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AIDS – A New Approach

A New ApproachAbout 30 years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a new strategy is being launched to better respond to the needs of women and children.

The research agenda – called Asking the Right Questions – includes 20 specific recommendations to expand and improve care and treatment. The initiative is a joint effort by the International AIDS Society (IAS), U.N. agencies, researchers and civil society.

IAS Executive Director Robin Gorna says, “We’re nearly three decades into the epidemic and we have the depressing news that AIDS is now the leading cause of death of women of reproductive age across the globe,” she says.

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Ugandan Rebels Seek Refuge in Sudan's Darfur: Report

KonyUNITED NATIONS - Ugandan rebels notorious for mutilating their victims and abducting children have found a safe haven in Sudan's western Darfur region, an anti-genocide group said in a report that Khartoum dismissed as a lie.

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Poverty in Somalia Forces Children onto Streets

Somali KidsBOSASSO, 8 March 2010 - A long civil war, frequent droughts, unemployment and high food prices have led to an increase in the number of street children in Bosasso, the commercial capital of Somalia’s self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, with NGOs and government officials calling for urgent steps to resolve the problem.

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Moon Appeals for Calm in Togo

togoSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for calm in Togo, where the provisional results of the 4 March presidential election were announced on Saturday, and for any grievances to be resolved through the proper channels.

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Stop Rape Now!

Stop Rape NowThe 8 March is International Woman’s Day and A24media is lending its support to this important occasion by supporting UN Action’s Stop Rape Now campaign.

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