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		<title>Test your AIDS knowledge</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/test-your-aids-knowledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Can you name the countries with the highest adult HIV/AIDS infection rates?&#8220;
Just came across this game/exercise on the ridiculously addictive trivia game site, sporcle.com.  It&#8217;s a good test, and actually very challenging (I was kind of chagrined to see how many I missed).  Check it out.
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		<title>Thoughts on (campus) advocacy, part 2</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/thoughts-on-campus-advocacy-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a pretty slick video promoting World Vision&#8217;s new (and curiously-punctuated) campus organization, ACT:S.    ACT:S is a successor to, and a sort of re-vision of, Acting on AIDS, a WV-driven AIDS advocacy network for Christian colleges. 
It&#8217;s also interesting to note that ACT:S is putting a lot of emphasis on &#8220;creative activism&#8221; and political advocacy.  While this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1848&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on (campus) advocacy, part 1</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/thoughts-on-campus-advocacy-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a pretty slick video promoting World Vision&#8217;s new (and curiously-punctuated) campus organization, ACT:S.    ACT:S is a successor to, and a sort of re-vision of, Acting on AIDS, a WV-driven AIDS advocacy network for Christian colleges. 

World Vision has made an interesting choice in shifting away from a more specific AIDS-oriented program to a more overarching [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1847&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;First Person: Living with HIV&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/first-person-living-with-hiv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8015716.stm
This is from a while back (April 2009) but I just watched it, and it&#8217;s definitely worth a look.  BBC World News America created this short video featuring prominent, long-time AIDS activist Eric Sawyer for its &#8220;First Person&#8221; series.  This is a very moving clip, in which Sawyer speaks emotionally about the havoc HIV has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1845&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Center for Global Development : Publications: Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October the Center for Global Development released a publication discussing the importance &#8212; indeed, the centrality &#8212; of girls and young women in the overall trends and patterns of global health.  You can read about the report and download a PDF version at the link below.
Improving the health of adolescent girls in the developing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1843&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the world up to? Commitment to Development Index, 2009</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/whats-the-world-up-to-commitment-to-development-index-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The results of the Commitment to Development Index are always interesting.  For 2009, Sweden came out on top as the rich country doing the most to aid poorer countries.  Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway round out the top four.  The United States ranked 17th out of 22 countries in the ranking, behind Portugal and ahead [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1840&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women and Health</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/women-and-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization recently released a report on women&#8217;s health around the world.  As the AP reports,
In its first study of women’s health, the World Health Organization said yesterday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.
The WHO provides this summary [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1838&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HIV epidemic in Russia</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/hiv-epidemic-in-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the BBC,
A top international HIV/Aids expert has told the BBC that the epidemic in Russia is now out of control.  Robin Gorna, head of the International Aids Society, urged Russia to do much more to prevent the spread of HIV among an estimated two million drug users.  Ms Gorna was speaking ahead of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1836&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AIDS Vaccine 2009 conference (Oct. 19-22)</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/aids-vaccine-2009-conference-oct-19-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;Words of Welcome&#8220;: 
We are acutely aware of the difficulties and obstacles which still remain in the path of HIV vaccine development. It is more evident than ever that a strong emphasis on basic research, within a creative and interdisciplinary context, is essential to find an effective vaccine to protect against HIV.

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		<title>New York Times op-ed discusses importance of vaccine research</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/new-york-times-op-ed-discusses-importance-of-vaccine-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have Faith in an AIDS Vaccine
By Seth Berkley
Published: October 19, 2009
&#8220;A six-year experimental AIDS vaccine trial has been called into question in a way that is overblown and possibly destructive.&#8221;
 
The New York Times today published an interesting op-ed column from Seth Berkley, the president and CEO of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.  (According to its website, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1828&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Food Day</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/world-food-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Food and nutritional security are the foundations of a decent life, a sound education and, indeed, the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals.  Over the past two years, volatile food prices, the economic crisis, climate change and conflict have led to a dramatic and unacceptable rise in the number of people who cannot rely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1823&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God, Us, and Climate Change: Blog Action Day 2009</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/god-us-and-climate-change-blog-action-day-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It can be very easy to be radical, sacrificial or subversive for its own sake or to achieve a sense of self-righteousness.  But if we really believe that God calls us to love our neighbors and to be stewards of his creation, and if we really believe that the greedy exploitation of people and natural [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1821&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hope on my desktop</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/hope-on-my-desktop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite websites is Smashing Magazine.  It&#8217;s an online magazine/blog for graphic designers and other people who are very, very good at doing really cool things on computers.  I am neither of these, but I still enjoy it.
One of my favorite things about Smashing Magazine is that it releases monthly collections of free [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1809&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New report on global AIDS efforts</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/new-report-on-global-aids-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a press release from the World Health Organization.  You can find this text and further information here.  You can also look at coverage from the New York Times for additional details.

News release &#124; 30 September 2009
More than four million HIV-positive people now receiving life-saving treatment
Geneva / Paris &#8212; More than 4 million people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1799&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comments on AIDS vaccine research</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/comments-on-aids-vaccine-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Posted in News, science Tagged: AIDS, AIDS prevention, AIDS Vaccine, HIV, HIV/AIDS, public health, research, vaccine, video      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1792&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unexpected progress on HIV/AIDS vaccine</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/unexpected-progress-on-hivaids-vaccine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#62;&#62; http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/health/research/25aids.html
This week saw an unexepected success in HIV/AIDS research, with the announcement of the results of a vaccine-related study conducted in Thailand.


