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Jose Maria Di Bello (L) and his partner Alex Freyre walk at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:54:52 GMT

(Reuters) - Jose Maria Di Bello (L) and his partner Alex Freyre walk at a hotel after an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires November 25, 2009. Freyre and Di Bello, Latin America's first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license, hope their wedding will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry. The couple are HIV positive and plan to marry on December 1 on World Aids Day. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA POLITICS SOCIETY)

Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre talk at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:52:41 GMT

(Reuters) - Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre talk at a hotel bar after an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires November 25, 2009. Freyre and Di Bello, Latin America's first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license, hope their wedding will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry. The couple are HIV positive and plan to marry on December 1 on World Aids Day. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA POLITICS SOCIETY)

Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre pose at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:51:31 GMT

(Reuters) - Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre pose at a hotel after an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires November 25, 2009. Freyre and Di Bello, Latin America's first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license, hope their wedding will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry. The couple are HIV positive and plan to marry on December 1 on World Aids Day. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA POLITICS SOCIETY)

Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre talk at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:50:25 GMT

Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre walk at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:49:09 GMT

(Reuters) - Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre walk at a hotel after an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires November 25, 2009. Freyre and Di Bello, Latin America's first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license, hope their wedding will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry. The couple are HIV positive and plan to marry on December 1 on World Aids Day. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA POLITICS SOCIETY)

Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre gesture ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:49:08 GMT

(Reuters) - Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre gesture after an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires November 25, 2009. Freyre and Di Bello, Latin America's first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license, hope their wedding will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry. The couple are HIV positive and plan to marry on December 1 on World Aids Day. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA POLITICS SOCIETY)

Jose Maria Di Bello (L) hugs his partner Alex Freyre at a hotel ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:46:49 GMT

(Reuters) - Jose Maria Di Bello (L) hugs his partner Alex Freyre at a hotel after an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires November 25, 2009. Freyre and Di Bello, Latin America's first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license, hope their wedding will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry. The couple are HIV positive and plan to marry on December 1 on World Aids Day. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA POLITICS SOCIETY)

Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre kiss at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:44:30 GMT

(Reuters) - Jose Maria Di Bello (R) and his partner Alex Freyre kiss at a hotel bar after an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires November 25, 2009. Freyre and Di Bello, Latin America's first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license, hope their wedding will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry. The couple are HIV positive and plan to marry on December 1 on World Aids Day. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA POLITICS SOCIETY)

A nurse at a clinic in Harare. Zimbabwe's ailing public ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:21:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - A nurse at a clinic in Harare. Zimbabwe's ailing public health system will receive a 180 million US dollar boost to fight HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from the Global Fund, state media reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)

A Chinese man flies a "red ribbon" kite by the National ...

(AFP) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:10:40 GMT

(AFP) - A Chinese man flies a "red ribbon" kite by the National Olympic Stadium during an event to commemorate World AIDS Day, in Beijing in 2008. The UN AIDS chief said 50 million people are at risk from the disease in China and the government must do more to reach out to civil society and work with vulnerable groups such as homosexuals.(AFP/Gou Yige)

UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe (L) and assistant director ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:10:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe (L) and assistant director Hiroki Nakatani (R) pose with Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu (C) as they display the organization's annual report during a press conference in Shanghai on November 24. Sidibe said 50 million people are at risk from the disease in China and the government must do more to reach out to civil society and work with vulnerable groups.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)

A Chinese medical worker hands out information on HIV/AIDS together ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:10:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Chinese medical worker hands out information on HIV/AIDS together with free condoms at an event in Beijing in 2008. The UN AIDS chief said 50 million people are at risk from the disease in China and the government must do more to reach out to civil society and work with vulnerable groups such as homosexuals.(AFP/File/Gou Yige)

Michel Sidibe, UNAIDS executive director, attends a press conference ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:10:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - Michel Sidibe, UNAIDS executive director, attends a press conference in Shanghai on November 24. The UN AIDS chief said 50 million people are at risk from the disease in China and the government must do more to reach out to civil society and work with vulnerable groups such as homosexuals.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)

A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test at the Themba ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:32:55 GMT

(AFP/File) - A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test at the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg in 2008. Sub-Saharan Africa still has the world's highest number of HIV cases, accounting for 67 percent of global infections, a United Nations reports said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)

Interactive graphic on AIDS as UNAIDS publishes its 2009 AIDS ...

(AFP iactiv) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:10:57 GMT

(AFP iactiv) - Interactive graphic on AIDS as UNAIDS publishes its 2009 AIDS epidemic update which shows 33.4 million people are living with HIV and two million are dying each year of AIDS-related conditions.(AFP iactiv)

VIDEO: AIDS has now killed 25 million people around the world ...

