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AllAfrica / HIV & STD


AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

Kenya: Monitoring Antiretroviral Intake Among Children
04 09 2010 When 11-year-old Ronald Gathece was placed on antiretrovirals (ARVs) after being diagnosed HIV-positive, medical staff did not monitor his reaction to the treatment. But the side effects had been so bad that the young boy had contemplated suicide.

Swaziland: Task-Shifting Could Improve HIV Treatment And Prevention
03 09 2010 Swaziland has yet to act on a 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to alleviate health worker shortages through task-shifting and according to the Ministry of Health, the failure to do so is compromising scale-up of the antiretroviral (ARV) programme.

Uganda: HIV Mothers Need Education On New Breastfeeding Tips
03 09 2010 At the recently concluded International AIDS conference in Vienna, Austria, there was an emotional call to eradicate Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV. Participants were particularly charged when Austria, which hosted the conference, presented their progress, noting that MTCT has been virtually eliminated, recording about two to three cases a year. It's the same scenario in developed countries like the US, UK and Canada. There was also progress reported in a few African countries like Botswana.

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Medical News Today


The latest HIV News & AIDS News articles published daily. Includes news on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), antiretrovirals, awareness, preventive measures and treatment options.

Commitments To Global HIV/AIDS Programs Falter For 'First Time In 15 Years,' UNAIDS Chief Says
03 09 2010 UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe "said Thursday that global contributions to fighting [HIV/AIDS] are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times," Agence France-Presse reports. "The world economic recession is pushing countries ...

Research At GHESKIO Leads To Update In WHO Guidelines For HIV Treatment
03 09 2010 Prompted by clinical research into the early initiation of antiretroviral therapies for HIV performed at the GHESKIO clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the World Health Organization (WHO) has revised its treatment protocols for HIV patients...

Are HERVs An Answer To AIDS Mysteries?
03 09 2010 Why is it so hard to isolate and purify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)? Why has no one been able to see, by electron microscopy, a single HIV particle in the blood of AIDS patients, even those who have a "high viral load"? Why does HIV seem to mutate with startling rapidity? AIDS researchers have not been able to come up with answers to these questions...

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WHO / News

WHO urges countries to take measures to combat antimicrobial resistance
20 08 2010 20 August 2010 -- WHO suggests that countries should be prepared to implement hospital infection control measures to limit the spread of multi-drug resistant strains and to reinforce national policy on prudent use of antibiotics, reducing the generation of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

H1N1 in post-pandemic period
10 08 2010 10 August 2010 -- The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course and the world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert, but in the post-pandemic period.

WHO responds to health needs in Pakistan floods
03 08 2010 3 August 2010 -- The worst floods on record in Pakistan are placing the health of hundreds of thousands of people at risk, with a high threat of water-borne disease outbreaks and immense damage to health facilities. WHO is coordinating the response of health partners and supporting Pakistani authorities by sending medicines and related health supplies capable of treating more than 200 000 people.

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PLANetWire / Press releases


Provides reporters with story ideas, facts and figures, expert spokespeople, information from organizations and government agencies to provide background on these issues.

Abortion Ban in U.S. Military Facilities Discriminates Against Servicewomen
19 08 2010 As a First Step, Servicewomen Should Be Allowed to Pay for the Procedure with Their Own Funds

The Maternal Health Task Force Announces New Grants
23 07 2010 Innovative Maternal Health Projects to Inform National Policies

National Student Award Winner from University of Maryland College Park Travels to Guatemala to ...
22 07 2010 Odunola Ojewumi, incoming junior at University of Maryland College Park, is traveling to Guatemala with Americans for UNFPA.

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New Scientist / HIV/AIDS / News

Vaginal gel could slow spread of HIV
21 07 2010 In a South African trial, women using an anti-retroviral gel halved their risk of HIV infection – suggesting use of the gel could slow the epidemic

Remove HIV's invisibility cloak to defeat it
22 05 2010 Blocking a chemical that makes HIV look like a normal cell could be key to ridding people of the virus

Fight HIV with HIV: 'safe' virus proposed as vaccine
19 02 2010 The idea was dismissed years ago as too risky a proposition, but a new approach shows promise

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AIDSPortal / News


AIDSPortal is a joint initiative of the DFID Global AIDS Policy Team and the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development.

Obama Global Health Initiative Targets Maternal, Child Health, Disease
03 09 2010 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced a new $63 billion Global Health Initiative with an emphasis on maternal and child health, family planning and programs to fight infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. "We need a comprehensive, effective global system for tracking health data, monitoring threats, and coordinating responses," announced Clinton. ...

