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Michel Sidibe, seen here at the Thirteenth International Conference ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:06:09 GMT

(AFP/File) - Michel Sidibe, seen here at the Thirteenth International Conference on AIDS in Africa in 2003. Sidibe, the head of the UNAIDS agency, said the global economic crisis poses a "major threat" to the fight against AIDS in Africa as funding for treatment programmes dries up. He said 96 percent of Africans receiving AIDS medications depend on aid from rich countries.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)

A nurse (L) explains to a patient how to take anti-retroviral ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:14:33 GMT

(AFP/File) - A nurse (L) explains to a patient how to take anti-retroviral drugs at a clinic in South Africa in 2008. Malawi is supplying 250,000 HIV positive citizens with free anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and plans to start producing anti-AIDS drugs locally, President Bingu wa Mutharika said Sunday.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

Howard Schultz, chairman, president and ceo, Starbucks Coffee ...

(AP) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:40:35 GMT

(AP) - Howard Schultz, chairman, president and ceo, Starbucks Coffee Company in conversation with Dr. Jose Nyamusore Mwanza, acting head of TRAC (Treatment and Research AIDS Center) in Rwanda. TRAC is Rwanda's national HIV and AIDS research center which houses the country's busiest/most demanding HIV clinic. TRAC is where antiretroviral therapy, which (RED) helps finance, helps make a difference in peoples' lives, Friday, June 26, 2009. (photo by Riccardo Gangale)

A Cambodian man, right, watches a man who carries belongings ...

(AP) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:09:58 GMT

(AP) - A Cambodian man, right, watches a man who carries belongings before being transported to a new location, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Cambodian authorities on Thursday evicted 20 families afflicted with HIV and AIDS from their homes in Phnom Penh, forcing them to move to a tiny settlement on the capital's outskirts in an action critics charge is discriminatory. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Cambodian boy, left, stands next to his family's household ...

(AP) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:06:49 GMT

(AP) - A Cambodian boy, left, stands next to his family's household belongings before being evicted to a new location, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Cambodian authorities on Thursday evicted 20 families afflicted with HIV and AIDS from their homes in Phnom Penh, forcing them to move to the tiny settlement on the capital's outskirts in an action critics charge is discriminatory. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Indian truck drivers take part in a group discussion to raise ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:32:30 GMT

(AFP/File) - Indian truck drivers take part in a group discussion to raise HIV awareness at Madanayakana Halli on the outskirts of the southern city of Bangalore in November, 2008. NGOs working in AIDS prevention in India have logged countless cases of families rejecting members with HIV, doctors refusing to treat HIV-positive patients and infected children being expelled from schools.(AFP/File/Pedro Ugarte)

his picture taken on May 11, shows Indian couple Rasik Bhuva ...

(AFP) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:32:30 GMT

(AFP) - his picture taken on May 11, shows Indian couple Rasik Bhuva (L) and Alka Bhuva in Surat, 275kms from Ahmedabad. The couple, who are both HIV positive and open about their status, were married in April 2006. Rasik Bhua is a coordinator of the Gujarat Marriage Bureau for People Living with AIDS, which registers wedding proposals for the HIV infected across the country.(AFP)

This picture taken on May 11, shows Indian couple Rasik Bhuva ...

(AFP) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:32:30 GMT

(AFP) - This picture taken on May 11, shows Indian couple Rasik Bhuva (L) and Alka Bhuva in Surat, 275kms from Ahmedabad. The couple, who are both HIV positive and open about their status, were married in April 2006. Rasik Bhua is a coordinator of the Gujarat Marriage Bureau for People Living with AIDS, which registers wedding proposals for the HIV infected across the country.(AFP)

HIV positive Indian couple Rasik Bhuva (left) and Alka Bhuva ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:14:50 GMT

(AFP/File) - HIV positive Indian couple Rasik Bhuva (left) and Alka Bhuva in Surat, 275kms from Ahmedabad(AFP/File/Str)

Indian couple Rasik Bhuva (left) and Alka Bhuva. The couple, ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:14:50 GMT

(AFP/File) - Indian couple Rasik Bhuva (left) and Alka Bhuva. The couple, who are both HIV positive and open about their status, were married in April 2006(AFP/File/Str)

Venus Sharp, of Pasadena, who is HIV positive, joined hundreds ...

(AP) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:26:52 GMT

(AP) - Venus Sharp, of Pasadena, who is HIV positive, joined hundreds of others demonstrating against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's state budget plan at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 10, 2009.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test in 2008 at ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:03:52 GMT

(AFP/File) - A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test in 2008 at the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg. South Africa's AIDS epidemic, the worst in the world, appears to be stabilising with infections among children and teenagers declining, according to a new national study released Tuesday.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)

South African grand mother Lampho looks after her granddaughter ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:30:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - South African grand mother Lampho looks after her granddaughter who was orphaned when her mother died of AIDS. South Africa's AIDS epidemic, the worst in the world, appears to be stabilising with infections among children and teenagers declining, according to a new national study.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

Hospice workers massage the shoulders of HIV positive Nkosinathi ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:42:40 GMT

(Reuters) - Hospice workers massage the shoulders of HIV positive Nkosinathi Mthembu at his home in Esikhawini township, near Empangani, in South Africa's Kwa-Zulu Natal province in this October 13, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/Files