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September 17, 2009--OVER 30 MILLION WORLDWIDE ARE INFECTED WITH HIV.

In order to be able to ward off disease pathogens, immune cells must be mobile and be able to establish contact with each other.

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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PRESS RELEASE AUG. 30, 2009 San Francisco Postpones Agency Cuts, Los Angeles AIDS Clearinghouse Closes

In related news, the Los Angeles-based California AIDS Clearinghouse "will cease operations next week after receiving notice that its funding has been completely eliminated......
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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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July 22, 2009--Global AIDS Coordinator Addresses Obama's Global HIV/AIDS Policy Agenda

..."told delegates that a bill to lift the ban on funding needle exchange programmes was working its way through Congress, and restrictions on HIV-infected people entering the U.S. were also almost certain to be lifted in the near future."
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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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