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AIDS: great expectations (part 2)
19/07/2010 - THE DEBATE

AIDS: great expectations (part 2)

With less funding to go around for the fight against AIDS, Tim Martineau of UNAIDS worries policymakers may spend less on prevention. Also joining François Picard in the France 24 Debate: Canadian doctor Rafick-Pierre Sekaly, whose team is working on a cure for the pandemic; Judith Cornell of Unesco; and Jean-Baptiste, an Ivorian who tells us about his experience living healthily with HIV in the Ivory Coast for the past 15 years.
AIDS: great expectations
19/07/2010 - THE DEBATE

AIDS: great expectations

With less funding to go around for the fight against AIDS, Tim Martineau of UNAIDS worries policymakers may spend less on prevention. Also joining François Picard in the France 24 Debate: Canadian doctor Rafick-Pierre Sekaly, whose team is working on a cure for the pandemic; Judith Cornell of Unesco; and Jean-Baptiste, an Ivorian who tells us about his experience living healthily with HIV in the Ivory Coast for the past 15 years.
AIDS: a forgotten cause?
19/07/2010 - TALKING POINTS

AIDS: a forgotten cause?

Will the economic crisis kill the momentum in the fight against HIV and AIDS? As the 18th international conference to discuss the issue gets underway in Vienna, the question of whether the West will be able to find treatments and a vaccine has taken on a new urgency.
Bill Clinton urges less waste in fight against AIDS
19/07/2010 - HEALTH

Bill Clinton urges less waste in fight against AIDS

Former US President Bill Clinton said at an international AIDS conference in Vienna that too much money aimed at combating AIDS is misspent and that funding should go directly to local organisations and national health projects.
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Lesotho's AIDS crisis
19/07/2010 - LESOTHO

Lesotho's AIDS crisis

Poverty and HIV: a lethal cocktail for the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho. With a quarter of its population infected with the virus, the country is wondering if it still has a future. Some are even asking if relinquishing sovereignty and calling for South African rule could be a solution...
200 year old champagne found in a shipwreck- and it's still drinkable!
19/07/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

200 year old champagne found in a shipwreck- and it's still drinkable!

In today's French newspapers: the police are under fire for reacting too harshly to riots in Grenoble, the scandal grows around Labour minister Eric Woerth, and 200 year old champagne has been found at the bottom of the sea.
Economic slump stalls efforts to fight HIV as AIDS summit begins
18/07/2010 - HEALTH

Economic slump stalls efforts to fight HIV as AIDS summit begins

The fight against HIV and AIDS is under threat from stalled economies that have caused governments around the world to cut back on funding to fight the disease, activists said, as the 18th global conference on AIDS began in Vienna on Sunday.
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After shock, recovery efforts meet AIDS threat
05/02/2010 - HAITI EARTHQUAKE

After shock, recovery efforts meet AIDS threat

As international relief reaches a growing number of Haitians, the UN says the country’s AIDS response network is also recovering, but warns that thousands of displaced people, especially mothers and children, face a heightened HIV threat.
Washington lifts travel ban on people with HIV/AIDS
04/01/2010 - USA

Washington lifts travel ban on people with HIV/AIDS

The United States has lifted a decades-old ban that prevented individuals with HIV/AIDS from entering the country. Human rights groups praised Washington for putting to an end this "discriminatory and harmful policy".
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Fighting the flu with the common cold
06/12/2009 - HEALTH

Fighting the flu with the common cold

Putting pandemics under the microscope, HEALTH checks up on HIV before turning to look at changes taking place in the new flu, Influenza A.
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