Archive for the ‘HIV / AIDS’ Category
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Studies have repeatedly shown that female condoms are widely accepted and that many women prefer them to male condoms, but the hesitance of policy makers to promote and invest in their use has hindered their ability to protect women from HIV/AIDS, according to an Oxfam report presented Thursday at the ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
HIV is being detected in Texas Hispanics at later stages than in other ethnic groups in the state, which increases their risk of spreading the virus and delaying treatment, the Dallas Morning News reports. There are more than 8,000 Hispanics living with AIDS in Texas, which has the largest recent ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt and a high-level delegation will visit the African nations of Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and Mali next week to review cooperative efforts to reduce the spread of diseases including HIV/AIDS, malaria and highly pathogenic avian influenza. Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Public health authorities, HIV and Maternal and Child Health experts concluded that it is feasible to eliminate the vertical transmission of HIV and syphilis in the Caribbean by 2015. The conclusion was reached after a technical meeting convened by the Pan American Health Organization-World Health Organization (PAHO-WHO) and the United ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on Wednesday, more than 30 nongovernmental organizations from Spain and Latin America signed a declaration calling on governments in Latin America to increase efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, Xinhua/People's Daily reports. The declaration calls on governments to prioritize HIV/AIDS in ties between ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
HIV/AIDS experts at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on Wednesday said they are concerned that former Soviet Union states are facing widespread HIV/AIDS epidemics, AFP/Yahoo! News reports. Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said that concentrated cases of the ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Several newspapers have published opinion pieces this week addressing the XVII International AIDS Conference, the reauthorization of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a CDC report updating HIV incidence in the U.S. and related issues. Summaries appear below. Editorials Baltimore Sun: Baltimore ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Ninety-seven countries have requested a total of $6.4 billion from the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in its eighth round of funding proposals, the Inter Press Service reports.At the XVII International AIDS Conference this week in Mexico City, Global Fund Executive Director Michel Kazatchkine called the requests ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
An analysis of a 2007 national health survey by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that only 40.4 per cent of Americans aged between 18 and 64 reported ever having been tested for HIV, which leaves about 60 per cent who have never been tested. The ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
The New York Times on Friday examined AIDS-Free World's investigation into the rape of hundreds of girls and women in Zimbabwe during a two-week period of "political terror ... surrounding recent elections." At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on Thursday, Betty Makoni of the Girl Child Network ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
The Economist on Thursday examined promising new HIV/AIDS developments discussed at this week's XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City and reviewed setbacks in the fight against the disease since the XVI International AIDS Conference in 2007.According to The Economist, some "disappointment[s]" in HIV/AIDS research since the 2007 conference have ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
As part of its expanded coverage of the XVII International AIDS Conference, which is being held Aug. 3 through Aug. 8 in Mexico City, the Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report will feature studies and initiatives released during the conference. Summaries of select publications and initiatives appear below."The Changing HIV/AIDS Landscape," World ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Dr. Julio Montaner, Director of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, part of Providence Health Care, will assume the prestigious position of President of the International AIDS Society (IAS) at the conclusion of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Dr. Julio Montaner, Director of the B.C. Centre ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Experts at the XVII International AIDS Conference discussed the complementary nature of improving health systems in developing countries and broadening access to HIV prevention and treatment. They called for collaboration in expanding primary care as well as HIV/AIDS care. Gregg Gonsalves of the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa ...
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