It is possible to achieve the UN goal of eradicating poverty by 2030 but to do so will require political will, global co-operation and human ingenuity, write Bill and Melinda Gates

Matt Damon has praised US President George W Bush's African relief initiative following a trip Zambia to help fight HIV and Aids.

THE head of a global AIDS group warned yesterday the disease is spreading rapidly in China, disputing official figures that suggest the infection rate has remained the same since last year.

The United States challenged other countries yesterday to pay their share of the world’s premier Aids-fighting fund by the end of September or lose $120m (€97.2m) in US cash.