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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a set of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to... Full Article

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  1. AIDS Healthcare Foundation staff and volunteers distribute condoms during the "Condom Nation" tour on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched a "Condom Nation" tour to help promote condom use in an effort to reduce the HIV/AIDS infection rate. ... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 day ago

    AIDS Healthcare Foundation staff and volunteers distribute condoms during the "Condom Nation" tour on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched a "Condom Nation" tour to help promote condom use in an effort to reduce the HIV/AIDS infection rate. ...

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  2. COMMERCIAL IMAGE- In this photo taken by AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Healthcare Foundation staff and volunteers distribute condoms during the "Condom Nation" tour on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched a "Condom Nation"... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 day ago

    COMMERCIAL IMAGE- In this photo taken by AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Healthcare Foundation staff and volunteers distribute condoms during the "Condom Nation" tour on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched a "Condom Nation"...

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  3. Rwanda President Paul Kagame (L) examines HIV/AIDS drugs manufactured by Ugandan company Quality chemicals in an industrial area of Kampala, Uganda on January 27, 2012. Kagame plans to import pharmaceutical drugs for HIV/AIDS and malaria from Uganda. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

    Rwanda President Paul Kagame (L) examines HIV/AIDS drugs manufactured by Ugandan company Quality chemicals in an industrial area of Kampala, Uganda on January 27, 2012. Kagame plans to import pharmaceutical drugs for HIV/AIDS and malaria from Uganda.

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  4. Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o addresses a news conference on HIV/AIDS before the African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match between Gabon and Niger in Libreville, Gabon, January 23, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

    Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o addresses a news conference on HIV/AIDS before the African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match between Gabon and Niger in Libreville, Gabon, January 23, 2012.

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  5. Brazil's Health Minister Alexandre Padilha, right, smiles along with a dancer holding up a condom after the launch of an HIV/AIDS prevention campaign at the Rocinha favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. Brazilian Health Ministry will distribute 84 million condoms... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

    Brazil's Health Minister Alexandre Padilha, right, smiles along with a dancer holding up a condom after the launch of an HIV/AIDS prevention campaign at the Rocinha favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. Brazilian Health Ministry will distribute 84 million condoms...

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  6. Relatives of victims of HIV/AIDS participate in a march on December 1, 2011 in Guatemala City to mark World AIDS Day. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    Relatives of victims of HIV/AIDS participate in a march on December 1, 2011 in Guatemala City to mark World AIDS Day.

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  7. Relatives of victims of HIV/AIDS attend a vigil on December 1, 2011 in Guatemala City to mark World AIDS Day. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    Relatives of victims of HIV/AIDS attend a vigil on December 1, 2011 in Guatemala City to mark World AIDS Day.

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  8. Relatives of victims of HIV/AIDS light candles on December 1, 2011 in Guatemala City to mark World AIDS Day. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    Relatives of victims of HIV/AIDS light candles on December 1, 2011 in Guatemala City to mark World AIDS Day.

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  9. Relatives of HIV/AIDS victims surround a symbol made on the floor with candles on December 1, 2011 in Guatemala City to mark World AIDS Day. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    Relatives of HIV/AIDS victims surround a symbol made on the floor with candles on December 1, 2011 in Guatemala City to mark World AIDS Day.

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  10. Volunteers form a red ribbon during a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in front of historic Taj Mahal on World AIDS Day in the northern Indian city of Agra December 1, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Volunteers form a red ribbon during a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in front of historic Taj Mahal on World AIDS Day in the northern Indian city of Agra December 1, 2011.

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  11. Candles are lit for Danish victims of HIV/AIDS to mark World AIDS day at Nytorv, Copenhagen, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    Candles are lit for Danish victims of HIV/AIDS to mark World AIDS day at Nytorv, Copenhagen, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.

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  12. People hold candles during a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark World AIDS Day in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 1, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    People hold candles during a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark World AIDS Day in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 1, 2011.

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  13. Graphics shows global trends related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    Graphics shows global trends related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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  14. Founder of an HIV/AIDS hospice Phyu Phyu Thin (L) talks to an HIV patient while holding a child with HIV during a ceremony to mark World AIDS Day at the National League for Democracy's head office in Yangon December 1, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Founder of an HIV/AIDS hospice Phyu Phyu Thin (L) talks to an HIV patient while holding a child with HIV during a ceremony to mark World AIDS Day at the National League for Democracy's head office in Yangon December 1, 2011.

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  15. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to HIV/AIDS patients during a ceremony to mark World AIDS Day at the National League for Democracy's head office in Yangon December 1, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to HIV/AIDS patients during a ceremony to mark World AIDS Day at the National League for Democracy's head office in Yangon December 1, 2011.

