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Indian and SA firms in deal to market Aids drugs
India's largest pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories has said that it has signed a deal to form a joint venture with South Africa's Community Investment Holdings to sell low-cost generic Aids drugs in Africa.
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Social marketing possibly yielding Aids success
Social marketing campaigns to promote behaviour change may be responsible for Kenya's reduced HIV and Aids infection rates, according to Warren Buckingham, the US resident global Aids co-ordinator.
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:: Treatment & Therapy :: Vaccines & Science
Behaviour changed Aids epidemic in Zimbabwe - study
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People in Zimbabwe, a country hard hit by Aids, have been able to slow the spread of the virus by changing their sexual behaviour, according to researchers.
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New vaccine trials kick off in Kenya
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Kenya, together with the International Aids Vaccine Initiative and US National Institute of Health, has launched a new HIV vaccine trial in the capital, Nairobi..
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:: Life with HIV/Aids :: Business & Economics
Ugandan adults leading with HIV infection numbers - survey
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HIV and Aids infection rates have shifted from Uganda's youth to older people, the latest population-based national sero survey has revealed.
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Workplace Aids discrimination still rife, says ALP
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Reports of workplace HIV and Aids discrimination are still common in South Africa, despite most businesses having policies in place, according to the Johannesburg-based Aids Law Project.
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Thai Aids death toll dropped sharply in 2005
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The number of deaths from Aids last year fell sharply because of much wider access to anti-retroviral drugs in Thailand, the public health ministry says.
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Best practice to beat epidemic
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A new best-practices manual, detailing 20 case-studies of small and medium sized enterprises across Southern Africa that have successfully implemented HIV and Aids workplace programmes, provides a vital yardstick for the under-resourced SMME sector in the region.
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