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 PRINTABLE PAGE Brazil’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts Appear to Be Working Originally published by Reuters Health, May 21, 2002 BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) — Up to 25% fewer Brazilians contracted HIV last year than in 2000, a sign that a controversial program…

 PRINTABLE PAGE European Commission Publishes HIV Vertical Transmission Guidelines By Stephen PincockOriginally published by Reuters Health, June 20, 2002 LONDON (Reuters Health) — New guidelines for preventing the spread of HIV from infected women to their infants were released by…

 PRINTABLE PAGE U.N. Redefines AIDS as Issue of Rights and Peril to Poor (The New York Times) By Jennifer SteinhauerOriginally published in The New York Times, June 28, 2001 UNITED NATIONS, June 27 — The General Assembly approved an ambitious…

 PRINTABLE PAGE AIDS Is South Africa’s Biggest Killer Originally published by Reuters Health, October 17, 2001 CAPE TOWN (Reuters Health) — South Africa’s Medical Research Council (MRC) challenged President Thabo Mbeki’s stance on AIDS on Tuesday, saying the disease accounted…

 PRINTABLE PAGE S.Africa Govt Accepts Court Ruling on HIV Drug By John MkhizeOriginally published by Reuters, April 4, 2002 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) — South Africa said on Thursday it would comply with a ruling by the country’s top court that it…

 PRINTABLE PAGE Kaunda Takes HIV Test, Urges Zambians to Do Same By Shapi ShacindaOriginally published by Reuters Health, March 26, 2002 LUSAKA — Former Zambian leader and revered African statesman Kenneth Kaunda took a public HIV test on Tuesday and…