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AIDS 2004

� Reuters Changing Face of AIDS
More than 17,000 policy makers, researchers and activists gather in Bangkok for the 15th annual global AIDS meeting. Headlining: Asia confronts a rapidly growing epidemic, and women and children are increasingly at risk. Explore NPR coverage. Left, the U.N.'s Kofi Annan talks with HIV-infected children in Bangkok.

U.S. Efforts Criticized as Conference Concludes
July 17, 2004 � The 15th International AIDS Conference comes to a close in Thailand. A U.S. plan to spend $15 billion on emergency measures is criticized over details, and divisions were evident at the gathering despite calls for unity. NPR's Richard Knox reports.
India
Tradition As An Impediment to HIV Prevention
July 16, 2004 � The powerlessness of women is partly behind the spread of AIDS in some parts of India. Women are being sold into sex slavery in Mumbai, and rural women contract HIV when their husbands return after months as migrant workers. Brenda Wilson talks with Suniti Solomon, who is at the forefront of treatment efforts, and other women about their status and how it makes them vulnerable to HIV.
Botswana
Testing Fears
July 15, 2004 � With little hope of treatment"