How Many Teen Deaths Has The Aids Epidemic Cause In Congo, Africa

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV/AIDS Among Women

Early in the epidemic, HIV infection and AIDS were diagnosed for relatively few women and female adolescents (although we know now that many women were infected with HIV through injection drug use but that their infections were not diagnosed). 1 Today, women account for more than one quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Women of color are especially affected by HIV infection and AIDS. In 2004 (the most recent year for which data are...

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Are A. I. D. S. epidemic deaths increasing at an increasing rate?

Are acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic deaths increasing at an increasing rate?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question.When we're talking about AIDS, we're really seeing 2 different epidemics. One is in Western/Developed nations, and the other is in Third Worldnations. In Western nations (including the USA, Canada, Western... Read more »

AN ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN THE U.S.

what are your thoughts and opinions on this article?http://www.virusmyth.com/aids/hiv/pptalk.htm ...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,The Web site you reference is an "AIDS Denialist" Web site. I have discussed this dwindling idiotic fringe group many times before in this forum. (Check the archives.) The article you reference is from 1994, ancient history in the... Read more »

World AIDs epidemic, condoms, Catholic Church

Is it the present position of the Catholic Church to prohibit or discourage the use of condoms in regions of the world such as Africa, Brazil, and the Philippines which are experiencing a very significant increase of HIV infection and AIDS related...

Response from Father Rodney J. DeMartini

National Catholic AIDS Network

Dear Friend,Thank you for your very thought provoking inquiry. Personally, I have always believed and taught that the Church has an important role in both care for infected and affected individuals as well as a vital role in presenting facts and... Read more »

Aids deaths

Doctor,You stated in a recent post that it is estimated that 8000 people die a day of AIDS. Would you know by chance how many people die each year of poverty, malnutrition in underdeveloped nations? Has this number declined in the past 5 years?...

Response from Judith A. Aberg, M.D.

Washington University, St. Louis School of Medicine

There are always problems with statistics even in the US. It is only as good as the people collecting the data. But to answer your question, yes increasing numbers of people still die from malnutrition, tuberculosis, malaria and all the other... Read more »

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Teens with AIDS!

Posted by Anonymous

There's this moron posting every night here and he says that teens don't get AIDS! WRONG! The real facts are (see link below):

"The AIDS epidemic among adolescents in the United States continues to be an increasing concern. The U.S. Centers for... Read more »

Debunking AIDS in Africa

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Where Are the Data?
If four million South Africans are HIV positive, President Mbeki should demand that all four million HIV antibody test results be submitted to him immediately.

Neenyah Ostrom -- 09/26/2001

A high-profile argument has erupted between... Read more »

South Africa releases stats

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

From:
http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/publicationsearch.asp?PN=fqtqz.t&PM=&PY=&PS=1

HIV/AIDS as an official cause of death in the year 2001 as available:

<1 year of age: 1.6% (1999)
1-4 years: 3.0% (down from 3.5% in 1999)
15-24... Read more »

HIV Causes AIDS -- And Knowing It Could Save Your

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HIV Causes AIDS -- And Knowing It Could Save Your Life
By San Francisco AIDS Foundation

While the global HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to rage, a small number of fringe groups have been aggressively promoting misinformation about AIDS. Some claim that... Read more »

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