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Newsmaker Interview South Africa's leading AIDS activist, Zackie Achmat, talks with Kaiser's Jackie Judd about his expectations of the AIDS Conference and access to treatment in South Africa and the developing world. more...
HIV/AIDS Milestones
This interactive Web-based timeline, designed to serve as an ongoing reference tool, begins with 1981 and includes key events and noteworthy activities through 2004. more...
HIV/AIDS in Thailand This video features interviews with people who are on the frontlines of efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in Thailand.
Financing the Expanded Response to AIDS This new UNAIDS draft report shows increased global AIDS spending, but warns it is not enough to effectively fight the epidemic in the developing world.
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XV International AIDS Conference - Daily Coverage
Bangkok, Thailand | July 11 -16, 2004
Kaisernetwork.org is providing daily coverage of
the XV International AIDS Conference from Bangkok, Thailand, including
webcasts, interviews, news summaries, and more. Visit our Guide to Coverage.
Monday, July 12, 2004
Monday, July 12, 2004--Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni stirred up controversy at today's XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, for his strong stance that abstinence and faithfulness in marriage are the first line of defense against HIV. "I look at the condom as an improvisation--not a solution--an improvisation," he said. (video) (transcript)
Science magazine correspondent Jon Cohen talks to Jackie Judd about the beginning of the International AIDS Conference, including an opening ceremony that did not go as planned. (video)