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  • London turned red for World AIDS Day

    by Matt More Last night, landmarks around the world were turned red to commemorate World AIDS day. In London, County Hall and the London Eye were illuminated to raise awareness of (RED)’s goal of an AIDS free generation by 2015. In 2008, approximately 430,000 children were born with HIV, roughly 18% lower than in 2001.

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  • Check out ACTSA’s World Cup actions

    The World Cup is on the very near horizon and brings with it more than just the promise of good football. This tournament, which begins in a fortnight, will be held in South Africa and is the largest tournament ever held on African soil. There is more to this World Cup than football. Though South

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  • The effect of HIV/AIDS on women in the developing world

    Huge advancements have been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS since the 80s, but the fight is getting harder and numbers of people contracting HIV are growing. This International Women’s Day, it is worth pausing to contemplate the disproportionately devastating toll that this infection takes on women in the developing world. We have all heard

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  • Trade Unions tackling AIDS

    World Aids Day is an important time to stop and think, and an important moment to be open and honest, raise awareness and dispel the stigma of HIV/AIDS. I will always remember the first time I wore a red ribbon on the 1st December. I was at secondary school, and I didn’t think twice about

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  • Gordon Brown’s World AIDS Day message

    The African Children’s Choir today made a stop off at Number 10 today to mark World AIDS Day…and were really really cool!! You can hear them by visiting http://africanchildrenschoir.com/ The event was hosted by Gordon Brown & Glenys Kinnock. Please have a look at the PM’s message for World AIDS Day below. “Over the last

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