AIDS - Agora

Posts Tagged ‘AIDS’ (20 articles found)

Science for a better future

30/11/2006

Communications Technologies to Promote Access to Prevention

Increasing access to technology all over the world means increased access to information and practices that can save lives.

Science for a better future

30/11/2006

by Angela Kaida Same Author (1)

HIV/AIDS and Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 63% of the world's HIV-infected population and the only region where women comprise close to 60% of those infected, a proportion that is increasing every year.

Science for a better future

30/11/2006

by Ruchi Singh Same Author (1)

Thoughts on the Fight Against AIDS in India

Awareness campaigns must be stepped up, and in nations with large rural populations such as India's, increased literacy, especially for women, and an overall improvement in living standards are key if those programs are to succeed.

Science for a better future

30/11/2006

by Eugenia del Pino Veintimilla Same Author (9)

Science Will Overcome, But in the Meantime

While waiting for the cure or the vaccine that will inevitably come, the best policy is to understand as much as possible about AIDS so that individuals and societies can respond intelligently to the dangers it presents.

Science for a better future

30/11/2006

by M.J. Kelly Same Author (1)

AIDS Education Planning and Management

The need to inform students about HIV /AIDS is a recognized priority for many educational systems, but teacher training about the issue is often less than adequate.

Women in Science Forum

30/11/2006

by Maggie Mzumara Same Author (1)

Is Ignorance Bliss?

Burying one's head in the sand is one way to deal with the fear of AIDS. This is the compelling personal story of one woman's decision to "get real".

Women in Science Forum

30/11/2006

by Andrea Mantesso Same Author (2)

HIV/AIDS in Brazil

Brazil's national AIDS treatment program is one of the world's most effective, reflecting a combination of compassion, medical foresight and economic intelligence.

Women in Science Forum

30/11/2006

by Alice Ochanda Same Author (1)

Students Choose Life in Kenya

"I Choose Life" is a large-scale awareness program designed to the curb the alarming spread of AIDS among Kenyan university students, particularly women students.

Science for a better future

30/11/2006

by Juana Mercedes Same Author (1)

Progress in Treating AIDS

There have been many obstacles to developing a cure or a vaccine for AIDS, yet medical progress has been made and will continue to be made. AIDS, although still a terminal illness in most emerging countries, has, for the most part, become a treatable disease in the industrialized world.

Science for a better future

30/11/2006

by Adeyinka Falusi Same Author (8)

HIV/AIDS and Women: An African Perspective

AIDS is a devastating problem in Nigeria. Every day the disease touches the lives of 7,000 more women and girls in a country with the world's highest number of AIDS orphans.