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on this one I disagree with the church

The Catholic church continues to forbid the use of condoms and all other contraceptives among its faithful. Such teaching is mostly emphasized in the third world – Africa, Latin America and Asia –...

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The AIDS-TB killer monster

March 24th, is world TB Day. But this year’s commemoration was tainted by the bad news about the drug resistance strains of TB whose incidence seems to be on the rise. IRIN News (an excellenet news...

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South Africa’s liberal streak…

South Africa is the only country in Africa (and one of only five in the world) to legalize gay marriage – It did so in November of 2006. And now if some progressive politicians have it their way...

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south africa steps up fight against aids

The most embarrassing part of Thabo Mbeki’s presidency was his bizarre approach to South Africa’s AIDS epidemic. Together with his nutty health minister, President Mbeki refused to dot the lines...

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Can the fight against aids be won?

There is hope that the fight against AIDS can be won. Over the last 30 years the disease has killed millions and created millions of orphans. It’s lasting impact persists in lost human capital and...

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The Catholic Church and AIDS: A Sorry Case of Denial

The Church’s continued ostrich approach to the catastrophe that is HIV/AIDS on the continent: Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday signed off on an African roadmap for the Roman Catholic Church that calls for...

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Quick hits

Follow the goings on in the DRC (especially this election season) over at Alex Engwete’s blog. Living under the shadow of Kony and his men in Eastern CAR. On a related note, the Ugandan army’s dirty...

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More than 30 million dead, and counting…

But it can be stopped. Be aware.Filed under: africa Tagged: HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day

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A Tentative (Mixed) Public Health Victory: The Slow Retrenchment of HIV-AIDS

This is from the Economist, on the state of the fight against HIV-AIDS. The next UN target is that, by 2020, 90% of those infected should have been diagnosed and know their status, 90% of those so...

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Naming Diseases After One’s Enemies

This is an interesting graphic showing the initial names giving to syphilis in various jurisdictions. The WHO recently came out against naming diseases after people, foods, animals, occupations, or...

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