Scientists said Thursday that a new AIDS vaccine, the first ever declared to protect a significant minority of humans against the disease, would be studied to answer two fundamental questions: why it worked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1775&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand fights HIV/AIDS</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/thailand-fights-hivaids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#62;&#62; BBC NEWS &#124; Asia-Pacific &#124; Thailand&#8217;s long battle with HIV/Aids
&#8220;It is no surprise that Thailand has held the largest ever trial of an HIV vaccine. The South East Asian country has long been at the forefront of the battle against HIV and Aids.&#8221;
This is an interesting overview of anti-HIV/AIDS efforts in Thailand, a country [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1773&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>18,000 a year&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/18000-a-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;that&#8217;s how many Americans die because of a lack of health insurance, according to the National Academy of Sciences. 
&#62;&#62;http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3809/4660/17632.aspx)
 
The Body Count at Home
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: September 13, 2009
About as many people who were killed on 9/11 die every two months because of our failure to provide universal insurance — and yet many members of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1770&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>International Literacy Day, 2009</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/international-literacy-day-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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September 8 is International Literacy Day!  So, why am I talking about this on a blog about HIV/AIDS?  Glad you asked.  Here&#8217;s a pretty good starting explanation, from UNESCO&#8217;s website:

Literacy is a human right, a tool of personal empowerment and a means for social and human development. Educational opportunities depend on literacy.
Literacy is at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1760&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/books-for-cameroon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is International Literacy Day, and I&#8217;m pleased to be writing about this event alongside bloggers from around the world, which I know about thanks to the organizing power of Bloggers Unite.  Also thanks to the community at Bloggers Unite, I know about a very cool project being undertaken by a Peace Corps volunteer in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1766&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christians and Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/christians-and-healthcare-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you scroll down a bit, you&#8217;ll notice that I have several recent posts about the current healthcare debate in the United States.  This is a huge issue.  The fact that it has in many respects descended into a morass that is alternately farcical and profoundly disturbing is, in my mind, a tremendous tragedy.*
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		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/plusnews-global-africa-asia-east-africa-great-lakes-horn-of-africa-middle-east-north-africa-north-america-south-america-southern-africa-west-africa-afghanistan-africa-angola-asia-bangladesh-burkin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, 7 August 2009 (PlusNews) &#8211; The Clinton Foundation has announced agreements with two drug companies to bring the cost of second-line antiretrovirals (ARVs) to under US$500 per person annually and reduce the cost of a key tuberculosis (TB) drug to $1 per dose.
&#8220;Today&#8217;s announcement will help ensure we can sustain treatment over a lifetime, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1753&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Politics and HIV/AIDS in South Africa</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/politics-and-hivaids-in-south-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading the BBC News coverage of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton&#8217;s African trip, including this article, which mentions Clinton&#8217;s attendance at &#8220;a conference with Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi before attending National Women&#8217;s Day events&#8221; in South Africa&#8217;s capital.
The issue of health looms large in South Africa today.  Basic health challenges, inextricably linked with poverty, are widespread; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1751&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish I were hearing it more, but at least someone seems to be clearly communicate that healthcare reform is actually be about health, care, and human beings.  As the excerpt below suggests, that&#8217;s the main thrust behind President Obama&#8217;s most recent comments on healthcare.  He&#8217;s a wise man.  I just hope people listen.
There are those [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1749&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: Global Fund Reaffirms Committment to Uganda</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/press-release-global-fund-reaffirms-committment-to-uganda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GLOBAL FUND REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO UGANDA
Global Fund Country Programs Director Visits Uganda
Kampala &#8211; The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said that it is committed to working with the government and other partners in Uganda to accelerate the implementation of Global Fund-supported HIV, tuberculosis and malaria programs.
“We are very pleased to be strengthening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1747&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare, fear, and distortion</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/healthcare-debate-framed-by-fear-mongering-ads-los-angeles-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#62;&#62; Healthcare debate framed by fear-mongering ads &#8211; Los Angeles Times
This is probably one of the most clear and concise pieces I&#8217;ve seen on the healthcare reform debate in the United States.  So many people are in desperate need of better healthcare.  The anger and chaos we&#8217;ve seen unfold in opposition to reform&#8230;it&#8217;s nothing short [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1744&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton in Africa</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/hillary-clinton-in-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Kenya to begin an 11-day tour of the African continent.
Her trip will include South Africa, Nigeria, Liberia and Angola and she will meet Somali leaders in Kenya. The visit, her longest overseas journey in her post to date, is part of an attempt by the US [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1742&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pres. Obama in Ghana</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/pres-obama-in-ghana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting article from BBC News about President Obama&#8217;s  speech in the African nation of Ghana, where he addressed some of the many corruption issues that plague many African countries.  I found this part of the article particularly interesting (and pertinent to this site):
Barack Obama said the partnership between Africa and America must be one of mutual responsibility. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1738&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Churches, Faith Groups Speak Up About HIV in Black Communities</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/churches-faith-groups-speak-up-about-hiv-in-black-communities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two stories reported by the Kaiser Family Foundation today highlight the efforts of church leaders and faith-based groups to confront fear, stigma, and other challenges facing HIV/AIDS efforts among African American communities.
&#62;&#62; Baptist Conference Addresses HIV/AIDS In Black Community
&#8220;Fear, religious beliefs and cultural differences are among the reasons why blacks do not get tested for HIV, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1734&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Confirmed</title>
		<link>http://faithandaids.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/new-u-s-global-aids-coordinator-confirmed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following press release is available on the official website of the President&#8217;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): http://www.pepfar.gov/press/releases/2009/125246.htm.
For Immediate Release
June 23, 2009
Media Contact: Jennifer Peterson, (202) 663-2708 
Washington, DC – Today, Eric Goosby, MD, assumed the role of Ambassador at Large and Global AIDS Coordinator with the U.S. Department of State. In this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=faithandaids.wordpress.com&blog=3811162&post=1732&subd=faithandaids&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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