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World AIDS Day 2010 – I Am Living My Rights

December 1, 2010
By Stephen
World AIDS Day 2010 – I Am Living My Rights

Image via Wikipedia STOP AIDS. KEEP THE PROMISE It is that time of year again. That Day when the worlds focus is on HIV/AIDS. The Day where we hope that the following year will be different. That maybe HIV infections will decrease. That maybe HIV won’t be passed on from mother to child. That maybe by listening people may change their habits and not be infected. That maybe we will find a cure. It is a day of hope....

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“The Government took the finger off the pulse by managing treatment rather than risk”

December 1, 2009
By Stephen
“The Government took the finger off the pulse by managing treatment rather than risk”

The above is a quite from Dr Fiona Mulcahy, consultant at St James’s department of genito-urinary medicine and infectious diseases. It is her view on how the Government is tackling the HIV/AIDS issue in Ireland. This year will see Ireland’s rate of infection increase by 20%. This is all reported in the Irish Times. Dublin’s St James’s Hospital has reported the highest number of new HIV cases in one year since records began, with a 20 per cent increase...

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