BERLIN (Reuters) - A bone marrow transplant using stem cells from a donor with natural genetic resistance to the AIDS virus has left an HIV patient free of infection for nearly two years, German researchers.

South Africa's ex-President Mbeki should account for blocking Aids drugs, a move said to have cost 330,000 lives, an activist says.

The scientists, who discovered viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS, will share the award.

The scientists, who discovered the viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS, will share the award.

President Yoweri Museveni says he is once again going to take the lead role in the fight against HIV/Aids that is reported to be faltering.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new estimate of how many Americans have the AIDS virus puts the number at about 1.1 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

Over 21,000 Rwandans are expected to benefit from yet to be imported low-cost, generic Aids drug, Apo-TriAvir, The New Times has learnt.

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) - More than 50 African leaders meeting at the United
Nations this week focused on strategies to overcome a myriad of
interrelated problems -- food shortages, droughts, HIV/AIDS, an
energy crisis, climate change and military conflicts -- on the
troubled continent.

South African Aids campaigners rejoice at the departure of the health minister, derided as "Dr Beetroot".

A week-long campaign launched in Lurambi division in western Kenya this week aims to test 80 percent of the population for HIV/Aids, and to supply those tested with a package of items which will help them combat multiple health problems, including malaria, HIV/Aids and diarrheal disease.