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 PRINTABLE PAGE EU Proposes Easing WTO Rules to Improve Access to Drugs Originally published by Reuters Health, March 5, 2002 GENEVA (Reuters) — The European Union (EU) on Tuesday proposed easing World Trade Organisation (WTO) patent protection rules to allow…

 PRINTABLE PAGE UN Says India May Overtake South Africa in AIDS Cases Originally published by Reuters Health, May 2, 2002 DELHI, India (Reuters) — India will have the largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in a few years, overtaking…

 PRINTABLE PAGE Zimbabwe Declares Emergency to Fight AIDS Originally published by Reuters Health, May 27, 2002 HARARE (Reuters) — The Zimbabwean government has declared a six-month emergency period to deal with one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS infections in…

 PRINTABLE PAGE Sexually Transmitted Infections Increasing in Western Europe Originally published by Reuters Health, May 31, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — From the late 1980s through the early 1990s, sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates fell in many western European…

 PRINTABLE PAGE South African Court Allows Government to Appeal AIDS Ruling (Reuters Health) Originally published by Reuters Health, March 11, 2002 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A South African judge said on Monday the government could appeal a court ruling compelling…

 PRINTABLE PAGE Recombinant Forms of HIV Spreading Globally Originally published by Reuters Health, May 7, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Newly identified recombinant forms of HIV-1 are being spread to diverse geographic regions, investigators report, which could have implications…

 PRINTABLE PAGE HIV Infections Top 1 Million in Eastern Europe Originally published by Reuters Health, November 28, 2001 WESTPORT, CT — The AIDS epidemic is spreading rapidly in Eastern Europe and Asia; it is threatening the regional stability in Africa;…

 PRINTABLE PAGE South Africa Health Minister Slams Global AIDS Fund Originally published by Reuters Press, July 22, 2002 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) — South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has slammed the Global Fund for Aids for its donor policies,…

 PRINTABLE PAGE HIV Prevalence in a Gold Mining Camp in the Amazon Region, Guyana By Carol J. Palmer, Lloyd Validum, Bernard Loeffke, Harold E. Laubach, Chris Mitchell, Rudy Cummings, Raul R. CuadradoOriginally published in Emerging Infectious Diseases 8(3), 2002 Introduction…