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World AIDS Day Question: How Close Are We to a Cure?

(Nov. 30) -- Wednesday is World AIDS Day, where people around the world rally to raise funds and awareness to combat the still-potent global pandemic. But 30 years after the auto-immune disease surfaced in Central Africa, there remains no cure and no vaccine. In western countries, drug cocktails that include...

UN Outlines 'Treatment 2.0' to Prevent AIDS Deaths

UNITED NATIONS (July 13) -- The United Nations' AIDS agency today pushed for a simplified HIV treatment plan, called Treatment 2.0, which it says could prevent 10 million AIDS-related deaths by 2025. A report released in Geneva by UNAIDS revealed that HIV prevalence among young people has declined by more than 25 percent...

Circumcision Gains Ground as Anti-AIDS Measure

(Dec. 14) -- In the past year, 60,000 men have been circumcised in a single province in Kenya, raising hopes that an effective and still underutilized tool for fighting AIDS could gain acceptance across sub-Saharan Africa, where 22.4 million people are HIV-positive. Michael Stalker, deputy director of the Male...

World AIDS Day Provides a Reminder: A Lot of Work Remains

Americans found many ways to commemorate World AIDS Day on Tuesday. Prayer vigils in Las Vegas. Free rapid-result testing in Iowa. Even a carnival ring toss in New Mexico. But the atmosphere was hardly festive. The disease may have evolved from a quick death sentence to an illness that can be managed. Yet AIDS experts...

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Book Blames Colonialism For Birth Of AIDS In Africa

It sounds like a scene out of the 1995 film "Outbreak," but authors Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin are touting some real-life evidence that pinpoints where the AIDS epidemic began.

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Charlize Theron Uses Art to Fight AIDS in Africa

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Celeb Mom Gwen Stefani and Bugaboo Team Up for World AIDS Day

In honor of World AIDS Day and their partnership with (RED)â¢, stroller-maker Bugaboo has teamed up with style icon and rockstar mom Gwen Stefani to create a one-of-a-kind Bugaboo Cameleon stroller that will be auctioned off to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.

Background on AIDS in africa

HIV/AIDS is a major public health concern and cause of death in many parts of Africa. Although Africa is home to about 14.5% of the world's population, it is estimated to be home to 69% of all people living with HIV and to 72% of all AIDS deaths in 2009.

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