Stories Of Hiv/aids In Africa

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Toronto Globe and Mail Examines HIV/AIDS' Effects on Botswana, Once "Africa's Success Story"

The HIV/AIDS epidemic has "robbed" Botswana, which was once described as "Africa's success story," of "many of its dreams," Toronto's Globe and Mail reports. Throughout the 1990s, Botswana consistently was listed at the top of U.N. rankings... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Photo Exhibit Lets Africa AIDS Victims Show Their Own Story

"The House Is Small but the Welcome Is Big," an exhibit featuring photos taken by 18 AIDS-orphaned African children, opens this week at a Denver art gallery. The backers of the project -- which will also be shown in New York, Los Angeles and... Read more »

Living in South Africa With AIDS A Personal Story

My name is Gloria Raletsemo, and I am 31 years old. I was a blood donor before my blood was tested. Then one day, a person from the Border Blood Transfusion Service (BBTS) came to my home for my boyfriend's address so that they could go to him for... Read more »

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Africa: HIV or AIDS

I know this might not be the correct forum for this question, but after reading many Q&A's on this site, I find you to be the best informed on the widest variety of HIV/AIDS topics.When we hear about Africa having a whopping 10 of their...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I am not sure when you say "10" what that refers to. In some African countries, as much as 30% of the adult population is HIV antibody positive. Because of the poor access to expensive HIV drugs many of these people will progress to AIDS... Read more »

Africa: HIV or AIDS

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

We can not look at the global HIV pandemic through the lenses of the West's experience with this virus.Africa is indeed burning. This is no mistake and to believe so is to risk being considered a denialist. Testing of blood with from blood... Read more »

inspiring story.

Dearest Dr bob.When i was 18 on a trip to africa i got rammed by a rhino.. no im not kidding... i lost alot of blood and the only person left that could donate blood was a positive woman named Mahari(or something like that) it was either take the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello "Zero+" Chef,Rammed by a rhino??? An HIV-tainted, but life-saving emergency blood transfusion in Africa??? Hotel school in Switzerland??? Travels through Europe becoming a chef??? Opening a restaurant called "Zero+" and... Read more »

aids in Africa

How come so many people in Africa have aids?...

Response from Maribel Rodriguez-Torres, M.D.

Fundacion Gatroenterologia De Diego

Poor countries,no prevention,no safe sex,no adequate treatment for positive cases,ethnic and cultural issues.... Read more »

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HIV STORY

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Thembi Ngubane.

Twenty-year-old Thembi Ngubane.

Editor's note: Five million South Africans suffer from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. This makes South Africa the hardest-hit country in the world. Fully three-quarters of new cases are girls and young... Read more »

HIV+ stories at http://aidsvideos.org/#stories

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Hi everyone - I have created a new not-for-profit web site called http://www.AIDSvideos.org/ whose mission is to prevent the spread of HIV and to assist those affected by making all the world's HIV/AIDS educational videos in all the world's... Read more »

my doctor told me a story

Posted by BabyPeanut, 1 Reply

At my last appointment my doctor told me the newest thing is that
people in Africa find the phone numbers and E-mail addresses of
doctors over the web and beg for medications as they or relatives are
dying of AIDS. He said that he was negotiating with... Read more »

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