Global Challenges - PBS' 'News Hour' Examines Efforts of Baylor's Pediatric AIDS Corps To Fight HIV/AIDS in Africa

PBS' 'News Hour with Jim Lehrer' on Thursday examined efforts from the Baylor College of Medicine's Pediatric AIDS Corps to fight HIV/AIDS among children in Malawi. About 83,000 children in Malawi are living with HIV/AIDS, according to physician Peter Kazembe, and until recently, only two...Read Full Story

Global Challenges - Delegates at Conference Discuss Ways To Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, Support Pediatric Care in Central Asia

Delegates from Central Asian countries, United Nations agencies and aid groups recently met in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to discuss methods of preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission and supporting pediatric HIV/AIDS care in the region, Kazakhstan's Kazinform reports. According to Kazinform,...Read Full Story

Global Challenges - Congo To Provide No-Cost Malaria Drugs, HIV Tests to Children, Pregnant Women, Official Says

The Democratic Republic of Congo will begin providing no-cost malaria drugs to children younger than age 15 and pregnant women, Health Minister Emilienne Raoul announced Tuesday, BBC News reports. The country also will provide no-cost HIV tests to children through the campaign, Raoul said (BBC...Read Full Story

Global Challenges - Cases of Discrimination Against HIV-Positive Children Discovered in U.K., Group Says

HIV-positive children throughout the United Kingdom are being turned away and excluded from primary and secondary schools, which is against the country's anti-discrimination laws, London's Observer reports.According to an investigation by the National AIDS Trust, which discovered six cases of...Read Full Story