New approaches to preventing HIV/AIDS needed

Posted by Sarah R

October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Request for HIV/AIDS Grant Proposals
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Know what kind of news totally makes my day? Positive news regarding HIV/AIDS.

Know what kind of news totally makes my week? Positive news regarding women with HIV/AIDS.

While Global Challenges :: Women’s health advocates call for new approaches to preventing HIV/AIDS isn’t the specific type of positive news that would make my month/year/life*, it is encouraging to hear that people are finally really recognizing that women’s HIV/AIDS prevention is so very important. “Bernice Heloo, president of the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa said that women that more women are contracting HIV because of several factors, including gender inequality. “Women are already marginalized, and HIV and AIDS have worsened their plight”.

*The title of that artcile will one day read: HIV/AIDS Cure Discovered

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