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  16. A patient receives a dose of generic HIV/AIDS drugs at a hospice for those dying of AIDS, at Wat Prabat Nampu Buddhist temple in Lopburi province on World AIDS day December 1, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    A patient receives a dose of generic HIV/AIDS drugs at a hospice for those dying of AIDS, at Wat Prabat Nampu Buddhist temple in Lopburi province on World AIDS day December 1, 2011.

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  17. A girl who lost her mother to HIV/AIDS looks out the window at Nkosi's Haven, south of Johannesburg November 25, 2011. Nkosi's Haven provides residential care for destitute HIV-positive mothers and their children, whether HIV-positive or not. Nkosi's Haven is named after Nkosi Johnson,... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    A girl who lost her mother to HIV/AIDS looks out the window at Nkosi's Haven, south of Johannesburg November 25, 2011. Nkosi's Haven provides residential care for destitute HIV-positive mothers and their children, whether HIV-positive or not. Nkosi's Haven is named after Nkosi Johnson,...

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  18. A former sex worker cries during a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Hanoi November 27, 2011. More than one hundred groups from the Vietnam Civil Society Partnership Platform on AIDS organized awareness campaigns throughout the country on Sunday to commemorate the deaths of HIV/AIDS... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    A former sex worker cries during a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Hanoi November 27, 2011. More than one hundred groups from the Vietnam Civil Society Partnership Platform on AIDS organized awareness campaigns throughout the country on Sunday to commemorate the deaths of HIV/AIDS...

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  19. A volunteer nurse (C) delivers results of rapid HIV/AIDS tests in a makeshift clinic during a fair organized by the Xochiquetzal Foundation in Managua on November 23, 2011. Every six hours, a Nicaraguan contracted the virus of HIV / AIDS during the first six months of this year, and... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    A volunteer nurse (C) delivers results of rapid HIV/AIDS tests in a makeshift clinic during a fair organized by the Xochiquetzal Foundation in Managua on November 23, 2011. Every six hours, a Nicaraguan contracted the virus of HIV / AIDS during the first six months of this year, and...

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  20. A pregnant woman takes a rapid HIV/AIDS medical test during a fair organized for the Xochiquetzal Foundation in Managua on November 23, 2011. Every six hours, a Nicaraguan contracted the virus of HIV / AIDS during the first six months of this year, and pregnant women are one of the most... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    A pregnant woman takes a rapid HIV/AIDS medical test during a fair organized for the Xochiquetzal Foundation in Managua on November 23, 2011. Every six hours, a Nicaraguan contracted the virus of HIV / AIDS during the first six months of this year, and pregnant women are one of the most...

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  21. College students pose with HIV/AIDS awareness messages painted on their faces during an awareness campaign in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 23, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    College students pose with HIV/AIDS awareness messages painted on their faces during an awareness campaign in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 23, 2011.

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  22. College students form a red ribbon during a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 17, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

    College students form a red ribbon during a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 17, 2011.

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  23. WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 7: People fill out paperwork before getting tested for HIV during a free HIV testing event at by the Whitman-Walker Health February 7, 2012 in Washington, DC. Whitman-Walker Health held the event to observe National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 7: People fill out paperwork before getting tested for HIV during a free HIV testing event at by the Whitman-Walker Health February 7, 2012 in Washington, DC. Whitman-Walker Health held the event to observe National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

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  24. WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 7: Volunteers separate condoms to give away during a free HIV testing event at by the Whitman-Walker Health February 7, 2012 in Washington, DC. Whitman-Walker Health held the event to observe National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 7: Volunteers separate condoms to give away during a free HIV testing event at by the Whitman-Walker Health February 7, 2012 in Washington, DC. Whitman-Walker Health held the event to observe National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

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  25. WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 7: Volunteers direct a passerby towards a free HIV testing event at by the Whitman-Walker Health February 7, 2012 in Washington, DC. Whitman-Walker Health held the event to observe National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 7: Volunteers direct a passerby towards a free HIV testing event at by the Whitman-Walker Health February 7, 2012 in Washington, DC. Whitman-Walker Health held the event to observe National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation staff and volunteers distribute condoms during the "Condom Nation" tour on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 in Oakland, Calif. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation launched a "Condom Nation" tour to help promote condom use in an effort to reduce the HIV/AIDS infection rate. ...

