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10 HIV/AIDS Facts Everyone Should Know

December 01, 2011 / Amie Newman

President Obama is geared up this World AIDS Day - and so are we.

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An Impatient Optimist's View of HIV

November 30, 2011 / Senator William H. Frist

In 1981, I was a surgeon in training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. I still remember the day we learned about a strange, new, deadly infection that presented on the West Coast.

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Male Circumcision: Kenya's HIV-Prevention Weapon

November 29, 2011 / Walter Obiero

One of the most promising HIV prevention tools, male circumcision reduces sexual transmission of HIV from women to men by 60 percent.

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Q & A on Male Circumcision, HIV Prevention, and the Traditional Ceremony in Zimbabwe

November 29, 2011 / Julie Bernstein

I recently caught up with Luke Nkinsi, a senior program officer for HIV at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Empower Women to End AIDS

November 28, 2011 / Salim S Abdool Karim

December 1st is World AIDS Day, a day to honor the 34 million people living with HIV, remember the nearly 30 million people who have died of AIDS-related causes, and assess the progress we’ve made and the challenges that remain.

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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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