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August
15, 2006
International
AIDS Conference Focuses on Prevention, New Infections
Former
NewsHour correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports from an
international AIDS conference in Canada about the impacts in Africa
and the increase in U.S. cases. Hunter-Gault interviewed former
President Clinton and Microsoft founder and AIDS activist Bill
Gates during her time at the conference.
August
2, 2006
Washington
Offers Free HIV Tests to Combat Spread of Disease
Washington, D.C. has begun offering a rapid oral HIV test
free to residents -- the first program of its kind. Officials
hope the testing will increase awareness, draw in more patients
for treatment and encourage prevention of the disease.
Jeffrey
Brown talks to Dr. Marsha Martin, director of the Washington,
D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration, about the new program.
May
30, 2006
U.N.,
Advocates Mark Somber 25th Anniversary Since the Emergence of
HIV/AIDS
Health
workers and policy-makers marked the 25th anniversary of the first
recognition of the HIV/AIDS virus by calling for increased efforts
to combat the disease that killed an estimated 2.8 million people
in 2005 alone.
Ray
Suarez speaks with experts on the disease about how it is evolving.
FRONTLINE
| The Age of AIDS: The FRONTLINE documentary "The
Age of AIDS" airs May 30-31.
December
1, 2005
Global
Drug Initiative Draws Mixed Reviews
On
World AIDS Day two years ago, the World Health Organization proposed
an initiative called "3 by 5" to combat AIDS by providing anti-retroviral
drugs to three million people in the developing world by the end
of 2005. Jeffrey Brown discusses the effectiveness of the initiative
with Stephen Lewis, U.N. special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa,
and Salih Booker, executive director of Africa Action, an organization
that works for human rights in Africa.
Also
on PBS: Ending AIDS: The Search for a Vaccine (Airing
12/1/05)
November
30 , 2005
At-Home
AIDS Test Raises Health Issues
News
for Students: People around the world come together on Dec.
1 each year for World AIDS Day, a time to commemorate those lost
to the deadly disease and to celebrate progress made to stop its
spread. One way of preventing the spread of the disease is early
detection of the HIV virus, which some say could be more easily
done at home.
June
15 , 2005
New
Statistics Point to Troubling AIDS/HIV Trends
More
than 1 million Americans are HIV positive, according to a recent
report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ray
Suarez talks about the report's findings with Dr. Ronald Valdiserri,
deputy director of the CDC's National Center for HIV, STD and
TB Prevention, and Phill Wilson, executive director of the Black
AIDS Institute.
Dec.
1, 2004
U.N.
Targets Women, Developing Nations in AIDS Fight
Peter
Piot, head of the UNAIDS program, urges nations to focus AIDS
prevention campaigns on women and girls, who are often sidelined
in the fight against the disease but account for almost half of
the infected population.
Transcript:
In a separate interview, ABC
News correspondent Jim Wooten discusses his book about Nkosi Johnson,
a South African boy who spoke out about AIDS before succumbing
to the disease himself at age 12.
July
19, 2004
Experts
Assess Conference, State of Fight Against AIDS
Jeffrey Brown discusses efforts to combat AIDS
with three experts who attended the International AIDS conference
in Bangkok, Thailand: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Stephen Lewis, U.N.
special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa; and Dr. Helene Gayle of
the Gates Foundation.
July
15, 2004
Global
Fight
The International AIDS Conference concluded in
Bangkok today with several countries asking the United States
to contribute more money to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria. Susan Dentzer speaks with AIDS experts about the
Global Fund and on what role the United States should play in
the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
July
12, 2004
New
Test for AIDS
An international AIDS conference began in Bangkok
this week with the focus on prevention and treatment of the fatal
virus. Fred de Sam Lazaro visits the African nation of Botswana
to look at another debate over the disease: how best to test for
HIV and AIDS.
May
18, 2004
Global
AIDS Fight
The
U.S. government announced a fast-track process last week for approving
generic and combination AIDS medications for distribution in impoverished
countries. Gwen Ifill discusses the new initiative with U.S. Global
AIDS Coordinator Randall Tobias.
