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Circumcision, microbicides and microfinance ...

Filed in archive Int'l Development by mstandaert on December 03, 2006

Circumcision, microbicides and microfinance ...
The new ways to fight AIDS. From the AP, via the Detroit Free Press:

In the study, 430 women in rural South Africa were loaned money to start small businesses. With economic and social independence, women were no longer obligated to remain in violent relationships.

Rates of HIV infection continue to grow, with 4 million new cases worldwide every year. Only in sub-Saharan Africa is AIDS really hitting the general population. In the rest of the world, intravenous drug users, prostitutes and gay men are at highest risk.

"You have to focus on where transmission is actually occurring," said Dr. Kevin De cocklinks, director of the HIV/AIDS department at the World Health Organization.


In other AIDS and development stories:

*UN leaders underline the need for accountability when it comes to dealing with AIDS ...

*Empowering women reduces domestic violence, AIDS risks ...






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