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The topics and resources included in this section are specific for the country or region. Visit the "Major Topics" section, A-Z navigation links above or use the Search link, to find specific topics on HIV/AIDS. AIDS Shot for Cats May Help Research on Human Disease Boston Globe, 3/26/02. Anti-AIDS Drugs, Some Statins Don't Mix: Study Reuters Health, 3/25/02. Helms Says He Will Seek $500 Million Increase in Programs to Fight AIDS Overseas Associated Press, 3/23/02. AIDS Vaccine Developments Merck Says AIDS Vaccine Shows Promise in Human Trial by Bloomberg News (NYT) February 27, 2002. Merck scientists reported promising findings today from the first human tests of its experimental H.I.V. vaccine, which some experts consider the best.. (334words) WHO and UNAIDS Continue to Support Use of Nevirapine for Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Joint UNAIDS/WHO press statement, 3/22/02. Boehringer Ingelheim Comments on HIVNET 012 Trial Boehringer Ingelheim news release, 3/22/02. New List of Safe AIDS Drugs, Despite Industry Lobby New York Times, 3/21/02. Drug Manufacturers: Approving Generic AIDS Drugs Could Reduce Quality Associated Press, 3/21/02. [Médecins Sans Frontières] Urges U.N. to Speed AIDS Drug Advice Reuters, 3/21/02. Review of HIVNET 012 U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases news release, 3/22/02. Coalition Seeks to Curb Drug Patent Extensions Washington Post, 3/25/02. Initiative to Promote Access to Quality HIV Medicines Releases First Batch of Results Today (full report) WHO/UNAIDS/UNICEF press release, 3/20/02. System for Protecting Humans in Research Faulted Boston Globe, 3/25/02. Calls for Help Exceed Global AIDS Fund Resources Reuters, 3/25/02. World Commission [on the Social Dimension of Globalization] Urged to Expand Benefits of Globalization ILO press release, 3/25/02. Governments Adopt, NGOs Reject Monterrey Consensus U.N. Wire, 3/25/02 Foreign Aid: Staying Engaged Economist, 3/25/02 More Aid, More Need: Pledges Still Falling Short New York Times, 3/24/02 Forging the Monterrey Consensus New York Times, 3/24/02 Analysis: Mixed Feelings at Monterrey BBC News, 3/23/02 Kennedy Assails Bush Plan on Medical Records Privacy Washington Post, 3/23/02. Nongovernmental Organizations Show Their Growing Power 3/22/02, New York Times. Only a Fraction of TB Patients Get the Best Care WHO press release, 3/22/02. Poor Sanitation 'a Global Catastrophe' BBC News, 3/22/02. Living with Hepatitis C HealthScoutNews, 3/22/02. New Global Campaign Launched to Tackle TB OneWorld, 3/22/02. U.N.: Poor Nations Need More Aid Associated Press, 3/21/02. Business, NGOs Offer Competing Visions At Monterrey U.N. Wire, 3/21/02. Future World Population Growth to Be Concentrated in Urban Areas of World U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs press release, 3/21/02. Action to Promote Equality, Tolerance Urged as UN Marks Anti-Racism Day U.N. News Centre, 3/21/02. HIV/AIDS Is Wiping Out Fifty Years of Investment in Development UNAIDS press release, 3/19/02 Cocaine and Intensity of H.I.V. Are Related in a Study of Mice by Denise Grady (NYT) February 15, 2002. Research in mice may help explain something that doctors have noticed in people who are infected with H.I.V.: cocaine use seems to make the disease pr...(597words ) AIDS Vaccine Developments Researchers Find AIDS Vaccine Fails Test by The Associated Press (NYT) January 17, 2002. In a study that illustrates how difficult a foe AIDS is, a monkey that was given an experimental vaccine died after the virus changed just one of its ...(245words) HIV Vaccine Trials 'in Three Years' BBC, 10/22/01. AIDS Vaccine Said Ready in 10 Years Associated Press, 10/07/01. Imperfect AIDS Vaccine Still Useful Washington Post, 9/9/01. New Vaccines May Keep HIV in Check Washington Post, 9/7/01. Phila. Conference Focuses on Pursuit of an HIV Vaccine Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/6/01 AIDS Vaccine 'In Sight' BBC News, 9/6/01. Pitfalls, Hope Seen in New AIDS Vaccine Research Reuters, 9/6/01. Virus Appears Helpful For AIDS Patients Washington Post, 9/6/01. H.I.V. Patients Get Fresh Hopes for Donor Organs by Jeff Stryker (NYT) December 11, 2001. It would not be like him to lie down and die quietly. Larry Kramer, the 66-year-old novelist and playwright, AIDS activist and agitator, is fighting a... (1688words) VITAL SIGNS: SIDE EFFECTS; Herbal Aid Saps Strength of H.I.V. Drug by Eric Nagourney (NYT) December 11, 2001. Some people with H.I.V. turn to herbal medicines to supplement the mix of conventional drugs they take to keep their infections in check. But now a st... (301words) A New Generation: Teenagers Living With H.I.V. by Linda Villarosa (NYT) November 20, 2001. On the surface, Alora Gale of Boulder, Colo., is an average teenager. A sophomore at Boulder High School, she likes school and for the most part does ... (1777words) VITAL SIGNS: AT RISK; Measure of Calm May Help Fight AIDS by Eric Nagourney (NYT) October 30, 