Full Coverage: AIDS

06/25/2008 A recent Cambodian bill outlawing prostitution is a "failure" because it increases the victimization of sex workers and raises the risk of the spread of HIV, writes Melissa Ditmore, an expert on the issues of sex work and HIV.

06/23/2008 With African-American women accounting for 72 percent of all new female HIV cases, one "feminist filmmaker" discusses her documentary revolving around a young African-American doctor and her two HIV-positive patients.

06/18/2008 International AIDS prevention programs can learn a lot from local efforts in Thailand, where activists reach out to patients with home based care, spiritual guidance, and opportunities for community involvement, writes AIDS activist Masiba Biriwasha.

06/17/2008 Through their own vivid and emotional photography, Romanian children living with HIV share their feelings on issues from discrimination and alienation to hope.

06/06/2008 Thousands of school children in Benin are learning about HIV/AIDS -- a subject rarely broached in the Beninese classroom or home -- through a new initiative that raises awareness by working more closely with parents and teachers.

06/05/2008 An additional 1 million people in developing countries began receiving anti-retroviral therapy by the end of 2007, bringing the total number of HIV-positive people receiving treatment to 3 million, states a new UN report.

06/04/2008 Reproductive rights activist Mary Bloom discusses the link between gender inequality in Africa and the devastatingly high rate of HIV infection among African women.

06/04/2008 Kasus HIV/AIDS di Lamongan terungkap pertamakali pada 2002. Kini, setelah enam tahun, kasusnya mencapai 62 dengan 35 diantaranya meninggal dunia. Para penderita umumnya perantau yang bekerja di luar Lamongan, namun kembali ke kampungnya setelah terinfeksi HIV/AIDS.

06/03/2008 Belasan pekerja seks komersial (PSK) di Madiun terindikasi mengidap penyakit HIV/AIDS. Mayoritas merupakan PSK yang mangkal di tempat yang tidak dalam pantauan. Ironisnya, mereka hingga kini masih melakukan aktivitasnya sebagai PSK di beberapa lokalisasi di wilayah Madiun.

06/03/2008 Istri positif hamil memang berita menggembirakan bagi suami. Namun, apa reaksi suami jika sang istri positif HIV? Marah, bingung, frustasi atau justru sibuk menyalahkan istri?

06/03/2008 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2 (OneWorld) - A human rights advocacy group said Monday it is launching a worldwide campaign to help stop human trafficking into India.