(AFPTV) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:10:57 GMT

(AFPTV) - VIDEO: AIDS has now killed 25 million people around the world but the number of new infections is slowing sharply, the UN said in its annual report on the crisis. Almost 60 million people have been infected by the HIV virus since it was first recorded but prevention programmes are having a significant impact. Duration: 01:13(AFPTV)

A Zimbabwean orphan displays the anti-retroviral drugs he obtained ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:10:57 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Zimbabwean orphan displays the anti-retroviral drugs he obtained by walking across a mountain range and crossing into Mozambique. AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said in an annual report on the crisis that mixed hope with a warning against complacency.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

A nurse gives anti-retroviral drugs to a patient at a clinic ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:10:57 GMT

(AFP/File) - A nurse gives anti-retroviral drugs to a patient at a clinic in Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal. AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said in an annual report on the crisis that mixed hope with a warning against complacency.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections ...

(AFP/Graphic/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:25:14 GMT

(AFP/Graphic/File) - AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said in an annual report on the crisis that mixed hope with a warning against complacency.(AFP/Graphic/File)

Video: Researchers said that an experimental AIDS vaccine has ...

(AFPTV) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:22:47 GMT

(AFPTV) - Video: Researchers said that an experimental AIDS vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection in a "breakthrough" in the quarter-century battle against the deadly epidemic. Duration: 01:22(AFPTV)

Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:27:39 GMT

(AP) - Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) speaks during the launch press conference of a new UN report ahead of World AIDS Day entitled UNAIDS Outlook 2010 Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009 in Shanghai, China. A United Nations report says that the virus that causes AIDS is spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend requiring changes in strategy to fight the disease. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:24:28 GMT

(AP) - Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), left, speaks as Chen Zhu, Chinese Minister of Health, listens during the launch press conference of a new UN report ahead of World AIDS Day entitled UNAIDS Outlook 2010 Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009 in Shanghai, China. A United Nations report says that the virus that causes AIDS is spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend requiring changes in strategy to fight the disease. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Chen Zhu, Chinese Minister of Health, speaks during the launch ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:18:37 GMT

(AP) - Chen Zhu, Chinese Minister of Health, speaks during the launch press conference of a new UN report ahead of World AIDS Day entitled UNAIDS Outlook 2010 Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Shanghai, China. A United Nations report says that the virus that causes AIDS is spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend requiring changes in strategy to fight the disease. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:15:25 GMT

(AP) - Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) speaks as he shows the agency's new report entitled UNAIDS Outlook 2010 during its launch press conference ahead of World AIDS Day on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Shanghai, China. A United Nations report says that the virus that causes AIDS is spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend requiring changes in strategy to fight the disease. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Pakistani HIV patient Rubina Naz at a rehabilitation centre ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:50:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Pakistani HIV patient Rubina Naz at a rehabilitation centre in Karachi. Almost 60 million people have been infected by HIV and 25 million people killed by causes related to the virus since the epidemic started, according to new data published by UNAIDS.(AFP/File/Rizwan Tabassum)

A nurse gives anti-retroviral drugs to a patient at a clinic ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:50:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - A nurse gives anti-retroviral drugs to a patient at a clinic in Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal. Almost 60 million people have been infected by HIV and 25 million people killed by causes related to the virus since the epidemic started, according to new data published by UNAIDS.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe holds a report issued ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:37:24 GMT

(Reuters) - UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe holds a report issued by the World Health Organisation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) during a newsconference in Shanghai November 24, 2009. An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the report issued on Tuesday in Shanghai. REUERS/Stringer (CHINA HEALTH) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test in Johannesburg. ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test in Johannesburg. New HIV infections have fallen by 17 percent over the past eight years, UNAIDS said Tuesday, noting that prevention programmes were having an impact.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)

University students carry large red ribbons on a street during ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - University students carry large red ribbons on a street during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally ahead of World AIDS day in Shenyang, Liaoning province November 29, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

A man holds up a rainbow flag during a march in Lima November ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:55:20 GMT

(Reuters) - A man holds up a rainbow flag during a march in Lima November 23, 2009. Hundreds of sex workers, lesbians, homosexuals, transgenders and HIV positive people marched in the streets of Lima on Monday to sensitize the government and people to their situation and to fight for their rights following the V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS, which took place in the city from November 21-23. REUTERS/Janine Costa (PERU POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

People march in Lima, November 23, 2009. Hundreds of sex workers, ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:55:18 GMT

(Reuters) - People march in Lima, November 23, 2009. Hundreds of sex workers, lesbians, homosexuals, transgenders and HIV positive people marched in the streets of Lima on Monday to sensitize the government and people to their situation and to fight for their rights following the V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS, which took place in the city from November 21-23. REUTERS/Janine Costa (PERU POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

A woman holds a sign reading "More Peace, less AIDS" ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman holds a sign reading "More Peace, less AIDS" during a march in Lima November 23, 2009. Hundreds of sex workers, lesbians, homosexuals, transgenders and HIV positive people marched in the streets of Lima on Monday to sensitize the government and people to their situation and to fight for their rights following the V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS, which took place in the city from November 21-23. REUTERS/Janine Costa (PERU POLITICS CONFLICT HEALTH)

