Food or drugs? How famine and hunger compound Africa’s AIDS crisis.

by Karen Allen

Delegates at the UN summit on Aids have been hammering out the finer details of a declaration to combat HIV/Aids.Meanwhile, 40 million people worldwide are living with the disease.In countries like Kenya, the prospect of getting anti-retroviral drugs is improving – there has been a six-fold increase in the numbers getting treatment in the past two years.

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  • About WHES & Hunger Notes
    For the past 40 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, that
    • Educate the general public and target groups about the extent and causes of hunger and malnutrition in the United States and the world
    • Advance comprehension which integrates ethical, religious, social, economic, political, and scientific perspectives on the world food problem
    • Facilitate communication and networking among those who are working for solutions
    • Promote individual and collective commitments to sustainable hunger solutions.