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Breaking News November 9, 2009 WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease in women

GENEVA – In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.

PRESS RELEASE SEPT. 30, 2009---U.N. says millions still lack access to AIDS drugs

More than half of the 9.5 million people who need AIDS drugs cannot get them and 33 million people across the world are still infected......
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Sept. 9, 2009--Chicago-Based Consortium Awarded Major Grant From NIH To Create Center For AIDS Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a consortium of Chicago-based institutions, led by Rush University Medical Center, a five-year, $3.75-million grant......
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ORAL SEX AND HIV RISK

numerous studies have demonstrated that oral sex can result in the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). ...
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Abusive Relationships Increase Women's Risk Of HIV Infection

The results showed that women who experience violence from their partners were more than three times as likely to have HIV infection as women who do not. In addition, almost 12 percent of HIV infection among women was due to intimate partner violence.
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FUNDING for HIV and AIDS epidemic

Large donors rarely provide money directly to organizations at the community level. Instead, they generally give funding to ‘intermediary’ groups, such as government-run AIDS bodies and regional NGOs, who then pass that money on to the community level.
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