As the world marks World AIDS Day 2007 on 1 December, a huge boost in the numbers of health workers is urgently needed as millions of HIV and AIDS patients continue to be left without proper care, according to international aid agency Oxfam. 

Oxfam is working closely with hundreds of partners in more than 20 countries to bring relief to the millions of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. There are currently around 33 million people worldwide living with HIV, most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa although parts of Asia and Latin America are witnessing a rapid growth in the rates of infections, and a growing proportion are women. Read full story…