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Acting on AIDS in the News/Social Movements
Laura Bush visits with faith-based workers
Bruce Nolan, The Times-Picayune, May 31, 2008
Video about Cornell University's Acting on AIDS group
MTV "Choose or Loose" video about "Do You See Orange?" campaign at University of Wisconsin, Madison
Student-produced YouTube Video from Lobby Day for Northern Uganda
Global Health and Poverty
Leaders try to rid world of malaria deaths by 2015John Heilprin, Associated Press, Yahoo News, September 25, 2008
Gates gives $168 mln for malaria vaccines research
Leslie Wroughton, Reuters, Yahoo News, September 25, 2008
World leaders to give new impetus to fight against poverty
Gerard Aziakou, AFP, Yahoo News, September 24, 2008
Extreme poverty the focus at U.N. summit
Howeard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, September 24, 2008
Extreme poverty the focus at U.N. summit
Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, September 24, 2008
Failing the world’s poor
editorial, New York Times, September 23, 2008
HIV rates among drug users rising
Matt McGrath, BBC News, September 24, 2008
Understanding malaria through a system that makes parasitic organisms "glow”
WHO: Recalculation cuts malaria cases by half
The number of malaria cases is down sharply, for reasons good and bad
Financial crisis casts cloud over UN poverty meeting
Lesley Wroughton, Mail and Guardian, September 22, 2008
500,000 women die in pregnancy, childbirth: UNICEF
Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters, Yahoo News, September 19, 2008
Malaria deaths halved in seven African countries
Sarah Boseley, Guardian, September 18, 2008
Uganda: Stigma, discrimination holding back HIV fight
IRIN, Reuters AlertNet, September 18, 2008
‘Over 500’ Indian troops have HIV
Subir Bhaumik, BBC News, September 19, 2008
Launch of the Global Malaria Report 2008
Medical News Today, September 17, 2008
HIV epidemic in U.S. a crisis, health officials say
Cynthia Dizikes, Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2008
Policies on AIDS battle right: official
People’s Daily, September 18, 2008
Malaria, HIV interventions help reduce mortality among young children, challenges remain, UNICEF report says
News-Medical, September 16, 2008
No drugs, just take vitamins: the dangerous advice to cure HIV
Chris McGreal, Guardian, September 15, 2008
India: Malaria reaches ‘epidemic’ levels
How we measure poverty
Rebecca M. Blank, Los Angeles Times, September 15, 2008
UNICEF: Under-five death rate drops
United Press International, September 12, 2008
Black women’s burden: An epidemic of HIV
January W. Payne, Yahoo News, September 12, 2008
Huge split in child death rates
BBC News, September 12, 2008
Black clergy ‘committed’ to addressing HIV/AIDS epidemic in community, opinion piece says
Medical News Today, September 10, 2008
Uganda: Genocide by denial
IRIN, Reuters AlertNet, September 10, 2008
Deputy Secretary-General’s remarks about the social and economic dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa
United Nations, All Africa, September 9, 2008
UN seminal about AIDS in Africa
Press Release, United Nations, Scoop.com, September 9, 2008
USAID puts $100 million toward AIDS gel research
Reuters, Yahoo News, September 8, 2008
CARE: Fear of water-borne disease in India flood zones
CRS: Health Dangers Increase in Flood-Stricken India; Reports of Malaria
Malaria in mining – good practice guide
Developing world drug abuse ‘up’
Bethany Bell, BBC News, September 9, 2008
Uganda: Country Prepares for Malaria Vaccine Trials
Exodus Film Group and "Igor" film Join Forces With the "Against Malaria Foundation"
The economic burden of malaria on the household in south-central Vietnam
Circumcision problems impair HIV prevention: study
Laura MacInnis, Reuters, Yahoo News, September 1, 2008
The real numbers on HIV
editorial, New York Times, September 2, 2008
Americans adopt HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia
Anita Powell, Christian Science Monitor, September 2, 2008
Hunger and Food Aid
Report: World faces possible food crisisUnited Press International, September 23, 2008
Today’s photo: Barefoot children at food distribution cneter in Ethiopia
Blog, USA Today, September 24, 2008
Food prices help tip 75 million into hunger in 2007: U.N.