In Defence of Science: Seven points about traditional medicine and scientific medicine
03 09 2010 Scientists can be elitist and patronising. In that way, they are no different to any other people with power, including some traditional healers and including people who defend science, like myself. There are multiple knowledge systems. Cultural diversity, including African culture, is a valuable treasure. Traditional medicine is used by people across the world. African traditional medicine, in...

Pastor's 'Jesus had HIV' sermon angers South African Christians
27 08 2010 Xola Skosana takes HIV test in front of congregation and encourages young members of the church to do the same A pastor has angered Christians in South Africa by preaching a sermon entitled "Jesus was HIV-positive" in an attempt to break what he regards as a conspiracy of silence by the South African church. Xola Skosana said that HIV is stigmatised as evil and a sin in the country that has...

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EurekAlert / Infectious and emerging diseases / News


EurekAlert! is an online, global news service operated by AAAS, the science society. EurekAlert! provides a central place through which universities, medical centers, journals, government agencies, corporations and other organizations engaged in research can bring their news to the media.

Childhood abuse, adversity may shorten life, weaken immune response among the elderly
15 08 2010 (Ohio State University) The emotional pains we suffer in childhood can lead to weakened immune systems later in life, according to a new study. Based on this new research, the amount of this immune impairment even enhances that caused by the stress of caregiving later in life. "What happens in childhood really matters when it comes to your immune response in the latter part of your life,"

Innovotech signs agreement for distribution of its bioFILM PA test in Israel
13 08 2010 (Innovotech Inc.) Innovotech Inc., a pioneer in the field of biofilm product development, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with LevPharm Ltd of Israel to market and distribute its bioFILM PA test to hospitals and clinics within Israel.

Immune responses during pregnancy linked to schizophrenia among offspring
12 08 2010 (Temple University) In a study published this month in Schizophrenia Research, Temple University psychologist Lauren Ellman found that exposure during pregnancy to certain immune proteins, such as those produced in response to the flu, leads to increased risk for brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia in offspring.

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Yahoo! / HIV/AIDS / News

Podcast: Fighting Back Against HIV/AIDS in the Detroit Area
04 09 2010 The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to affect the Detroit area at at time when it doesn't need any more problems. As many as 59% of all new HIV cases are in Southeast Michigan and the vast majority of those are in Detroit itself. But there are people who are engaged in the fight against the disease. [...]

Pepsi challenge: HIV/AIDS activists compete for $50,000
02 09 2010 Married HIV/AIDS activists Shawn Decker and Gwenn Barringer are hoping to win a Pepsi sponsored $50,000 grant to take their safe sex presentation on the road to 50,000 teens in all 50 states. As detailed in a 2006 Hook cover story , Decker is a hemophiliac who contracted the virus from a childhood blood transfusion. He is the author of My Pet Virus , a memoir detailing his unlikely and often ...

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MedWorm / HIV/AIDS


MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Data from over 4000 medical RSS feeds is collected and output via different categories. This feed contains the latest items on MedWorm Query: HIV/AIDS

Uganda: Children Living With HIV in Masaka Appeal for Support
03 09 2010 Children living with HIV in Kyannamukaaka in Masaka district have called for help as World Vision prepares to wind up its activities in the area. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Testing the Bonds of Doctor and Patient
03 09 2010 For Dr. Ruth Bergren and her colleagues taking care of HIV patients in New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina presented the ultimate test of the doctor-patient relationship. (Source: NYT)

Brief Intervention Helps People With Severe Mental Illness Access Services for Blood-Borne Infections
03 09 2010 A simple intervention helps people with severe mental illness overcome the barriers to preventive services for blood-borne infections such as HIV and hepatitis B and C virus. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)

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IPS / HIV/AIDS / News


Inter Press Service is a global news agenc producing independent news and analysis of events affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations especially in the south

SOUTH AFRICA: "Children are Dying Needlessly"
12 08 2010 By the time Thandi Khumalo* brought her seven-month-old daughter to the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town, help came too late. The infant had developed acute diarrhoea and kwashiorkor, a condition caused by severe protein and calorie deficiency, and died a few days after being admitted.

UKRAINE: Punished for Fighting AIDS
04 08 2010 Drug users and doctors legally prescribing substitution drugs to addicts -- a key tool in the battle with the country's growing HIV epidemic -- are facing illegal police intimidation and imprisonment, HIV/AIDS activists in the Ukraine say. Fears are rising that the country's approach to the disease could be changing for the worse.

HIV-positive Kenyans Need Tribunal to Address Rights Violations
04 08 2010 Nancy Njeri's life changed when she contracted HIV through a gang rape. Not only did the infection traumatise her, she was ostracised by close friends and neighbours whom she had known for almost a decade. She was fired from her job and when she attempted to sell vegetables, people boycotted her stand because of her status.

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