| GLOBAL: Breakthrough could create better ARVs |
 NAIROBI, 1 February 2010 (PlusNews) - Scientists have finally discovered the structure of a key enzyme found in HIV and similar viruses, a breakthrough that has crucial implications for HIV treatment.
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| AFRICA: Crackdowns on gays make the closet safer |
 NAIROBI, 19 January 2010 (PlusNews) - More than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalizing homosexual acts, and despite accounting for a significant percentage of new infections in many countries, men who have sex with men tend to be left out of the HIV response.
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| GLOBAL: UNITAID greenlights patent pool for AIDS drugs |
 NAIROBI, 15 December 2009 (PlusNews) - The executive board of UNITAID, the international health financing agency, has approved the establishment of a patent pool for HIV/AIDS medication, a decision AIDS activists say will go a long way in helping poor nations achieve universal access to treatment.
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| GLOBAL: Microbicide hopes dashed again |
 JOHANNESBURG, 14 December 2009 (PlusNews) - A four-year clinical trial involving nearly 10,000 women in East and Southern Africa has found that the vaginal microbicide gel, PRO 2000, is safe but not effective at preventing HIV infection.
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| GLOBAL: UNAIDS partners with religious groups to achieve universal access |
 NAIROBI, 8 December 2009 (PlusNews) - UNAIDS has launched a new framework for strategic partnerships with faith-based organizations (FBOs), acknowledging the impact they can have in delivering HIV programmes.
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| GLOBAL: Integrated health systems "boost the fight against HIV" |
 NAIROBI, 7 December 2009 (PlusNews) - If universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care is to be achieved, experts recommend an inclusive approach to healthcare, rather than narrow HIV programmes.
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| GLOBAL: PEPFAR unveils new strategy but more funds needed |
 NAIROBI, 4 December 2009 (PlusNews) - A shift from an emergency response to sustainable, country-driven HIV programming is at the heart of a new five-year strategy recently announced by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
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| GLOBAL: WHO sets new HIV treatment guidelines |
 NAIROBI, 30 November 2009 (PlusNews) - The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a new set of guidelines for the treatment of HIV and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) on 30 November.
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| GLOBAL: Progress on paediatric HIV not enough |
 JOHANNESBURG, 30 November 2009 (PlusNews) - Some headway has been made in mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and young people, but too many are still needlessly infected, and receive little or no treatment, care and support.
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| GLOBAL: Poor scorecards on AIDS responses for women |
 JOHANNESBURG, 25 November 2009 (PlusNews) - That women and girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV and AIDS is well established, but a new report reveals how little we know about what countries are doing, or not doing, to address their vulnerability.
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