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Wavering international support for HIV/AIDS efforts is resulting in funding shortfalls that could wipe out a decade of progress in rolling out AIDS treatment, the international medical and humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has warned. full report

• AIDS funding debate heats up

BOTSWANA: A risky combination of alcohol and sex

• Fun for positive teens at their own club
KENYA: Cervical cancer, little-known killer of HIV-positive women

Treating cervical cancer and HIV simultaneously
LESOTHO: Time to talk about sex and HIV

One love could lower infection rate
SWAZILAND: TB-HIV services needed to lower world's highest rates

TB and HIV: Deadly allies

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BOTSWANA: Positive teens find refuge at their own club
GABORONE, 3 November 2009 (PlusNews) - Raging hormones, peer pressure and coming to terms with a changing body image - growing up is difficult enough without the added burden of living with HIV, and keeping it hidden from friends and classmates.
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GLOBAL: AIDS activists laud lifting of US HIV travel ban
NAIROBI, 2 November 2009 (PlusNews) - A 22-year-old ban on people infected with HIV entering the US was officially lifted on 2 November, with the new rules taking effect in 60 days. AIDS activists have hailed the move as a major coup in the fight against stigma.
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ETHIOPIA: Bright lights, big city is high risk for students
ADDIS ABABA, 2 November 2009 (PlusNews) - Being a university freshman is an exciting time for any young person, but many students get carried away, partying too hard and taking sexual risks.
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The cost of most first-line antiretroviral regimens decreased by 10-40 percent between 2006 and 2008.

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Held under the auspices of the European AIDS Clinical Society, conference organizers will strive to offer an exciting scientific programme, composed of a well-balanced mix of plenary lectures as well as abstract-driven sessions presenting latest original research in the field of HIV medicine.

The SAHARA conference has a very specific focus, the social aspects of HIV – that is the social and cultural aspects of the epidemic (as opposed to the bio-medical ones). An important feature of the conference is its strong Africa focus.

The African AIDS Vaccine Programme (AAVP) is a network of African scientists, advocates, community and policy leaders with a mission to advocate for and support a coordinated international effort to promote the development of and future access to HIV vaccines suitable for use in Africa.

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KENYA: Cervical cancer, little-known killer of HIV-positive women
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BOTSWANA: A risky combination of alcohol and sex
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