World AIDS Timeline, Year 2005

Jan. 6
    SOUTH AFRICA.  Mandela's eldest son dies of AIDS
Makgatho Mandela, 54, had been critically ill for weeks after being
admitted to a Johannesburg hospital:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4151159.stm

Mar. 3
    SOUTHERN AFRICA.  UN: HIV 'set to infect 90m Africans'
25 million Africans have HIV. Next two decades could see 89 million new
cases:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4317019.stm

Jun. 2
    UN.  Annan: HIV/AIDS efforts 'insufficient'
Secretary-General told a conference on HIV/AIDS that the global response
to the disease was insufficient:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/06/02/annan.aids

Jun. 7
    SOUTH AFRICA.  Military battles HIV
Armed forces are battling HIV/AIDS, which affects a quarter of troops,
with resources under strain

Oct. 24
    CENTRAL AFRICA.  Africa Aids orphans 'may top 18m'
Unicef says 18 million children in sub-Sahara could be orphaned by the
end of 2010:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4373576.stm

Nov. 13
    CHINA.  China plans jails for HIV inmates
Southern Guangdong province announced plans to build 2 separate jails to
hold inmates with HIV or AIDS

Nov. 21
    UN.  U.N.: 40m now have AIDS virus
The global epidemic continues to expand, but in some countries
prevention is finally starting to pay off:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/21/un.aids.ap

Nov. 30
    ENGLAND.  AIDS considered 'greatest threat'
HIV and AIDS is considered 'the greatest risk to world health' by
residents of Britain, France and Germany

Dec. 1
    Controversy clouds World Aids Day
International disagreement over how to fight the global pandemic has
persisted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4489288.stm

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Mikhail Sidorin
See links to more details at World AIDS Timeline:
http://www.mapreport.com/subtopics/d/i.html