AIDS in Africa News Archives 2002

December 2002

• African AIDS Orphans' Lives Focus on Basic Survival, UMNS, December 20, 2002.
• Surviving Child Trust Offers Hope to Africa's AIDS Orphans, UMNS, December 20, 2002.

November 2002

• Impact Of AIDS Worsens African Famine, UNAIDS, November 26, 2002.
• Stigma Prevents PWAs from Receiving Food, Care, and Treatment in Zimbabwe, IRIN, November 11, 2002.
• What AIDS Means in a Famine, New York Times, November 19, 2002.
• How AIDS Brings Famine Nearer, Christian Science Monitor, November 19, 2002.

October 2002

• AIDS Pandemic Hits Hardest in Africa, UMNS, October 29, 2002.
• HIV/AIDS: World Student Christian Federation Response in Africa, GBGM, October 1, 2002.
• UN Envoy for AIDS in Africa Paints Gloomy Picture for House of Bishops, Episcopal News Service, October 1, 2002.

September 2002

• HIV/Aids, Wars Cause 2 Million Orphans, New Vision (Kampala), September 30, 2002
• HIV Threatens Families, The Herald (Harare), September 28, 2002
• ZAMBIA: Poor girls Keep Brothels in Business, September 27, 2002.
• Government 'Can Avoid 3-Million HIV/Aids Deaths' Business Day (Johannesburg), September 27, 2002
• AFRICA: Thailand's Lessons to Help Local HIV/AIDS Responses, IRIN, September 25, 2002.
• MALAWI: Volunteers Helping People with HIV/AIDS, IRIN, September 17, 2002.

August 2002

• Hunger in the shadow of AIDS., Seattle Times, August 15, 2002.
• Nairobi Has 1.1m HIV/Aids Orphans, Says Government, The East African Standard (Nairobi), August 13, 2002.

July 2002

• United Methodists Make Churchwide Appeal for African Famine, UMNS, July 12, 2002.
• Number of Children Orphaned By AIDS Will Rise Dramatically, UNAIDS, July 10, 2002.
• By 2010, AIDS May Leave 20 Million African Orphans, New York Times, July 11, 2002.

June 2002

• 28 million Africans Now Living with HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS, IRIN, June 25, 2002.
• South Africa: Number of Children orphaned by AIDS to Increase, June 18, 2002.
• African Clerics Acknowledge They've Failed to Combat AIDS, New York Times, June 11, 2002.
• Religions Told to Get Involved in War On HIV/Aids, The Nation (Nairobi), June 11, 2002.
• Radio Africa Making International Waves, GBGM, June 3, 2002.
• Conservative Malawi Grapples with Sex Education, Irin, June 3, 2002.

May 2002

• ANGOLA: Waking up to HIV/AIDS, Irin, May 30, 2002.
• Eritrea: Focus on rapid expansion of HIV/AIDS, Irin, May 9, 2002.

April 2002

• South Africa: Focus on the virgin myth and HIV/AIDS, IRIN, April 25, 2002.
• West And Central Africa: Orphans in the Spotlight, IRIN, April 15, 2002.
• Africa: Older people Increasingly Infected - Report, IRIN, April 10, 2002.
• AIDS Warriors: Carter, Gates Sr. Find Hell and Hope in a Continent's Plague, Washington Post, April 12, 2002.
• Africa Aid Flows Dwindle, BBC, April 10, 2002.

March 2002

• Zambia's Founder Opens Downtown HIV Clinic, OneWorld, March 27, 2002.

February 2002

• Church Can Play a Role in War on AIDS, Bishop tells Congress, UMNS, Feb 28, 2002.

January 2002

• Church Must Make AIDS Ministry a Priority, UMNS, January 2, 2002.

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