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Botswana

Botswana President Starts Lesotho Visit, AIDS on Agenda (April 14, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Senator Frist Calls Botswana's "Political Will" Model for Other Countries Fighting HIV/AIDS (August 27, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Botswana Human Rights Group Says Country Offers No Protection to Participants in HIV Vaccine Trial (August 19, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Bush Tells Botswana U.S. Will Be Its Partner in Fighting AIDS (July 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Congo

Trade Unions in Two Congos Call for AIDS Programs (November 6, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ethiopia

U.S. Official Visits Ethiopia Over AIDS (November 15, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kenya

Kenya's National AIDS Control Council Says That Recent Violence, Sexual Assaults Will Reverse Gains Made Against HIV/AIDS (January 3, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Kenya: AIDS Council Director Replaced (August 28, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
UN Envoy Praises Kenya's New Government for Its Fight Against AIDS (May 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kenyan President to Set Up Cabinet Committee on HIV/AIDS (March 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Lesotho

Senior Church Leaders in Lesotho Pledge to Fight AIDS (July 13, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Lesotho Proposes Death Penalty for HIV-Positive Rapists (August 8, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Namibia

Namibia: New Directorate to Tackle AIDS, TB and Malaria (June 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Nigeria

Nigeria: African Nations Step Up Polio Battle as Vaccine Opponents Signal End to Boycott (May 18, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nigerian Leader Confirms Polio Vaccine Not Tainted With HIV (March 18, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nigerian President Launches New HIV/AIDS Policy Aimed at Reducing Stigma (August 8, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Bush Concludes Africa Trip With Stop in Nigeria; Sees Effects of HIV/AIDS in Person (July 14, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Nigerian AIDS Campaigner, "Hero of Public Health" and Brother of Afrobeat Legend, Dead at 75 (June 4, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nigeria to Apply Uganda's Strategy to Combat HIV/AIDS (April 23, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Government Officials to Submit to HIV/AIDS Tests (January 27, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Swaziland

Swazi King's Use of Ceremony to Choose Wives Sends Wrong Message About Country's HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Critics Say (September 8, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Swazi King's Choice of Teenage Bride Draws Criticism From AIDS Advocates (August 27, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Uganda

Interview With Lillian Mworeko About AIDS Activism in Uganda (Winter 2003/2004)
Lillian works for the National Forum of People Living With HIV/AIDS Networks in Uganda.
In Positives for Positives, from Wyoming: Positives for Positives
Ugandan's Key to White House: AIDS (June 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Legal Changes Needed to Stem the Tide of AIDS in Uganda (April 15, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Uganda Integrates HIV/AIDS in Poverty Eradication (October 29, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Zambia

HIV May Be Destroying African Democracies, Report Warns (June 5, 2007)
From BBC News
HIV Tests for Zambian Defense Recruits Ruled Out (May 30, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zambian Minister Criticized for Suggesting Quarantining AIDS Patients (November 15, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Zanzibar

Zanzibar President Slams Discrimination Against HIV/AIDS Patients (March 17, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Zimbabwe

Some Government Doctors, Nurses in Zimbabwe Return to Work on Humanitarian Grounds, Still Demand Higher Wages (January 4, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Zimbabwe Police Break Up School Meeting on AIDS (June 23, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zimbabwe: Organization to Push for Holistic Treatment of AIDS (May 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zimbabwe Launches HIV/AIDS Advocacy Project (April 21, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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