DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic (AP)
AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."
Lack of Funds Hampers Global Fight Against AIDS (OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - VIENNA, Jul 26 (IPS) - The global conference on AIDS in Vienna last week will be remembered for "Broken Promises Kill", a slogan echoed by a coalition of activists who had gathered from around the world.
HIV-Positive Women Who Want to Conceive Feel Stigma: Survey (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Some HIV-positive women who want to have children feel stigmatized by their doctors, new research has found.
New fronts in AIDS war, but funding foe is back (AFP)

Picture shows new HIV protection gel for women on July 21 during the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna. The 18th council of war on AIDS has opened up new fronts in a nearly three-decade-old campaign but in the grim awareness that a battle-hardened enemy -- the money crunch -- is back.(AFP/File/Samuel Kubani)AFP - The 18th council of war on AIDS has opened up new fronts in a nearly three-decade-old campaign but in the grim awareness that a battle-hardened enemy -- the money crunch -- is back.
Obama, Clinton pledge US support for AIDS fight (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have pledged the support of the United States in the global fight against AIDS.
Obama pledges to up AIDS fight despite tough times (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to redouble efforts to fight HIV and AIDS through his global health initiative, despite dealing with economic hard times in the wake of a global recession.
World AIDS conference closes (AFP)

Incoming president of International Aids Society (IAS) Uganda's Elly Katabira (L) waves next to Canadian Julio Montaner, the current president of the IAS, during the 18th International AIDS Conference, which closed in Vienna on Friday after six days of seminars, workshops and networking on fighting AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which causes it.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)AFP - The 18th International AIDS Conference closed in Vienna on Friday after six days of seminars, workshops and networking on fighting AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which causes it.
Does Circumcision Prevent HIV? (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Offering circumcision would have a very small effect on reducing HIV transmission rates among gay and bisexual men in the United States, according to researchers presenting findings at the XVIII International AIDS Conference held this week in Vienna, Austria.
Gilead AIDS drug safe for HIV prevention in study (Reuters)
Reuters - Gilead's HIV drug tenofovir is safe to be given to men at high risk of contracting the virus as a preventative measure, scientists said on Friday, but further trials are needed to test its efficacy.
Early, rural-based HIV care offers hope in Africa (Reuters)

The central square and market of Mombane, Mozambique is seen during sunset on April 27, 2005. REUTERS/Andy ClarkReuters - Treating HIV patients in remote areas of Africa soon after they are infected and using community care teams instead of doctors can cut costs and help people live longer than those treated later, a charity said Thursday.
Prisons emerge as hotspots for AIDS pandemic (AFP)

A bedridden prisoner afflicted with AIDS calls for an attendant at the Cipinang Narcotic Prison in Jakarta in 2009. Prisons are excellent breeding grounds for HIV, enabling the AIDS virus to propagate swiftly and stealthily, yet many options exist for tackling the problem, the world AIDS conference heard.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AFP - Prisons are excellent breeding grounds for HIV, enabling the AIDS virus to propagate swiftly and stealthily, yet many options exist for tackling the problem, the world AIDS conference heard.
Funding woes overshadow AIDS conference (AP)
AP - Rich countries must give more for the fight against AIDS or risk jeopardizing progress in battling the disease, participants at an international conference urged Thursday.
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