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World AIDS Day 2010: Encouraging News About the Power of Prevention
World AIDS Day 2010 comes on the heels of encouraging news about the epidemic. Evidence shows that the concerted global effort to reverse the epidemic is making progress.
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New Study Shows High Prevalence of Domestic Violence in Viet Nam
HANOI, Viet Nam – One in three, or 34 per cent, of ever-married Vietnamese women report that they have suffered physical or sexual violence from their husbands at some time in their lives, according to the National…
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Significant Declines in New Cases of HIV and AIDS-related Deaths Reported
<p>GENEVA — A new report by UNAIDS shows that the AIDS epidemic is beginning to change course as the number of people newly infected with HIV is declining and AIDS-related deaths are decreasing.</p>
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Roads to Rehabilitation
<p>Asha Makocho steps out from the gloom of her small one-roomed apartment into the Tanzanian sunlight. She holds a turquoise and yellow shawl, its vivid colours contrasting against her otherwise dark clothing.…
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Ensuring Everyone Counts Requires Counting Everyone
Good decisions rely on reliable data. That’s one of the reasons governments are urged to make a full accounting of their people, and how and where they live, every ten years.
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'Education for All' Leaders Agree Partnership is Key to Achieving Goals
<p class="paddedContent">More powerful messages and reinforced cooperation within countries are keys to increasing political commitment to education, said chiefs and top representatives of the Education…
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No Rest for the Weary – Women Declare War on Gender Violence
<p>UNITED NATIONS — Women from a dozen countries convened in New York this week to share their struggles to implement state legislation and empower women at the grassroots level to put an end to gender- based…
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Enlisting Shadow Puppets as Agents of Change in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia— For five hours on a balmy and moonlit Saturday night a packed audience was mesmerized as shadows of filigreed wayang puppets engaged in conflict and resolution, all orchestrated to the sounds of a…
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Helping the Helpers: A Community-based Psychosocial Support Model in China
XINING, Qinghai, China — Five months after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Yushu County, Dr. Zhaxi Lamao left her wounded hometown to attend a training workshop here.
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