December
30, 2003
Left
Behind
The
HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa affects many more than
those it infects. Special correspondent Tim Hagler visited some
Kenyan grandmothers and orphans, who have been left behind by
family members lost to the incurable virus.
December
1, 2003
World
AIDS Day
The
World Health Organization and United Nations marked World AIDS
Day with a pledge to provide cheaper drugs to 3 million HIV-infected
people by 2005. Susan Dentzer provides an update on the battle
against the epidemic, and Gwen Ifill follows up with several AIDS
experts.
July
16, 2003
Straight
Talk
In
a second of two reports, Susan Dentzer talks to government officials
and Brazilians active in the struggle to fight AIDS about the
country's work to prevent new HIV infections.
July
15, 2003
Survival
Plan
In
the first of two segments, Susan Dentzer reports from Brazil on
the country's efforts to combat AIDS.
July
10, 2003
AIDS
in Africa
President
Bush, touring Africa on a five-nation trip, pledged to help Botswana
and other African nations fight the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS.
Then, Ray Suarez assesses the
epidemic and what should be done about it with Caesar Lekoa,
Botswana's ambassador to the United States; Dr. Mamphela Ramphele,
managing director for health and education at the World Bank;
and Josh Ruxin, coordinator of the United Nations Millennium Project's
task force on HIV/AIDS.
May
27, 2003
Targeting
AIDS
President
Bush signed a bill today approving a five-year plan and $15 billion
to fight AIDS worldwide. Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public
Television reports on the epidemic's toll in Haiti, one of the
countries that will benefit from the new plan.
February
10, 2003
Fighting
AIDS
In
his State of the Union address last month, President Bush announced
a marked increase in funds to fight AIDS worldwide. Following
a background
report from health correspondent Susan Dentzer, Gwen Ifill
follows up with Stephen Lewis, U.N. special envoy for HIV/AIDS;
Joseph O'Neill, director of the White House Office of National
AIDS Policy; and Salih Booker, director of Africa Action.
October
22, 2002
AIDS
Challenge
Fred
de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports on Thailand's
battle with AIDS.
October
1, 2002
The
Threat of AIDS
Ray
Suarez looks at a recently released CIA report that cites HIV/AIDS
as a threat to international security. Then he speaks with Nicholas
Eberstadt, a researcher with the American Enterprise Institute
who has independently reviewed the CIA report; and Princeton Lyman,
the executive director of the Global Inter-Dependence Initiative
at the Aspen Institute.
July
8, 2002
Spreading
Scourge
Following
an update
on the spread of AIDS from health correspondent Susan Dentzer,
Gwen Ifill talks with Peter Piot, executive director of UN AIDS,
and Sandra Thurman, president of The International AIDS Trust.
June
19, 2002
Newsmaker
Interview: Anthony Fauci
Gwen
Ifill interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about President Bush's announcement
of new funding to combat the spread of AIDS.
May
9, 2002
Young
Victims
Special
correspondent Jonathan Silvers reports on the problem of children
and AIDS in the southern African nation of Zambia.
December
3, 2001
Stark
Statistics
Two
days after World AIDS Day, Gwen Ifill has an update on the AIDS
crisis, including some grim new statistics.
June
29, 2001
Targeting
AIDS
Susan
Dentzer reports on the continuing search for an AIDS vaccine.
June
27, 2001
Targeting
AIDS
Susan
Dentzer presents the first of two reports on the search for an
AIDS vaccine.
June
26, 2001
Targeting
AIDS
The
United Nations opened a global conference on AIDS yesterday in
New York. Gwen Ifill talks with Dr. Denzil Douglas, prime minister
of St. Kitts and Nevis; Pitak Intravityanunt, deputy prime minister
of Thailand; Joy Phumaphi, health minister of Botswana; and Dr.
Paulo Teixeira, director of Brazil's program on HIV/AIDS.
May
30, 2001
The
Face of AIDS
Betty
Ann Bowser reports on the disproportionate impact of AIDS on minorities
in America.
