchers at a major AIDS conference in South Africa said.
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Scientists said Wednesday they have  identified key genes involved in the body's response to HIV,  which causes AIDS -- a finding that could narrow the search for  an effective vaccine against the deadly illness.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is making significant progress in fighting malaria with the use of bed nets, a UN report shows.
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A pioneering vaccine can protect a  significant proportion of African children against malaria,  scientists said on Thursday, boosting hopes that the  mosquito-borne disease may one day be conquered.
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Cameroon has experienced one of the most rapid spreads of HIV infection among adults in the whole of West and Central Africa. The government of Cameroon says it has a broad strategy to fight AIDS.
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The rate of new HIV and Aids infections appears to have peaked in KwaZulu-Natal, a leading researcher in the field has said. Prof Alan Whiteside, the head of the Health, Economics and HIV and Aids Division
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A VITAL project to prevent the spread of HIV within the African community has been given almost a quarter of a million pounds.
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The graphic outlines the impact of AIDs in Africa, where more than two-thirds of the people living with HIV worldwide live. (AP Graphic).
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Using drugs to prevent HIV infection could prevent as many as 3 million new cases in Africa if it was done right, researchers predicted on Tuesday.