U.N.: 17 million need food in Horn of Africa
Associated Press, MSNBC, September 20, 2008
Long-term global food crisis looms: Experts urge immediate action
Science Daily, September 22, 2008
Billions ‘wasted’ by aid system
BBC News, September 18, 2008
Number of people needing aid in Africa doubles: charity
Reuters, Yahoo News, September 17, 2008
Haiti could face new food crisis after storms
Matthew Bigg, Reuters, Yahoo News, September 15, 2008
Food banks finding aid in bounty of backyard
Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, September 13, 2008
Hunger’s global hotspots: 10 Sep 2008
UN says Ethiopian food shortage now alarming
UN Report: Bio-Fuels Adding to Food Crisis
North Korea wants big harvest amid food shortage
Associated Press, Yahoo News, September 15, 2008
Food aid arrives in Haiti, but delivery is still difficult
Jonathan M. Katz and Alexandra Olson, Christian Science Monitor, September 12, 2008
World Bank ends effort to help Chad ease poverty
Lydia Polgreen, New York Times, September 10, 2008
Food crisis, silent famine to continue: World Bank
UN says Ethiopian food shortage now alarming
Associated Press, Charlotte Observer, September 8, 2008
UN creates West Africa food store
BBC News, September 9, 2008
Conference: Africa's farmers can ease food crisis
Rwanda: Micronutrients Vital for A Healthy Society
Half of all food produced worldwide is wasted
Environment News Sercie, August 22, 2008
N Korea ‘develops special noodle’
BBC News, August 23, 2008
Afghanistan: Time running out to avert winter of hunger warns Oxfam
Oxfam, September 2, 2008
Less talk and more action, global aid conference told
Kwasi Kpodo, Reuters, Yahoo News, September 2, 2008
UN seeks US$60 million for North Korean food aid
Gillian Wong, Associated Press, Yahoo News, September 2, 2008
How can investors help the hungry
G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Christian Science Monitor, August 25, 2008
USAID Expedites Emergency Food Aid to Horn of Africa
Food price rises push 14m to the brink of starvation
Global Conflict, Crises and Child Exploitation
South Africa picks president, but uncertainty remainsBarry Bearak, New York Times, September 25, 2008
Bailout talks implode, leaving economy’s fate unresolved
CNN, September 26, 2008
A heroine from the brothels
op-ed, Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, September 24, 2008
McCain, Obama headed to Washington for bailout talks
CNN, September 25, 2008
‘Financial crisis’
Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, September 24, 2008
More Children Forced Into Early Marriages, New Report Says
The Monitor (Kampala), Sept. 20
U.N. struggles to halt worsening Congo fighting
Joe Bavier, Reuters, Reuters AlertNet, September 21, 2008
Haiti ‘overwhelmed’ after storms
BBC News, September 19, 2008
Armed groups looting DR Congo health centers: UN
AFP, Yahoo News, September 17, 2008
Thousands flee heavy Darfur fighting: aid groups
Andrew Heavens, Reuters, Yahoo News, September 15, 2008
A crisis highlights divisions in Bolivia
Simon Romero, New York Times, September 14, 2008
Child soldiers and the China factor
Jo Becker, International Herald Tribune, September 12, 2008
Death toll rises from mud flow in Chinese village
Keith Bradsher, New York Times, September 11, 2008
Zimbabwe rivals strike a bargain to share power
Celia W. Dugger, New York Times, September 11, 2008
Deadline for Kenyans to quit camp
BBC News, September 11, 2008
‘Progress’ in W Africa drugs war
Will Ross, BBC News, September 11, 2008
100 hostages held by Somali pirates
Ellen Knickmeyer, Washington Post, September 12, 2008
Strong quakes jolt Indonesia, Japan
MSNBC, September 11, 2008
Meager living of Haitians is wiped out by storms
Marc Lacey, New York Times, September 10, 2008
North Korean leader is very ill, U.S. official says
Mark Mazzetti and Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, September 9, 2008
North Korea denies Kim is unwell
BBC News, September 10, 2008
Thai crisis shifts to political bargaining
Seth Mydans, New York Times, September 10, 2008
DR Congo frees goats from prison
BBC News, September 10, 2008
Positive signs at Zimbabwe talks
BBC News, September 10, 2008
Nothing spared: Hurricane Ike ravages Cuba, Haiti
Elaine DeValle, Renato Perez and Frances Robles, Miami Herald, September 9, 2008
The storms in Haiti
Editorial, Washington Post, September 9, 2008
Residents angry at pace of rescue in Cairo slum
Ellen Knickmeyer, Washington Post, September 9, 2008
Sex tourism, incredible India’s dark side
IBN Live, September 7, 2008
The hidden costs of being a child bride
IRIN (UN News Service) Plus News, 8 Sept 2008
Thai capital stand-off continues
BBC News, September 3, 2008
Armed and victimized: Congo’s child soldiers
Ann Curry, MSNCB, August 29, 2008
American arrested on child sex charge in Cambodia
Associated Press, Yahoo News, September 2, 2008
Aid in the aftermath
Lynn Vincent, World Magazine, September 2, 2008
Displaced Georgians still face challenges
Associated Press, International Herald Tribune, August 23, 2008