<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - AIDS in Africa</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/aidsinafrica?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><description>AIDS in Africa</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Raising Voices to Raise Awareness]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26364-2003Jun6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26364-2003Jun6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Watoto Children's Choir from Uganda tours the U.S. to aid fellow orphans and spotlight the devastation of AIDS]]></description><author> William Branigin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIDS Begins Widening Its Reach in India]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41920-2003Jun10.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41920-2003Jun10.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Experts are seeing the start of the disease's long-awaited breakout from traditional high-risk groups such as prostitutes and drug users into India's general population.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serious  Business]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47861-2003Jun12.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47861-2003Jun12.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS 2003 awards dinner took place Wednesday evening at the Kennedy Center. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"color="#666666"><B>- By Roxanne Roberts</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Roxanne Roberts</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ancestry of AIDS Virus Is Traced]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52394-2003Jun12.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52394-2003Jun12.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New research suggests that chimpanzees and human beings each acquired their versions of the AIDS virus the same way -- by killing and butchering other primates infected with similar microbes.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Big Fortune, a Bigger Crisis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25456-2003Sep30.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25456-2003Sep30.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bill and Melinda Gates devote billions to global health initiatives and their money is being used to dramatically expand and improve international vaccination efforts. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</FONT>]]></description><author> Justin Gillis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIDS Plan Would Cut Drug Costs for Poor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14310-2003Oct24.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14310-2003Oct24.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A plan by the World Health Organization to bring low-cost AIDS drugs to 3 million people in poor countries could cause controversy, as the new three-in-one pills may violate multiple drug patents.]]></description><author> Shankar Vedantam</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton Brokers Deal on AIDS Drugs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8763-2003Oct23.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8763-2003Oct23.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Four foreign companies will provide low-cost AIDS drugs to several nations in Africa and the Caribbean in an agreement brokered by his foundation, the former president said Thursday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Fund Slows Funds Going to Fight 3 Diseases]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38342-2003Oct16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38342-2003Oct16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which has awarded $2.1 billion in grants to combat those three diseases since it was founded less than two years ago, has decided to slow the pace of its awards so it does not run out of money.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vatican Official: Condoms Don't Stop AIDS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5864-2003Oct9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5864-2003Oct9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A top Vatican official has told a BBC television program that, contrary to scientific advice, condoms are not effective at stopping the transmission of HIV.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Schooling is Test of Kenya's Resolve]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A265-2003Oct8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A265-2003Oct8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kenya is trying once again to institute free primary education, but lack of teachers and inadequate funding are hampering efforts to fulfill President Mwai Kibaki's campaign vow.]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infections Becoming More Widespread]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60291-2003Jun14.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60291-2003Jun14.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the coming years, scientists say, dangerous new pathogens could arise more frequently, multiplying the misery at a minimum and, in the most dire scenarios, increasing the chances of a cataclysmic plague.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Details African Vision Before Visit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37365-2003Jun26.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37365-2003Jun26.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush, turning his attention to Africa in advance of a six-day trip there next month, called Thursday for the resignation of embattled Liberian President Charles Taylor, and proposed funds for five African states to combat terrorism.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush to Name Ex-Lilly CEO to Run AIDS Fund]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60413-2003Jul1.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60413-2003Jul1.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush plans to name Randall Tobias, a former pharmaceutical executive and Republican activist, to coordinate a $15 billion program to help prevent and treat AIDS in nations of Africa and the Caribbean.]]></description><author> Amy Goldstein and David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Weighs Liberia Peacekeeping]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1053-2003Jul2.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1053-2003Jul2.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Under pressure to send U.S. troops to the West African state of Liberia to help end a brutal civil war, President Bush said Wednesday he is exploring all his options and called on President Charles Taylor to leave the country.]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIDS Funding Is Still Insufficient, U.N. Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42615-2003Sep21.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42615-2003Sep21.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Despite recent increases in spending to fight AIDS in Africa, the anticipated funding of such efforts by 2005 is projected to be about half of what will be needed by then, according to a new U.N. report released Sunday.]]></description><author> Rick Weiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bono Recounts 'Row' With President Over AIDS Funds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21341-2003Sep16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21341-2003Sep16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Irish rock singer Bono confronted President Bush in the Oval Office Tuesday with what AIDS activists say is a vast gap between funding he promised in the State of the Union address and the actual money headed for Africa.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uganda Lauded on AIDS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45748-2003Jul11.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45748-2003Jul11.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[But President Bush's visit also highlighted the limits of the African nation's ability to deal with the disease.]]></description><author> Emily Wax  and Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush to Congress: Fund AIDS Fight]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48784-2003Jul12.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48784-2003Jul12.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bush challenged Congress to increase funding for AIDS and economic development programs for this "continent of possibilities" as he wrapped up his five-country, five-day visit to Africa.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Africa's 'Big Brother' Obsession]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51758-2003Jul13.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51758-2003Jul13.html?nav=rss_world/issues/aidsinafrica</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Forget Africa's civil wars, its brutal dictators and its worries about trade, genetically modified food and free and fair elections. Africa has a new obsession in an unlikely form: a reality television show called "Big Brother Africa."]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item></channel></rss>