AIDS

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama leaves after signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 surrounded by members of Congress and Ryan White's mother (2R) on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama arrives before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) Jeanne White-Ginder, Ryan White's mother, holds the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 after President Barack Obama signed it, flanked by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (L) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama leaves after signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) Jeanne White-Ginder, Ryan White's mother, listens while President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (L) holds Ryan White's mother before President Barack Obama signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) Ryan White's mother holds the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 after President Barack Obama signed it on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama acknowledges Ryan White's mother (R) before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Gabriele Thyssen-Henne (Gabriele Inaara Begum Aga Khan) rises out of the car for the '16th Aids Gala' at Deutsche Oper on November 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and wife Stephanie zu Guttenberg attend the '16th Aids Gala' at Deutsche Oper on November 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Gabriele Thyssen-Henne (Gabriele Inaara Begum Aga Khan) rises out of the car for the '16th Aids Gala' at Deutsche Oper on November 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and wife Stephanie zu Guttenberg attend the '16th Aids Gala' at Deutsche Oper on November 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and wife Stephanie zu Guttenberg attend the '16th Aids Gala' at Deutsche Oper on November 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

Kenyans hold a procession on November 4, 2009 on the sidelines of the fifth Multilateral Initiative on Malaria conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to call for donor support in research and distribution of drugs to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Chanting: 'Yes We Can,' a slogan synonymous to the presidential campaign and election of US President Barack Obama a year ago, partcipants in the procession promised to send thousands of cards and messages to urge donors, and in particular Obama, to continue backing treatment for these diseases by significantly expanding investments in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Kenyans hold a procession on November 4, 2009 on the sidelines of the fifth Multilateral Initiative on Malaria conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to call for donor support in research and distribution of drugs to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Chanting: 'Yes We Can,' a slogan synonymous to the presidential campaign and election of US President Barack Obama a year ago, partcipants in the procession promised to send thousands of cards and messages to urge donors, and in particular Obama, to continue backing treatment for these diseases by significantly expanding investments in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Kenyans hold a procession on November 4, 2009 on the sidelines of the fifth Multilateral Initiative on Malaria conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to call for donor support in research and distribution of drugs to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Chanting: 'Yes We Can,' a slogan synonymous to the presidential campaign and election of US President Barack Obama a year ago, partcipants in the procession promised to send thousands of cards and messages to urge donors, and in particular Obama, to continue backing treatment for these diseases by significantly expanding investments in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Kenyans hold a procession on November 4, 2009 on the sidelines of the fifth Multilateral Initiative on Malaria conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to call for donor support in research and distribution of drugs to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Chanting: 'Yes We Can,' a slogan synonymous to the presidential campaign and election of US President Barack Obama a year ago, partcipants in the procession promised to send thousands of cards and messages to urge donors, and in particular Obama, to continue backing treatment for these diseases by significantly expanding investments in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 16: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Rene Koch and musical singer Angelika Milster and Udo Walz attend the AIDS Gala 2009 at theater des Westen on November 16, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 16: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Producer Minu Barati-Fischer and and actress Gabi Decker attend the AIDS Gala 2009 at theater des Westen on November 16, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (R) and his boyfriend Michael Mronz attend the '16th Aids Gala' at Deutsche Oper on November 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 16: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Musical singer Angelika Milster and Udo Walz attend the AIDS Gala 2009 at theater des Westen on November 16, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 16: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Actor Dirk Bach and tv host Sonya Kraus attend the AIDS Gala 2009 at theater des Westen on November 16, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 16:(EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Berlin major Klaus Wowereit and boyfriend Joern Kubicki attend the AIDS Gala 2009 at theater des Westen on November 16, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 16: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Actor Dirk Bach and tv host Sonya Kraus attend the AIDS Gala 2009 at theater des Westen on November 16, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

An activist of Swiss NGO 'Medecins Sans Frontiers' (Doctors Without Borders), or 'MSF', jumps into Lake Geneva next to a giant inflated mock capsule during a demonstration on October 28, 2009 in Geneva. In a way to produce new drugs at affordable prices, MSF is asking the biggest pharmaceutical companies to quickly make available new treatments for millions of people living with AIDS and urging them to agree to put their patents in a pool that UNITAID, the international drug financing agency, is in the process of setting up in.

Honduran Red Cross personnel give the first aids to a supporter of deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya allegedly wounded by riot police during clashes near the hotel where the talks take place, in Tegucigalpa, on October 29, 2009. US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon along with senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo and representative of the US State Department Craig Kelly visit Honduras in a new push to end the crisis set off by the ouster of President Zelaya exactly four months ago.