A view of the Marigny theater in Paris on the first of four ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - A view of the Marigny theater in Paris on the first of four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. Buyers from Asia purchased all but one of the top 10 priciest items at the sale of the last belongings of late couturier Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge, Christie's said Friday.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)

Pierre Berge, French businessman and partner of late fashion ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:44:58 GMT

(Reuters) - Pierre Berge, French businessman and partner of late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, leaves after the Christie's auction of art works belonging to him and to his companion late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at Marigny theater in Paris November 20, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-20, included almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)

Pierre Berge, French businessman and partner of late fashion ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:40:17 GMT

(Reuters) - Pierre Berge, French businessman and partner of late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, applauds at the end of the Christie's auction of art works belonging to him and to his companion late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at Marigny theater in Paris November 20, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-19, will include almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE SOCIETY)

Pierre Berge (R), French businessman and partner of late fashion ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:38:09 GMT

(Reuters) - Pierre Berge (R), French businessman and partner of late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, leaves after the Christie's auction of art works belonging to him and to his companion late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at Marigny theater in Paris November 20, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-20, included almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE SOCIETY)

Pierre Berge, French businessman and partner of late fashion ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:37:02 GMT

Pierre Berge, French businessman and partner of late fashion ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:49 GMT

Decriminalizing prostitution for the 2010 World Cup in South ...

(AFPTV) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:03 GMT

(AFPTV) - Decriminalizing prostitution for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa could help stop the spread of HIV and AIDS. That's the claim made by a leading HIV research unit, but religious groups are against the proposals. Duration: 02:04(AFPTV)

FILE -This Dec. 7, 2008 file photo shows children collecting ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:38:36 GMT

(AP) - FILE -This Dec. 7, 2008 file photo shows children collecting stagnant water for use at home in Glen View, Harare, Zimbabwe. Even though cheap tools could prevent and cure diarrhea and pneumonia, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each year globally, which is more than HIV and malaria combined. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

FILE - This Dec. 11, 2008 file photo shows a young boy drinking ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:36:40 GMT

(AP) - FILE - This Dec. 11, 2008 file photo shows a young boy drinking clean water from a borehole in Harare, Zimbabwe. Even though cheap tools could prevent and cure diarrhea and pneumonia, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each year globally, which is more than HIV and malaria combined. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2008 file photo shows a young boy fetching ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:34:32 GMT

(AP) - FILE - This Dec. 3, 2008 file photo shows a young boy fetching water from a river after bathing in Harare, Zimbabwe. Even though cheap tools could prevent and cure diarrhea and pneumonia, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each year globally, which is more than HIV and malaria combined. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

FILE -This Nov. 25, 2008 file photo shows a Zimbabwean woman ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:25 GMT

(AP) - FILE -This Nov. 25, 2008 file photo shows a Zimbabwean woman with child waiting for treatment in a makeshift tent in the General Hospital's gardens in Musina, South Africa. Even though cheap tools could prevent and cure diarrhea and pneumonia, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each year globally, which is more than HIV and malaria combined. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

FILE - This Dec. 8, 2008 file photo shows a baby drinking water ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:31:02 GMT

(AP) - FILE - This Dec. 8, 2008 file photo shows a baby drinking water from her mother's hand in Harare, Zimbabwe. Even though cheap tools could prevent and cure diarrhea and pneumonia, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each year globally, which is more than HIV and malaria combined. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

FILE - This Dec. 9, 2008 file photo shows two women, with babies ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:29:45 GMT

(AP) - FILE - This Dec. 9, 2008 file photo shows two women, with babies on their backs, going home after collecting water from a UNICEF water point in Harare, Zimbabwe. Even though cheap tools could prevent and cure diarrhea and pneumonia, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each year globally, which is more than HIV and malaria combined. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

French businessman and head of Sidaction organisation Pierre ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:48 GMT

(AFP) - French businessman and head of Sidaction organisation Pierre Berge(C) attends the first of the four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS.(AFP/Jacques Demarthon)

People at a theater in Paris attend the first of the four auction ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:48 GMT

(AFP) - People at a theater in Paris attend the first of the four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS.(AFP/Jacques Demarthon)

Moujok, the dog of French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:48 GMT

(AFP) - Moujok, the dog of French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, sits at Marigny theater in Paris, on the first of the four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS.(AFP/Jacques Demarthon)

Moujik, the late French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent's ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:36:58 GMT

(AFP) - Moujik, the late French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent's bulldog, is pictured at Marigny Theatre in Paris, on the first day of a four-day auction of Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge's collection, profits from which will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS.(AFP/Jacques Demarthon)

Members of Christie's sell by auction art works belonging ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:37:24 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of Christie's sell by auction art works belonging to late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his companion and business partner Pierre Berge at Marigny theater in Paris November 17, 2009. The first art sale, held in February, raised more than 370 million euros ($555.2 million) and proceeds from both sales will be donated to AIDS research. The second sale, on November 17-19, will include almost 1,200 works housed in Chateau Gabriel, a 19th-century Normandy country house bought by the couple in the 1980s, as well as their two Paris residences. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)