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[image: PlusNews logo] <http://www.plusnews.org/> PlusNews Global HIV/AIDS news and analysis Table of contents 1. HIV/AIDS: Obama applauded for new treatment pledge<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#1340028f903e1c5f_1> 2. LAOS: Looming threat of "catching up" on HIV prevalence<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#1340028f903e1c5f_2> ------------------------------ *HIV/AIDS: Obama applauded for new treatment pledge<http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?Reportid=94371> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 2 December 2011 (PlusNews) - AIDS activists have welcomed a pledge by US President Barack Obama to provide antiretroviral treatment to some six million people globally by 2013, an increase of two million on the previous target. Read report online <http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?Reportid=94371> ------------------------------ *LAOS: Looming threat of "catching up" on HIV prevalence<http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?Reportid=94374> * [image: lead photo]VIENTIANE, 2 December 2011 (PlusNews) - Kinoy Phongdeth, 34, was one of the first four people given antiretrovirals (ARVs) when the medication initially arrived in Laos in 2003. Now, there are 1,600 people on treatment and the number is expected to jump to 7,000 by 2015, according to the government. Read report online <http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?Reportid=94374> ------------------------------ [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Feedback <http://www.irinnews.org/websitefeedback.aspx> | Terms & Conditions <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx> | [image: RSS feeds] News Feeds <http://www.irinnews.org/plusnews.xml> | About IRIN<http://www.plusnews.org/about.aspx> | Jobs <http://www.irinnews.org/jobs.aspx> | Donors<http://www.irinnews.org/donors.aspx> Copyright © IRIN 2011. All rights reserved. This material comes to you via IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations or its Member States. The boundaries, names and designations used on maps on this site and links to external sites do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the UN. Republication is subject to terms and conditions as set out in the IRIN copyright page <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
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