2001. Stress, long thought to play a role in many diseases, appears to be an ally of the AIDS virus in its attack on the immune system, researchers said thi... (233words) Drug Patent Dispute Poses Trade Threat Washington Post, 10/26/01. Drug Dealing Guardian (U.K.), 10/24/01. Senate Okays Foreign AIDS Money Reuters Health/Yahoo, 10/25/01. Stress Undermines Anti-HIV Drugs, Research Shows Reuters Health/Yahoo, 10/24/01. Anthrax as AIDS Village Voice, 10/24/01. UNICEF Hails Entry into Force of Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography UNICEF press release, 10/23/01. A $9.3B Proposal Outlines Global Campaign against TB Boston Globe, 10/22/01. Administration Won't Allow Generic Versions of Drug New York Times, 10/18/01. Experts Fear a Risky Recipe: Viagra, Drugs and H.I.V. NYT, 10/16/01. Making Patents Public: Redefining Intellectual Property When AIDS Drugs Are At Issue FindLaw, 10/11/01. AIDS conference urges end to discrimination and drug profits AFP, 10/10/01. IPPF International Medical Advisory Panel Reaffirms Opposition to FGM IPPF News, 10/8/01. COMPANY NEWS; F.D.A. PANEL SUPPORTS GILEAD SCIENCES AIDS DRUG Reuters (NYT) October 4, 2001. An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration gave its support yesterday to the Gilead Sciences experimental AIDS drug Viread which helps redu... (108words) FDA Committee Backs Approval of New HIV Drug (Tenofovir) Reuters/ABCNews.com 10/3/01. AIDS Increases Risk of Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Reuters Health/Yahoo, 9/27/01. HIV-1 Drug Resistance May Diminish Over Time Reuters Health/Yahoo, 9/26/01. Global AIDS and Health Fund to Start Disbursing Money by Late 2001 UN Newservice, 9/25/01. 'Invisible Condom' May Prevent HIV and Herpes Reuters Health/Yahoo, 9/21/01. Diaphragm, Microbicide Proposed as HIV Barrier Reuters Health/Yahoo, 9/19/01. HIV Surveillance Poor in Many Countries: Report Reuters Health/Yahoo, 9/17/01. Drug Companies Warn AIDS Research Could Dry Up Reuters/Yahoo, 9/19/01. Outsmarting AIDS Forbes, 9/17/01. Statement by Médecins Sans Frontières on TRIPS and Affordable Medicines MSF press release, 9/19/01. TB Test 'Could Save Lives' BBC News, 9/18/01. FAO Report Says HIV/AIDS Is Devastating Farming And Worsening Hunger IRIN, 9/12/01. Full FAO report: The State of Food and Agriculture 2001. Newborn Deaths Remain High among Developing Countries AP/Nando Times, 9/10/01. Medical Journals Set New Publication Rules Washington Post, 9/10/01. Debt Relief Moves Hit by Poor Progress on Reforms Financial Times, 9/10/01. Dutch Study Finds AIDS Drugs Misused Reuters/Yahoo, 9/9/01. Confronting global AIDS: prevention and treatment Berkman A. Am J Public Health Sept 2001;91(9):1348-49. Editorial. AIDS expert challenges ethical stance on drug trials BMJ Sept 8, 2001;323:531. News. The Genesis of an Epidemic: Humans, Chimps and a Virus NYT. September 4, 2001. Abstain, Yes. But With Your Eyes Wide Open Washington Post op-ed, 9/2/01. Briefing Note: HIV/AIDS Related Events at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance UNAIDS, 8/30/01. Gay-Sensitive HIV Education Can Cut Risky Behavior Reuters Health/Yahoo, 8/28/01. A Charge to Take AIDS Messages From a National to a Global Scale NYT. 8/28/01. Interview with Dr. Helene Gayle. Bringing the Pharmaceuticals Industry to Its Senses Financial Times letter to the editor, 8/30/01. IUDs May Be Safe for HIV-Positive Women: Study Reuters Health, 8/28/01. Privacy Worry May Keep HIV Patients From Therapy Reuters Health/Yahoo, 8/27/01. Oral Sex Poses Low HIV Risk: [UCSF] Study Fails to Find Any Infected People AIDS scandals around the world BBC. 9 August, 2001. A Warrior in the AIDS Fight Never Rests CNN.com, 8/10/01. Profile of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Clinton Pushes the AIDS Fight Chicago Tribune, 8/9/01. Regulation of Overseas Drug Trials Is Pursued Washington Post, 8/4/01. Vocal Critics at AIDSChief's Debut: Faces Skeptics at HIV Conference Newsday, 8/15/01. A Shot at HIV Reduction: Coalition Promotes Needle Swap Newsday, 8/14/01. World Health System Ranking Reveals Surprises Reuters Health/Yahoo, 8/10/01. Condom Report: Interview with Mi Chi Veravidea The World, 8/6/01. [Audio] Project Focuses on Virus' Effects on Women Los Angeles Times, 8/6/01. Caution about HIV Drugs 'Misplaced' Guardian (UK), 8/3/01. Female Condom 7x Safe Health-e (South Africa), 8/2/01. Parents, Boys Say Help Needed With Discussing Sexual Issues Washington Post, 8/2/01. Study Says 20% of Girls Reported Abuse by a Date New York Times, 8/1/01. Paul Livingstone Tito Omukuba: The Almost Unknown Soldierof the War on AIDS Died on July 9th, Aged 34 Economist, 7/26/01. More Women Needed in AIDS Research, Doctors Say Reuters/Yahoo, 7/26/01. Launch of Global AIDS Fund at G-8 Summit Gets Mixed Raction IPPF News, 7/24/01. ___________ Notes and Footnotes: Click on Literature Sources to access the source of the information database, specified as superscript after each topic link.

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