Sat, Nov 07 2009
The graffiti reads "AIDS is everywhere".
Photo: Nadezhda Chipeva
The campaign to tackle tuberculosis in the country is a five-year programme, scheduled to commence in January 2010
Experimental HIV vaccine, tested during medical trials in Thailand has reportedly shown a significant breakthrough in the fight against Aids
Free, anonymous AIDS tests are available year-round at various centres around the country. Plovdiv takes advantage of the date to encourage more people to come for consultations.
The Government approved a national programme for the prevention and control of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases for 2008/15, with the main goals to encourage prophylactic practices and limiting the spread of AIDS, as well as achieving a better quality of life for HIV positive people, Dnevnik daily reported on December 19 2008. A larger portion of the programme's financing would be secured by the state budget, and about 30 per cent of the money would come from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has agreed to work with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to serve as a Global Ambassador for the protection of mothers and children against AIDS, the Global Fund announced on December 1 2008, World AIDS Day.
Official Bulgarian statistics say that there are 926 Bulgarians with HIV but this is widely regarded by experts as inaccurate and that the figure is somewhere between 3000 and 4000, most of whom are not aware of their HIV status.
The number of newly-reported HIV cases in Europe continues to rise, with the rate of HIV infection close to doubling between 2000 and 2007, from 40 a million population to 76 million, according to a statement by the World Health Organisation regional office for Europe to coincide with December 1 2008, World AIDS Day.
A year-long campaign themed "every day is anti-AIDS day" is being launched in Bulgaria on December 1 2008, World AIDS Day.
Jonathan Andersen argues that justice, however delayed, must be served, while Jamie Stokes argues that justice has failed in this instance.
A Polish politician recently suggested that Walesa would be a good candidate for the EU's new post
Ukraine has been hit hard by the swine flu epidemic, engendering panic in certain areas
The Czech Republic president, a prominent eurosceptic, was the final hurdle in the the Lisbon Treaty's ratification
Urging its citizens not to panic, Ukraine on November 3 closed down all schools nationwide for a week to avoid the spread of swine flu.
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