Who do International medical guidelines call for to use a combination of AIDS drugs?

International medical guidelines call for pregnant women with advanced HIV to get a combination of AIDS drugs including nevirapine to prevent passing their infection on to their newborns during delivery. But in poor countries, combinations have been expensive and nevirapine has often been used alone, since studies have shown that a single dose can cut the transmission rate in half.

The temporary Minister of Air Transport and Tourism of Afghanistan has been beaten to death at Kabul Airport. A crowd of Afghan religious travelers beat Abdul Rahman because they were angry about travel delays to Mecca. Afghan government reports say the minister was at the airport to fly on an official trip. In other news, American forces at a base in Kandahar Airport are trying to stop a huge grass fire. The fire was started by devices used to light areas around the base at night.