Fellows & Editors
Anita Srikameswaran
- Trip:
- Fellows Fall 2004
- Affiliation:
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Country:
- Egypt
- Year:
- 2004
Anita Srikameswaran has been a medical and science writer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since 1997, covering everything from AIDS to zoo husbandry. Her experience in international reporting began with a trip to Rwanda in 2000, which led to a special section about life there in the aftermath of the genocide. She began her journalistic career while doing a fellowship in science writing at the Chicago Tribune. Prior to that, she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Manitoba and was a general practitioner in her hometown of Winnipeg, Canada. She also has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Stories
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AIDS fight hurt by Egyptian men’s shunning of condoms
Bob Preston, a gay American man who frequently works in Cairo, figures that getting Egyptian men to use condoms is an uphill battle for two reasons. First, in a conservative Muslim society...
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Refugees see HIV as pass to treatment
There is one group in Cairo that is dealing more openly with HIV than others -- refugees from Sudan and other troubled African nations. And for some of them, being diagnosed with...
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Egypt’s fearful gays shy from HIV testing
CAIRO, Egypt -- In May 2001, police raided the Queen Boat, a floating nightclub moored on the Nile River, and arrested 52 gay men. Ultimately, judges sentenced one defendant to five years in prison...
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Iran tackles AIDS head-on
It's hard not to be startled when you hear the name of the Middle Eastern nation that has been doing some of the most progressive HIV work in the region. Iran. Yes,...
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Needle-sharing by drug-users dangerous sign
After 16 years of treating Cairo's drug addicts, Dr. Ehab El Kharrat thought he knew everything he needed to for helping his patients. He was wrong. Until he began talking with them about...
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Egypt confronting HIV
CAIRO, Egypt -- A quarter-century after the AIDS virus began its grim march across the world and nearly 20 years after discovering its first AIDS patient, the Egyptian government has begun to offer...
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