Jul 09, 2004
The percentage of HIV cases worldwide attributable to women is increasing worldwide, rising from 35% of cases in 1985 to 48% today, according the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the AP/New York Times reports. The "dramatic" rise in the number of HIV cases among women primarily is because many women are not financially independent, are afraid of violence by men if they demand safe sex and are seen as "socially inferior" in many parts of the world. Stephanie Urdang, gender and HIV adviser for UNIFEM, said at a news conference, "Women are now firmly in the grip of the HIV/AIDS epidemic."
Health: July 2004 Archives
by Gardiner Harris, New York Times
June 27th, 2004
The check for $10,000 arrived in the mail unsolicited. The doctor who received it from the drug maker Schering-Plough said it was made out to him personally in exchange for an attached "consulting" agreement that required nothing other than his commitment to prescribe the company's medicines. Two other physicians said in separate interviews that they, too, received checks unbidden from Schering-Plough, one of the world's biggest drug companies.
Continue reading USA: As Doctors Write Prescriptions, Drug Companies Write Checks.
By EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer
LONDON - The world is losing the race against the AIDS (news - web sites) virus, which last year infected a record 5 million people and killed an unprecedented 3 million, the United Nations (news - web sites) reported Tuesday.
Continue reading UN: Five Million Infected With HIV in 2003.
