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Jan 12th, 2009
The New York Times recently examined the use of mobile health vans in New York's Westchester County to administer HIV tests to members of the community.
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Jan 12th, 2009
A recent study found that although the country's HIV/AIDS prevention programs primarily focus on younger, unmarried people, new cases of the disease are increasingly occurring among married couples ages 30 to 40.
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Jan 12th, 2009
Researchers have discovered a potentially important new resistance factor in the treatment battle against HIV: blood types. An international team of researchers from Canadian Blood Services, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Lund University in Sweden have discovered that certain blood types are more predisposed to contracting HIV, while others are more effective at fending it off.
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Jan 10th, 2009
Tanzanian government is urged to provide more funding and support for HIV/AIDS services targeted at older people, particularly those who provide care to children orphaned by the disease.
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Jan 10th, 2009
For the first time, people living with HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan soon will receive antiretroviral therapy from the government, the Ministry of Health announced recently.
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Jan 9th, 2009
High poverty rates and low education levels are contributing to increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Yemen, especially among commercial sex workers.
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Jan 9th, 2009
Some advocates in India are calling for increased efforts to end the social stigma and ostracism experienced by people living with HIV/AIDS in the country.
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Jan 8th, 2009
Low-income residents of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh who are living with HIV/AIDS are eligible for a monthly pension from the state to pay for antiretroviral treatment.
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Jan 8th, 2009
Formerly low-risk groups such as married women and young children are contracting HIV/AIDS at higher rates in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara province during the past year.
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Jan 8th, 2009
Make Msuya recently called on elderly people to be tested for HIV/AIDS in order to help curb the spread of the disease in the country.
