Presenting these and other accomplishments will contribute to making AIDS 2012 a landmark conference.

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Researchers there are implanting human cells in mice to look for better ways of making vaccines against aids and hepatitis C.

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According to U.N. statistics, one in three women will experience violence in her lifetime, including beating, rape or assault, making such violence a more prevalent problem than AIDS, malaria or any other disease.

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The possibility of making history for producing the vaccine that wiped out AIDS didn't hurt either.

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But Mr Bush was responsible for setting up the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and for making sure it had plenty of money.

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Almost 100 countries now have national AIDS strategies in place and a number are making progress.

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Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in America, and one of Mr Bush's chief advisers on AIDS, also tried to allay some of the fears of activists by making it clear that the money would not have to be spent on the costly products of American drug companies.

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Silver: Besides its well-known uses in making jewelry, silverware and coins, silver is in dental fillings, architectural glass and hearing aids.

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The southern African country, which has a major city named Blantyre after Livingstone's birthplace, is a largely agricultural economy that is making efforts to overcome decades of underdevelopment and the more recent impact of a growing HIV-Aids problem.

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