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Last Updated August 18, 2006

Aug. 18, 2006

The National
Maureen Taylor reports on the promising early test results of a new drug. It's so new, it doesn't have a name yet.
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    The National
    Heather Hiscox interviews Louise Binder, who was infected with HIV 20 years ago and is co-founder of the Canadian Treatment Action Council.

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    The National
    Rob Gordon reports on a Nova Scotia organization that making a huge difference in the fight against AIDS in Africa.

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    Aug. 17, 2006

    The National
    Joan Leishman reports on the battle against AIDS in Canada's black communities and how cultural stigma is a huge barrier to stopping the spread of HIV.
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    Aug. 16, 2006

    The National
    Maureen Taylor reports on the search for the genetic key to beating AIDS.
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    The National
    Kas Roussy reports on the uncertain future of a Vancouver program that offers drug addicts a place where they can use clean needles.

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    The National
    John Northcott reports on the Global Village, a public space at the conference where everyone is welcome to learn more about AIDS and its impact.

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    Aug. 15, 2006

    CBC Radio: The Current
    Susan Ormiston looks at how the AIDS epidemic has affected our health care policies in Canada and elsewhere.
    Audio: (Runs 16:25)


    Newsworld Morning
    Nil Koksal reports on how teens are using fashion to increase AIDS awareness.
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    Aug. 14, 2006

    The National
    Darrow McIntyre tells the story of Marie Ens, uprooted from the Canadian prairie and now planted in the middle of the AIDS pandemic in southeast Asia.
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    The National
    Kas Roussy reports on the changing face of HIV/AIDS.

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    The National
    Lindsay Duncombe reports on Canada only level-four research lab.

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    Aug. 11, 2006

    World at Six
    Maureen Brosnahan on kids and families infected and affected by AIDS.
    Audio: (Runs 4:56)

    The National
    Health reporter Maureen Taylor on AIDS 2006 in Toronto, the 16th international conference.
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    Canada Now
    Kyle Brown with a look at last-minute preparations for the international AIDS conference in Toronto.
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    Newsworld Morning
    Heather Hiscox interviews Nobel-laureate Dr. James Orbinski of Dignitas International (a medical humanitarian organization that works with communities to increase access to life-saving treatment and prevention in areas overwhelmed by HIV/AIDS) and Dave Fleck of the Bank of Montreal about the bank's $1 million donation to fund the organization's AIDS research.
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    Aug. 10, 2006:

    Canada Now
    CBC-TV's John Northcott on Casey House, the world's first AIDS hospice.
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    Aug. 9, 2006:

    Canada Now
    CBC-TV's Diana Swain talks to Stephen Lewis, the UN secretary-general's special envoy for AIDS in Africa.
    Video: Part two (Runs 6:15)

    The World at Six
    CBC Radio's Maureen Brosnahan looks at some of the scientific and medical changes that have taken place in the last quarter century of AIDS research.
    Audio: (Runs 4:58)

    The National
    CBC-TV's Joan Leishman reports on grandparents raising their orphaned grandchildren whose parents died of AIDS.
    Video: (Runs 14:45)

    The National
    CBC-TV's Kas Roussy reports on a Canadian study that suggests people infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to follow their drug therapy than those living in North America.
    Video: (Runs 2:26)

    Aug. 8, 2006:

    Canada Now
    CBC-TV's Diana Swain talks to Stephen Lewis, the UN secretary-general's special envoy for AIDS in Africa, about AIDS, the UN and politics.
    Video: Part one (Runs 5:32)

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  • RELATED

    CBC Archives

    The Early Years of the AIDS Crisis
    The First World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 1988

    Multimedia

    Siama fights AIDS in Kenya

    External Links

    My life with HIV, a series of photo galleries by patients of Médecins Sans Frontières
    International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
    UNAIDS
    16th International Aids Conference
    Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations (UNICEF report)

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