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Bill Gates On AIDS: Funding Needs To Be Priority
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July 26, 2012
Philanthropist and AIDS prevention advocate Bill Gates said on Monday there had been significant advances in the fight against HIV/AIDS, but he was not ready to say the world was "turning the tide" on the disease, the theme of this week's International AIDS Conference.
U.S. leaders call for more spending to combat AIDS
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July 25, 2012
Some of Washington's most powerful people delivered to the 19th International AIDS Conference pretty much the same message: Fighting AIDS is a good investment that is getting better every year, but current spending isn't enough to end the epidemic.
UN AIDS chief: Impact on black Americans shocking
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July 25, 2012
AIDS may hit developing countries the hardest, but the International AIDS Conference is shining a spotlight on a stubborn epidemic in the U.S., too.
Heroes of the Evolution
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July 25, 2012
"As I prepare to moderate a panel at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington this week, I?m thinking about HIV-positive women like Lucy Wambura and Elizabeth Glaser. Lucy is still with us; Elizabeth isn?t."
A Union's Open Heart Fuels Fight to End Childhood AIDS
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July 24, 2012
The AFL-CIO recently reported on CWA's work with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS foundation. The piece highlighted the work of CWA Local 7803 and the story of Cristina Pena, a young college woman that was born with HIV/AIDS.