Tag: AIDS
Gilead kickstarts patent pool for AIDS drugs
by on Jul.12, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Gilead Sciences, the leading maker of HIV drugs, is to share intellectual property rights on its medicines in a patent pool designed to make treatments more widely available to the poor.
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India says EU deal won't hit AIDS drugs supply: U.N.
by on Jul.07, 2011, under Health and Fitness
India has promised not to link a proposed trade deal with the European Union with limiting its production of generic HIV/AIDS drugs, the United Nations said on Thursday, giving hope to millions of infected patients but underlining the hurdles for …
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AIDS drug supplies dwindling in Swaziland
by on Jun.28, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Cash-strapped Swaziland’s state hospitals have only two months’ supplies of AIDS drugs, the country’s health minister has told parliament in an assessment that AIDS patients and activists took as a death sentence.
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Older AIDS survivors face new challenges
by on May.30, 2011, under Health and Fitness
AIDS nearly killed Lou Grosso three decades ago, but that didn't prepare him for the latest news from his doctor: he has heart disease.
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After 30 years, new sources needed for AIDS campaign
by on May.30, 2011, under Health and Fitness
As the war on AIDS heads into its fourth decade, the need for funds is spiralling relentlessly higher, prompting a quest for new resources from consumer levies to contributions from developing giants.
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Wider distribution of drugs needed to cut AIDS deaths in China
by on May.19, 2011, under Health and Fitness
China needs to identify and provide effective AIDS drugs to more HIV patients infected through sexual contact and use of dirty needles if it wants cut HIV death rates and avoid broader transmission of the virus, researchers said on Thursday.
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Albinos in Tanzania murdered or raped as AIDS "cure"
by on May.05, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Hundreds of albinos are thought to have been killed for black magic purposes in Tanzania and albino girls are being raped because of a belief they offer a cure for AIDS, a Canadian rights group said on Thursday.
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With head in the sand, Indonesia struggles to tackle AIDS
by on Apr.12, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Financial troubles drove Liana into prostitution almost four years ago, but the 30-year-old ex-accountant said she'd had no idea then that unprotected sex could give her HIV/AIDS, a disease she now has to live with.
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After 30 years, war on AIDS at 'moment of truth'
by on Mar.31, 2011, under Health and Fitness
With the war on AIDS nearing its 30th anniversary, the UN on Thursday declared "a moment of truth" had come for new strategies to address the campaign's failures and brake costs that were now unsustainable.
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China aims to bring AIDS spread under control by 2020
by on Feb.18, 2011, under Health and Fitness
China hopes to more or less bring the spread of AIDS under control by 2020, but faces an uphill task do to so due in part to ignorance and poor policy coordination, the government said on Wednesday.
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