"… urists: weak law enforcement, technology and things like that."The face of HIVThe sex industry played a major role in the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic …"

"… ."The face of HIVThe sex industry played a major role in the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Thailand, which recorded its first case of AIDS in 1984. …"

"… es falling dramatically to about 19,000 by 2003.Challenges to fighting the HIV epidemicThailand's government received accolades from governments and nong …"

"… than they were in the 1990s, and as the United Nations Development Program HIV report on Thailand found, prevention services for young people are adequat …"

"… t president, Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986.The face of HIVAccording to the U.S. State Department's Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coo …"

"… populations and 6.4 percent in rural areas.In 2006, the government banned HIV-positive recruits from joining the military, a move it called a "humanitar …"

"… force has suffered from losing soldiers to AIDS.Challenges to fighting the HIV epidemic The northern part of Uganda is held by a rebel group called …"

"… and spawned refugee camps. Violence and displacement are closely linked to HIV infection. According to AIDS activists, many women who contracted HIV thro …"

"… ely, says Messersmith, the Vietnamese government has decided that fighting HIV/AIDS is a priority.The face of HIVIn a country of 84 million people, fewer …"

"… se government has decided that fighting HIV/AIDS is a priority.The face of HIVIn a country of 84 million people, fewer than 300,000 infected people may n …"

"… fected people may not seem like an epidemic. Indeed, as Daniel Levitt, the HIV/AIDS and health programs manager for the U.S. Agency for International Dev …"

"… otswana or Swaziland, where you're very likely to come across someone with HIV in a community, it's less visible." According to Levitt, current estimates …"

"… ptember 2006, despite his opponent's accusations of corruption.The face of HIVThe first AIDS case in Zambia was diagnosed in 1984. Urban areas have infec …"

"… AR), the five-year, $15 billion U.S. initiative to combat AIDS abroad, the HIV epidemic in Zambia disproportionately affects women. Fifty-nine percent of …"

"… disproportionately affects women. Fifty-nine percent of those living with HIV/AIDS are women, and 18 percent of all women are infected, compared with 13 …"

"… mpared with 13 percent of men. Approximately 30 percent of infants born to HIV-positive mothers are also HIV-positive.The disease has taken its toll on c …"

"… expenses among relatives and friends.Until recently, Food for the Hungry's HIV prevention and care activities were smaller side projects to its core food …"

"… itiative to fight AIDS in 15 developing countries with some of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world.Food for the Hungry's grant is part of a $10 …"

"… an is president. Ultimately, two grants were awarded, the grant to work on HIV prevention and another to care for AIDS orphans. Food for the Hungry is th …"

"… ns awarded the money had never before received U.S. government funding for HIV work.In all of its programs, Food for the Hungry works with families and c …"

"… SCM is multifaceted. It assists in the coordination of country support for HIV/AIDS commodity policy; provides training, guidance, management and technic …"

"… ights Watch letter to President Bush opposing a proposed extension to HIV/AIDS funding of the "global gag rule," or "Mexico City" policy, which rest …"

"… about the U.S. government's planned separation of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS services abroad, thereby disqualifying many organizations with integr …"

"… ifying many organizations with integrated programs overseas from receiving HIV/AIDS funding.MSH staff members have also been vocal about concerns from th …"

"… the world. This time, it was not a world war or a stock market crash, but HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.Besides responding to emergencies and developi …"

"… address prevention, particularly among high-risk youth.The organization's HIV/AIDS program — "Scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions Through Expanded Partn …"

"… among high-risk youth.The organization's HIV/AIDS program — "Scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions Through Expanded Partnerships" (STEPs) — began in Mal …"

"… ns villagers to assist the chronically ill and to promote prevention.Other HIV prevention programs are operating in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Georgia, Myanmar, …"

"… ty as the best and only certain way to protect themselves from exposure to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.ABY: Abstinence and behavior cha …"

"… portunistic infections such as certain types of cancers. AIDS is caused by HIV and spread primarily through body fluids, especially blood and semen.Anti- …"

"… y oath: The anti-prostitution loyalty oath is a restriction applied to all HIV/AIDS funding. The amendment that legalized the oath was proposed by Rep. T …"

"… issouri Republican, in July 2004. It mandates that no money designated for HIV/AIDS programs "may be used to promote or advocate the legalization or prac …"

"… ool you. The Ugandan mother of three has a large presence when it comes to HIV/AIDS, the cause to which she's devoted herself since 1993.Were, who began …"

"… just inadequate—they're actually harming women, she says."Treatment [for HIV/AIDS must be] complemented by an effective prevention program," says Were. …"

"… oesn't work."Were's situation is not uncommon. More than 80 percent of new HIV infections in women result from sex with their husband or primary partner. …"

"… ng but one lifetime sex partner, 40 percent of them had been infected with HIV.Nonetheless, the ABC plan—Abstinence, Be faithful and use Condoms—cont …"

"… ” An AIDS-free generation: It seems an audacious goal, considering how the HIV epidemic still is raging around the world.Yet more than 20,000 internation …"

"… idemic still is raging around the world.Yet more than 20,000 international HIV researchers and activists will gather in the nation's capital later this m …"

"… at a turning point."The big new focus is on trying to get more people with HIV treated early, when they're first infected, instead of waiting until they' …"

"… ing, sometimes breathtaking results," in preventing people at high risk of HIV from getting it in some of the hardest-hit countries, using this treatment …"