May
22, 2001
AIDS
in Africa: International Help
After
a brief
background reports, Elizabeth Farnsworth concludes this series
in a discussion with with Jeffrey Sachs of Harvard University;
Stephen Morrison of the Center for Strategic and International
Studies; Dr. Helene Gayle of the Centers for Disease Control;
Dr. Peter Lamptey of Family Health International; and Sally Grooms
Cowal, former deputy director of UNAIDS.
May
17, 2001
AIDS
in Africa: Senegal
In
part four of the AIDS in Africa series, Fred De Sam Lazaro reports
on successful efforts in Senegal to control the spread of infection.
May
16, 2001
AIDS
in Africa: Botswana's Efforts
In
part three of the AIDS in Africa series, Elizabeth Farnsworth
reports on efforts by the government of Botswana to treat its
infected population.
May
15, 2001
AIDS
in Africa
Elizabeth
Farnsworth reports from Botswana in part two of a series on the
devastating impact of AIDS in Africa.
May
14, 2001
Kofi
Annan
United
Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan calls for an international
fund to fight AIDS in Africa.
April
25, 2001
AIDS
in Africa
Elizabeth
Farnsworth reports from Malawi, where nearly 10 percent of the
population is infected.
February
21, 2001
The
Price of AIDS
A
U.S. drug company announced today it will donate medication to
AIDS patients in South Africa. After a background
report, Elizabeth Farnsworth talks with Joelle Tanguy, executive
director of Doctors Without Borders, Jeffrey Sachs, of Harvard
University and the World Health Organization, South African Health
Representative Dr. Glaudine Mtshali, and Shannon Herzfeld, vice
president of PHRMA, an association representing American drug
makers.
February
8, 2001
AIDS:
New Worries
At
the AIDS conference in Chicago, researchers discuss new drug regimens
and plans to combat rising infection rates.
July
13, 2000
AIDS
in Africa
U.N.
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke addresses the international response
to the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
July
12, 2000
Battling
the Epidemic
Why
has the AIDS epidemic reached such staggering proportions in Africa?
Jon Cohen from Science Magazine and Malegapuru William
Makgoba, President of South Africa's Medical Research Council
discuss the situation.
July
10, 2000
AIDS
in South Africa
The
World AIDS Conference began on Sunday in Durban, South Africa.
Fred De Sam Lazaro, of Minnesota's Twin Cities Public Television
reports on the rising mortality rate due to AIDS in South Africa.
July
6, 2000
AIDS
in Botswana
Botswana
has one of the highest rates of AIDS in the world. Lindsay Hilsum
of independent television news reports.
May
22, 2000
AIDS
in South Africa
Correspondent
Fred De Sam Lazaro, of Twin Cities Public Television, examines
efforts to control the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.
May
2, 2000
Newsmaker:
Sandy Berger
National
Security Advisor Sandy Berger discusses the impact of AIDS on
National Security.
August
31, 1999
Tracking
AIDS
Dr.
Helene Gayle, director of the AIDS Program for The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the latest news on AIDS
from the annual AIDS conference.
February
3, 1999
AIDS
Breakthroughs
Important
discoveries about the origins of AIDS and ways to reduce mother-to-infant
transmission were uncovered this week at a conference in Chicago.
November
26, 1998
Alternative
Medicine
An
increasing number of people are using alternative medicines.
October
30, 1998
The
Aids Epidemic
Susan
Dentzer has an AIDS update.
July
3, 1998
The
Changing Face of AIDS
Ninety
percent of new AIDS case are occurring in the third world.
June
29, 1998
Tracking
HIV
At
the World AIDS Conference in Geneva this week there was good news
about advances in treatment, but it was tempered by reports the
epidemic is out of control in many parts of the world.
March
5, 1997
War
on AIDS
An
update on the war on AIDS and the impact of the latest drugs developed
to fight the disease.
January
27, 1997
AIDS
Progress Report
Margaret
Warner looks at the latest progress in the fight against AIDS.
December
17, 1996
AIDS
'Action Plan'
President
Clinton announced a new national strategy to reduce the impact
of the AIDS virus. Critics say the report is too vague, while
the administration responds that the plan will provide more access
to treatment and will push doctors to develop new drugs.
November
21, 1996
AIDS
Vaccine Progress?
An
update on the search for a vaccine to fight AIDS.
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