Category Archives: HIV

Majority of AIDS Victims in Africa Are Women

Unlike the West, where most victims of AIDS are men, in Africa the pattern is exactly the opposite — the majority of those infected are women and young girls. According to the latest figures in the UN’s 2004 Global Report … Continue reading

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South African Court Orders AIDS Drug to Be Given to Pregnant Women

For years now, the government of South Africa has refused to allow the distribution of the anti-AIDS drug nevirapine to pregnant women. In December 2001, the Pretoria High Court ordered the government to provide the drug to HIV-postive pregnant women, … Continue reading

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Why The World Will Never See an Anti-HIV Microbicide

There’s no anti-HIV microbicide on the market — is that because companies don’t care about women’s health? Continue reading

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