 
HIV AIDS - the struggle to survive
There are currently 40 million people throughout the world living with HIV/AIDS. 28 million of these live in sub-Saharan Africa. Life expectancy has dropped from 62 to 47 years because of the extent of HIV/AIDS in that region. This week's Backgrounder asks why HIV/AIDs thrives in sub-Saharan Africa when it has proved containable in developed countries like Australia. The question is urgent: 83% of the world's AIDS deaths have occurred in sub-Saharan Africa and 95% of the world's AIDS orphans are African.
 
S. African AIDS activist makes a striking impact
 Like anti-apartheid protesters, Zackie Achmat was willing to die for
his cause, and today he is alive in spite of it. So it was all the sweeter for the renowned South African AIDS activist to learn, during a visit to Los Angeles last week, that his movement has just won an unexpected battle - if not yet the war - in the struggle to bring AIDS medications to his countrymen - LATimes.com
AIDS speaker blends stories, statistics, Bible
A top administrator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta urged a Wilmington congregation on Sunday to keep reaching out to
help those affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis in an area with startling statistics. George W. Roberts, of the HIV/AIDS Prevention Division, reported that more than 80% of AIDS victims are black, and that the disease is 22 times more likely to affect black women than white women in the United States - Delawareonline
China's 'Far West' faces up to AIDs
The far west Chinese province of Xinjiang has become home to an AIDS pandemic of fearful proportions. The local population, ethnic Uighurs, are poor, unemployed and use drugs because they fear for their futures. By the end of September this year, there were 7,893 reported cases. But officials estimate the real figure to be between 20,000 and 60,000 - BBC News
 
Turning the Tide
Today and every day this year, AIDS will kill more than 8,000 people. Almost all of them will die in poor countries in Africa. Most will come to the end of their lives with no treatment and very little care, not even to relieve their pain. This appalling state of events continues even when there is no longer any doubt that providing widespread access to AIDS treatment is practical and achievable - Washingtonpost.com
 
Psalm 61:1-3
Hear my cry, 0 God; listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth
I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that
is higher than I. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against
the foe - AIDS Prayer
 
Steps for the Future - A Fighting Spirit
A national hero turns public enemy when he confesses his tragic secret. Gilbert Josamu, Zimbabwean middle-weight boxing champion, discovered he was HIV-positive at the height of his career. Living in a society where HIV/AIDS is taboo, Josamu forged his medical certificate and continued to pursue his career. Just months before he died, Josamu finally confessed to having lived with HIV - SBS TV, Friday 28 November, 3.30 pm (G Rated)
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