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Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 12:08 GMT 13:08 UK

Wake up from analysis-paralysis and focus on solving the problem! Possible solutions that prevent spreading of HIV/Aids require funds. HIV has no boundaries; grants are bound by the source of the solution e.g. not-for-profits, institutions, companies, region, profession, past research papers etc. To conquer HIV focus grants on the effectiveness of the possible solution instead of its source. Is there any “Unconditional” grant source on planet earth focused on preventing the spread of HIV/Aids?

Piyush Suri, London

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 09:31 GMT 10:31 UK

I think more enphasis should be on the cure, after the trial on humans in RSA perhaps it can be rolled out to everyone on the continent which have the virus. Many are receiving prevention help (condoms) and many are receiving drugs (free) to prolong their life until the cure is found. Many loose the fight but definately more money must be spent on the quantity of the cure medicine for everyone to have access to it free of charge.

N G, London

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 09:04 GMT 10:04 UK

The entire nations in Africa should form a team of fighting HIV/AIDS severely. That is wat should be done, because, it's patience need a true help not a fake one.
Africa do something as a whole !!!

Ibraheem Hameed, Khartoum

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 08:26 GMT 09:26 UK

Yes, there must be more investement on HIV/AIDS to scale up the treatment,care and suport of the HIV/AIDS patients in Africa. For example,In Ethiopia it is good working on HIV/AIDS,we are striving to scale-up ART,VCT,PMTCT,PIHCT,TB/HIV,STI and treatment,care and suport for HIV patients,besides creating awarness, but we should work more on this, specially on care and suport, some patients says "how can we use ARV-drugs if there is no food" and they don't have means of income generating.

Mesaud Mohammed, Mekelle

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 08:08 GMT 09:08 UK

Yes I agree with spending more in villages, the risk is being shifted to rural areas with low awareness. The world is spending much on HIV/AIDS fight. However, only spending money will take us no where. The most important is to mobilize community in the fight against AIDS, like my country Ethiopia is doing.

Abraham Kahsay, Mekelle

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 07:57 GMT 08:57 UK

The bottom line is that the have the vaccine for HIV because if a company produce a medicine (ARV) that will prolong ones life the same company can as well produce the vaccine that will cure HIV. Please help the poor for God’s sake. I hope that there is a cure for HIV. Give it out and God will bless you.

Chris Toochi Nwagwu, Johannesburg, South Africa

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 07:46 GMT 08:46 UK

Are we failing HIV/Aids patients?

We need to look at the issue of HIV/AIDS in Africa a bit closer.

AIDS can ONLYbe detected by fairly long laborious and thus expensive tests. Does anyone really believe that millions of these tests have been carried out?

No. The doctors simply go by a list of "symptoms" (Drafted by US pharma companies of course) and if you tick a number of boxes, you have AIDS. Swine Flu would be classed as AIDS in Africa.

Another side effect of Foreign Aid

John Evans, Caerffili, United Kingdom

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 05:28 GMT 06:28 UK

Alot has to be done in Africa.a network should be set up to reach out for the people in the villages mainly.Actually a common habit now in african villages and some towns is that once someone contracts the virus, he or she becomes so reckless and works hard to make sure he/she makes a good number of people to acquire the virus through him or her.
Action should focus mainly on changing hearts of those people and programs inline with living healthy with HIV should be administered to them.

wambutu fred, kampala

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 05:14 GMT 06:14 UK

HIV/AIDS, Global Warming, Nuclear Weapons, Space Exploration and few other items are challenges of the WHOLE MANKIND. We need to tackle these issues regardless of the borders.

Wherever we win against these challenges, we are all winners! Whereever we loose, we are all Loosers!

Salim, Amesterdam

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 04:22 GMT 05:22 UK

The first thing required is that all the money allocated to education about HIV and assistance to HIV/AIDS sufferers, needs to be used for that purpose. There are too many occurrences where money is "diverted" from the original target. So while many people are dying others are getting rich. I know of a young man in Malawi who recently committed suicide when he found out he had HIV/AIDS. He did not believe he had viable options to live and had seen too many die horribly.

Mark G, Fulham, SA

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 03:51 GMT 04:51 UK

The ABC's of safe sex assume sexual self determination. How is this possible when the feminisation of this epidemic continues to magnify women's lack of sexual autonomy across the globe? And what does easier access to ARVs mean? Does this shift from cure to care mean people are more willing to take risks because ARVs are (more freely in some cases) available? Finally, negative stigma still continues to characterize HIV/AIDS literally from beginning to end, isn't that where we need to begin?

Judi, Switzerland

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 01:37 GMT 02:37 UK

"I think its high time the 'west and developed nations' stoped confusing Africa with ARVS and Condoms. AIDS is here because of our moral and this westrnisation, we need to go back to our ethics, Realise sex in the context of creating life in marriage and look at it as something sacred" Bright, Kapala.

So the West is responsible for Africans' sexual behavior as well. It's time to cut off funds and let them sort it out themselves.

Ken, The West

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 24:47 GMT 01:47 UK

The idea of white man's burden seems to be alive and well.

Patrick Powell, San Jose

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 24:43 GMT 01:43 UK

Quite right, we do interfere too much. Let Africans handle HIV/AIDS in their own way. We can put the aid money to better use at home subsidizing green technology to make their oil and gas unecessary so we won't be tempted to interfere so much in the future.

Scott W, Port Orchard, USA
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Won't happen - an African is your president now. Your senate already apologized for slavery - good start - keep going.

Homayoun

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 24:42 GMT 01:42 UK

1. Swaziland - 33.4%
2. Botswana - 24.1%
3. Lesotho - 23.2%
4. Zimbabwe - 20.1%
5. Namibia - 19.6%
6. South Africa - 18.8%
7. Zambia - 17.0%
8. Mozambique - 16.1%
9. Malawi - 11.8%
10. Central African Republic - 10.7%

MUCH DIFFERENT PICTURE IF THESE COUNTRIES FOLLOWED ISLAM!

Ur Muslim Brother.

Sir/Madam, with your 10 commandments! you sound like Moses (Charlston Heaston) to me...... Why don't you give a try in Hollywood?

Hamza Gummaz Gamza