Population Effected By AIDS

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Angola: Around 3.5 Percent of Population Suffers from AIDS

According to figures released at a recent national meeting on AIDS, about 3.5 percent of Angola's population of approximately 12 million have AIDS. Pregnant women and people with TB are the sectors of society at highest risk. The country's... Read more »

India Must Enhance HIV/AIDS Programs in Two Densely Populated States, Among High-Risk Groups, Country's AIDS Director Says

India needs to scale up its HIV/AIDS programs in the two densely populated states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and among high-risk groups such as commercial sex workers and injection drug users, S.Y. Quraishi, director of the country's National AIDS... Read more »

Zimbabwe's Population Stops Growth Due to AIDS

Zimbabwe's population growth is zero due to the death rate from AIDS, local newspapers reported Monday. More than 70 percent of births do no more than replace the growing number of people lost to AIDS, Minister of Health and Child Welfare Timothy... Read more »

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Infection rates of HIV/AIDS on population

How much of the population is infected with HIV and developed AIDS?...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

You can check it out at the UNAIDS or WHO websites.... Read more »

AIDS VIRUS CREATED TO DIMINISH BLACK POPULATION

Hi there Dr. Bob, The other day I read a shocking article on a website claiming that there was substantial evidence that the HIV/AIDS virus was created to destroy the African-American population. I may not know much about the history of the virus,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I suppose if you look hard enough, you can find an article on the Web that says just about anything. This particular conspiracy theory has been floating around for quite some time and has as much credibility as Fox News reporting on WMD's... Read more »

Prevent HIV in population

Hi, Dr. Horwath. Is it possible to contract HIV if both male and female are HIV negative, while they don't use any contraceptives at all?...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

No.... Read more »

segments of population affected

Which segments of the population are most affected by the AIDS epidemic?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. Simply put, EVERY segment of thepopulation has been significantly affected by this epidemic, in one respector another. Not everyone has put themselves at risk of infection. But thisdisease has significantly... Read more »

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Which cities have highest HIV populations?

Posted by livesinadream

I'm wondering which cities in the US and frankly worldwide have the highest population living with HIV. I'm wondering because I live in the midwest with a rather small population and I am considering moving somewhere were the prevlance is much... Read more »

HIV/AIDS in Black America: The Uphill Battle

Posted by bartleby

"Black Americans account for only 14 percent of the U.S. population, yet they account for 52 percent of all new HIV infections each year. It's official: Regardless of race, we cannot afford to be in denial and believe that HIV is a white, gay... Read more »

Age of AIDS to air on PBS May 30 and 31

Posted by ScotCharles, 2 Replies

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/

PBS Frontline will air a documentary on HIV/AIDS from the first mysterious cases in the late 70's to the present pandemic. Should be excellent, especially for all you young'un's who don't know how far we... Read more »

National HIV/AIDS Coordinator

Posted by Anonymous

The Ministry of Health and Welfare, Government of the British Virgin Islands, is seeking to fill the post of National HIV/AIDS Coordinator. The successful applicant must have several years experience working in an AIDS programme and will be... Read more »

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