About 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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UNITED 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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