Zuma Rallies S. Africa to Fight AIDS

"In a culmination of his party’s major shift on AIDS, a disease that has led to plunging life expectancies here, President Jacob Zuma last week definitively rejected his predecessor’s denial of the viral cause of AIDS and of the critical role of antiretroviral drugs in treating it.
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More people are getting AIDS meds worldwide

The UN released some good numbers in the global fight against AIDS:

In 2008, officials estimated more than 4 million people were on AIDS drugs in low- and middle-income countries.
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UN: 4 million on AIDS drugs, others still in need

(London) About 4 million people are now getting AIDS drugs worldwide - a 10-fold jump in five years - but 5 million others are still in dire need of the medicine, U.
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"I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization."

Woo-hoo! Reagan's tax revolution has another victory:

Today's cuts to HIV/AIDS programs include: an 80% reduction in funding for Education & Prevention, a 70% cut in HIV Counseling and Testing, a 50% cut for Early Intervention (that provides primary medical care), a 100% cut in Therapeutic Monitoring Program (the program that monitors the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS drugs administered through the state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program), a 20% cut in Housing and more than a 50% cut in funding for Home and Community-Based Care.
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Governator Slashes AIDS Funding

As feared and protested, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has dramatically slashed funding for California's HIV prevention and AIDS treatment programs.
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MSF: AIDS Drug Shortage Threatens Africa

MSF says AIDS drugs shortage threatens catastrophe in Africa, untold thousands could die
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ACT UP: Protests Planned Over Governator's HIV/AIDS Funding Slash

As California reels deeper into its worst financial crisis in history, Gov. Schwarzenegger has proposed slashing a total of $80M from the state's HIV/AIDS budget.
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