World AIDS Day Coverage...

I thought I would post a bit from Reuters that offers further links to coverage of the 16th anual International Conference on AIDS. After five months of research looking at how AIDS is affecting populations in Southern Africa, this is especially refreshing for me, as it presents a major call for a shift in how the problem should be approached.

AIDS focus shifts to women and prevention

Reuters - Mon Aug 14, 3:23 PM ET

TORONTO - Researchers, activists and major funders have agreed to a shift in the fight against AIDS to focus on prevention and especially helping women protect themselves. With big pharmaceutical companies making their HIV drugs available cheaply to developing nations and with generic drugs available, speakers at the 16th International Conference on AIDS agreed the focus needs to move to preventing new infections.

• AIDS Treatment Remains a Delicate Balance at NPR
• 'Fight Aids in the way you battled apartheid' at Times of London
• Global Health at Gates Foundation Slideshow: HIV/AIDS Discuss

Off the Wires

• Suffer, little children: AIDS forum spotlights smallest victims AFP - 30 minutes ago
• Black leaders urge fight against AIDS AP - 50 minutes ago
• Cannabis pitched as pain killer at AIDS conference Reuters - 2 hours, 1 minute ago
• AIDS focus shifts from treatment to prevention Reuters - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
• WHO calls for massive increase in global AIDS tests AFP - Mon Aug 14, 4:38 PM ET

» More Off the Wires

News Stories

• Anti-HIV tactics for women urged at Boston Globe - Mon, Aug 14, 2006
• Gates calls for emphasis on HIV prevention at San Francisco Chronicle - Mon, Aug 14, 2006
• Gateses Urge Speed on HIV-Preventive Drugs at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Mon, Aug 14, 2006
• AIDS Effort in Zambia Hailed as a Success at The New York Times (reg. req'd) - Mon, Aug 14, 2006
• Equip women in fight, Gates urges at Toronto Star (reg req'd) - Mon, Aug 14, 2006