Ryan White's mother Jeanne White-Ginder (C) holds the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 after signed by US President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2009.

Moujok, the dog of French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent is seen on November 17, 2009 at Marigny theater in Paris, on the first of the four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. This week's sale, running over four days, occurs after last February's 700-item sale of Pierre Berge and his late pantsuit pioneer Yves Saint-Laurent collection smashed record on record, netting 342 million euros (491 million dollars) and making Saint-Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity of 2009, according to Forbes which placed him ahead of Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley.

General view taken on November 17, 2009 at Marigny theater in Paris, on the first of the four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. This week's sale, running over four days, occurs after last February's 700-item sale of Pierre Berge and his late pantsuit pioneer Yves Saint-Laurent collection smashed record on record, netting 342 million euros (491 million dollars) and making Saint-Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity of 2009, according to Forbes which placed him ahead of Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley.

French businessman and head of Sidaction organisation Pierre Berge (R) answers a journalist's question on October 27, 2009 in a Parisian hotel, after a press conference announcing the creation of a provision fund and his committee for fighting Aids.

Former British pop icon Annie Lennox holds up the Peace award as former South African leader and Nobel laureate Frederik Willem De Klerk looks on at the conclusion of the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin November 11, 2009. Lennox was awarded the prize for her work in raising awarenessof the HIV/AIDS impact on women and children.

Former South African president and Nobel laureate Frederik Willem De Klerk attends the prize ceremony of British pop icon Annie Lennox at the conclusion of the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin November 11, 2009. Lennox was awarded the prize for her work in raising awarenessof the HIV/AIDS impact on women and children.

Former South African president and Nobel laureate Frederik Willem De Klerk and his wife Elita Georgiades applaud during the prize ceremony of British pop icon Annie Lennox at the conclusion of the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin November 11, 2009. Lennox was awarded the prize for her work in raising awarenessof the HIV/AIDS impact on women and children.

French businessman and head of Sidaction organisation Pierre Berge (C) attends on November 17, 2009 at Marigny theater in Paris, the first of the four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. This week's sale, running over four days, occurs after last February's 700-item sale of Pierre Berge and his late pantsuit pioneer Yves Saint-Laurent collection smashed record on record, netting 342 million euros (491 million dollars) and making Saint-Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity of 2009, according to Forbes which placed him ahead of Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley.

General view taken on November 17, 2009 at Marigny theater in Paris, on the first of the four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. This week's sale, running over four days, occurs after last February's 700-item sale of Pierre Berge and his late pantsuit pioneer Yves Saint-Laurent collection smashed record on record, netting 342 million euros (491 million dollars) and making Saint-Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity of 2009, according to Forbes which placed him ahead of Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley.

French businessman and head of Sidaction organisation Pierre Berge, is pictured on October 27, 2009 in a Parisian hotel, during a press conference announcing the creation of a provision fund and his committee for fighting Aids.

Ryan White's mother Jeanne White-Ginder (C) holds the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 after signed by US President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2009.

Former British pop icon Annie Lennox holds up the Peace award as former South African leader and Nobel laureate Frederik Willem De Klerk applauds at the conclusion of the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin November 11, 2009. Lennox was awarded the prize for her work in raising awarenessof the HIV/AIDS impact on women and children.

People attend on November 17, 2009 at Marigny theater in Paris, the first of the four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. This week's sale, running over four days, occurs after last February's 700-item sale of Pierre Berge and his late pantsuit pioneer Yves Saint-Laurent collection smashed record on record, netting 342 million euros (491 million dollars) and making Saint-Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity of 2009, according to Forbes which placed him ahead of Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley.

Moujik, the dog of French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent is seen on November 17, 2009 at Marigny theater in Paris, on the first of the four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. This week's sale, running over four days, occurs after last February's 700-item sale of Pierre Berge and his late pantsuit pioneer Yves Saint-Laurent collection smashed record on record, netting 342 million euros (491 million dollars) and making Saint-Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity of 2009, according to Forbes which placed him ahead of Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley.

Ryan White's mother Jeanne White-Ginder (C) holds the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 after signed by US President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2009.

British pop icon Annie Lennox holds up the Peace Award at the conclusion of the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin November 11, 2009. Lennox was awarded the prize for her work in raising awarenessof the HIV/AIDS impact on women and children.

Former South African president and Nobel laureate Frederik Willem De Klerk attends the prize ceremony of British pop icon Annie Lennox at the conclusion of the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin November 11, 2009. Lennox was awarded the prize for her work in raising awarenessof the HIV/AIDS impact on women and children.