Struggle Of Hiv In Africa

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Jesse Jackson Urges South Africa to Fight HIV/AIDS With Same Vigor Seen in Apartheid Struggle

South Africa needs to fight HIV/AIDS with the same vigor it showed in the fight against apartheid, Rev. Jesse Jackson said during a visit to the country this week, the SAPA/News24.com reports (SAPA/News24.com, 10/25). "Young people dying of AIDS... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Africa Struggles to Spend AIDS Billions

The massive surge in spending to combat Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic is often bottlenecked by disorganized government departments, fledgling community groups and unstable health care systems, aid agency leaders say. Mozambican officials estimate that... Read more »

South Africa: Farm Is Weapon in AIDS Struggle

Sister Love Inc., founded in 1989 to combat HIV/AIDS among African-American women, recently helped purchase a 700-acre farm in Emalahleni (formerly Witbank) South Africa. Sister Love joined partner organizations in Africa and individual donors to... Read more »

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Response to Struggling to carry on....pt 3

Hi Dr Bob,Thanks for the reply. Just to let you know that a good few of my tests did include HIV 2. However, I don't think any have been evaluated for group N and P. Are they worth considering or are their possibility to way out there to worry...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Testing for extremely rare subtypes is not warranted.You're welcome!Dr. BobStruggling to carry on....please reply pt 3!! Jun 30, 2010Dear Dr.Bob,Cant believe Im still writing to you but, Im getting freaked by worsening symptoms!! To... Read more »

Struggling to carry on...pt4 (ANOTHER I'M POSITIVE i'M POSITIVE, 2010)

Dear Dr.Bob,Well Im here again. Im scared still that I do have HIV. I havent had anymore tests since the last time I wrote to you however, the 12 tests Ive had previous were all negative. Anyway, the cause of my digestive problems has been diagnosed...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Struggling to carry on . . . pt 4.Your and your family's symptoms are not suggestive of nor worrisome for HIV disease. Your son did not have a risk that would transmit HIV. You are HIV negative. HIV is not your problem and therefore you... Read more »

Struggling to carry on....please reply pt 3!!

Dear Dr.Bob,Cant believe Im still writing to you but, Im getting freaked by worsening symptoms!!To summarise, I had drunken sex with a black CSW in Germany over 3 years ago now. I cant remember enough about it to know if it was unprotected or not....

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your 11 negative HIV-antibody tests and negative Taqscreen Multiplex Test out three years are definitive, conclusive and WOO-HOO-able. HIV is not your problem. No way. No how. No additional HIV tests are warranted (assuming your HIV-antibody... Read more »

CONFIRMED HIV+ and STRUGGLING

Can you create a new forum for those who are worried that they might be HIV+ and leave this one for those of us who are and who have haard questions related to our confirmed HIV+ status?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Thanks for writing. We could probably fill 20 forums with the number of worried well/worried sick questions that come flying in! We do have our Forum on Safer Sex and HIV Prevention, as well as a bulletin board, already in place. I continue to... Read more »

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please help i am struggling

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

please help me. i new a girl that is hiv
positive. i never had sex with her. but
she is mad and she goes around having sex.
she is mad from me because i refused to have
sex with her. i think that she injected
something into me. the last time i saw
her... Read more »

Struggling to overcome differences with a friend

Posted by Anonymous

My partner is 24. I am 31. He is hiv positive and has been for
just over a year now and we have been together on and off for
only 5 or 6 months. My purpose for writing this is to get things
off my chest and hopfully begin talking with others in my
si... Read more »

Really Struggling

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

I am really struggling, it is Valentine's Day and I have a wonderful girlfriend who I hope to make my wife someday, but I feel as though I have HIV. I have lost 10 pounds in a month have continued pain in my legs, my pants don't fit me anymore... Read more »

Struggling with Dad's Loss & Secrets

Posted by BabuGirl, 4 Replies

My father died in June - having been in the hospital with Pneumonia since April. It was not until a few days before he died that the kids were told that he had AIDS. The stories are not clear - he knew about it for about 15 years, I think he... Read more »

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