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  1. Based on studies, there are still many activities that we need to ramp up, including improving the quality of health services for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention
    SOURCE: The Jakarta Globe 1 month ago
  2. All sides, from the government to community organizations, must work together to help carry out HIV/AIDS mitigation programs
    SOURCE: The Jakarta Globe 1 month ago
  3. Mike was a tireless crusader for HIV/AIDS for over two decades. He was open about being HIV positive and courageously fought the system to help with funding, awareness and care
    SOURCE: On Top Magazine 1 month ago
  4. East Jakarta contained 28 percent of the total number of HIV/AIDS cases in Jakarta – the highest among other municipalities – followed by West Jakarta with 23 percent, Central Jakarta 20 percent, North Jakarta 14 percent and South Jakarta 15 percent
    SOURCE: The Jakarta Post 1 month ago
  5. poverty, crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, academic failure, dropouts, gangs, and other challenges
    SOURCE: AlterNet.org 1 month ago
  6. In China, there is still no specific article in the criminal law pertaining to the intentional transmission of HIV/AIDS
    SOURCE: China Daily 2 months ago
  7. HIV/AIDS is a serious infectious disease affecting both public health and the economy
    – Chen Zhu SOURCE: China Daily 2 months ago
  8. We have been striving to expand and intensify the comprehensive and unified fight that is going on against HIV/AIDS in this city ... To detect infections early, it's important that the community clinics provide basic advice and consulting.
    SOURCE: China Daily 2 months ago
  9. They will not go to have HIV/AIDS testing anymore
    SOURCE: China Daily 2 months ago
  10. To raise awareness on HIV/AIDS, debates, skits, quiz and drawing competitions were organized at these schools and colleges. Our society also runs adolescent education program in these 315 schools and Red Ribbon clubs at the 135 colleges.
    SOURCE: Times of India 2 months ago
  11. I want the American people to understand the irreplaceable role the United States has played in the fight against HIV/AIDS. It is their tax dollars, our tax dollars, that have made this possible, and we need to keep going.
    SOURCE: Center For American Progress 2 months ago
  12. The idea was really simple — let's get as nutritious and high calorie, high protein meals as we can ... The desserts were huge and amazing in those early years. So let's get those to people with HIV/AIDS.
    SOURCE: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio 2 months ago
  13. Of course that has direct ramifications for the kinds of nutrition and meals we're providing ... Now you're trying to take into account disease A, HIV/AIDS, but then you have this contributing factor of diabetes, or obesity, or high cholesterol. And it becomes very complicated.
    SOURCE: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio 2 months ago
  14. Subsidies and salaries of people directly involved in HIV/AIDS treatment will be included in government's fiscal budget
    SOURCE: China Daily 2 months ago
  15. We are facing a serious situation. We are seeing some of the most promising developments in more than a decade of treating patients living with HIV/AIDS, with the potential to turn this epidemic around. Yet these promises will come to nothing if there is not enough funding; we are even running a serious...
    SOURCE: PRWeb 2 months ago
  16. We are facing a serious situation. We are seeing some of the most promising developments in more than a decade of treating patients living with HIV/AIDS, with the potential to turn this epidemic around. Yet these promises will come to nothing if there is not enough funding; we are even running a serious...
    SOURCE: PRWeb 2 months ago
  17. a tremendous opportunity for us to focus on HIV/AIDS prevention work abroad but also domestically
    SOURCE: Ragan PR Blog 2 months ago
  18. While our work in treating HIV/AIDS is not yet done, during this World AIDS Day we take time to reflect on all that BIPAI has accomplished, and the promise of our ongoing efforts to create a healthier life for children across the globe.
    SOURCE: Focus Daily News 2 months ago
  19. You can bet their will be more chapters. It may be the fourth or fifth critical moment where the folks working with people with HIV/AIDS have needed to evolve with an ever- changing situation
    SOURCE: Newshour With Jim Lehrer 2 months ago
  20. A recent OECD survey of studies into the economic costs of HIV/AIDS suggests the disease slows the pace of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2 – 4% per annum.
    SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News 2 months ago
  21. Every year, during the first week of December, we recognize HIV/AIDS awareness week in all of our schools
    SOURCE: Massapequa Patch 2 months ago
  22. The reality is that Wall Street crashed our economy, and now politicians are saying there’s less money for basic needs like healthcare and housing, or for keeping their promise to fund HIV/AIDS treatment overseas.
    SOURCE: Joe. My. God. 2 months ago
  23. Some transport sectors have been much more badly hit than others by HIV/AIDS, but none is immune, and anyone who ignores that fact risks letting down all those who are affected. That’s why we began this research and why we will now dedicate ourselves to doing our best to put in place the practices that ...
    SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News 2 months ago
  24. World AIDS day also creates dialogue and conversations regarding HIV/AIDS as an issue that goes beyond breaking stereotypes and stigma, recognizing that to stop AIDS, we need to fight sexism, racism, poverty, sex-negativity and the struggle to attain adequate health care, including preventative [healthc...
    SOURCE: The Rebel Yell 2 months ago
  25. We hope this marks the end of donors walking away from supporting global HIV/AIDS, despite evidence that the epidemic can be reversed.
    SOURCE: Reuters 2 months ago