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Top story  AIDS conference in Vienna with call for more fundingAn International AIDS conference is bringing together health experts, scientists, governments, and activists from 18-23 July in Vienna.
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Pandemic diseases: Promoting prevention, treatment, and care Caritas works on behalf of those at risk fromdevastating pandemics such as HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. >> 
TB care in North Korea Tuberculosis affects a large number of people in North Korea. The country’s international isolation and poverty mean drug supply is unreliable. >> 
Training in Papua New Guinea Caritas supports an extensive network of centres in Papua New Guinea providing quick, economical testing, as well as follow-up counselling, under the sponsorship of the Catholic bishops of the country. >> 
Treatment for children in South Africa The Thabang Society receives antiretroviral medicines from Caritas, but treating a child with TB medication and ARVs at the same time is problematic. >> 
HAART for Children Campaign Children were at the heart of the Caritas response to AIDS during 2009. Every day, 800 children die from AIDS-related diseases. >> |
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