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Commitments To Global HIV/AIDS Programs Falter For 'First Time In 15 Years,' UNAIDS Chief Says

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 8:00am CDT

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 ...
Are HERVs An Answer To AIDS Mysteries?

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:00am CDT

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...
Research At GHESKIO Leads To Update In WHO Guidelines For HIV Treatment

Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:00am CDT

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...
Cheap And Accurate Tuberculosis Test Gives Results In Under Two Hours

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:00pm CDT

A tuberculosis test, called Xpert® MTB/RIF, can successfully identify 98% of all culture-confirmed TB cases, including more than 90% of those with smear-negative disease, a study published in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) reveals...
Also In Global Health News: China's First HIV Discrimination Case; Congo Mass Rape; S. Sudan Flooding; Kenya's Population Growth; Family Planning

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:00am CDT

Court Accepts China's First HIV Discrimination Case, State Media Reports "A municipal court in central China has accepted the country's first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state media reported Tuesday," the Associated Press reports (8/31)...
Revaccination Could Benefit HIV-Infected Children

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:00am CDT

HIV-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may require revaccination to maintain immunity against preventable diseases. There remains no standard or official recommendation on revaccination of children receiving HAART, an effective intervention in reducing morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected children...
After Needle Accidents, Hospitals Face Legal Dilemma If They Test Incapacitated Patients

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 7:00am CDT

Anaesthetists are calling for greater clarity on the legal implications of testing incapacitated patients for blood-borne viruses, after a survey found that this is often done following staff needlestick injuries, in possible breach of UK legislation...
U.N. Secretary-General, UNAIDS Executive Director Highlight Role NGOs Can Play In Achieving MDGs

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:00am CDT

During the 63rd U.N. Department of Public Information/NGO Conference on Monday in Melbourne, Australia, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "call[ed] on delegates to do more to save the lives of mothers and babies," the Australian Associated Press/Sydney Morning Herald reports (Alexander/Rose, 8/30)...
U.N.-NGO Conference On MDGs Kicks Off In Australia

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:00am CDT

Ahead of next month's U.N. Summit in New York, a joint U.N.-NGO conference tracking the world's progress toward reaching the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) kicked off in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, ABC News reports (8/30)...
Also In Global Health News: GM Mosquitoes; Iodine Deficiency In Nepal; South African Health Workers Strike; Novartis To Build Vaccine Plant In Brazil;

Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:00am CDT

Malaysia Considers GM Mosquito Release To Control Dengue Fever Malaysia is still "considering releasing" up to 3,000 mosquitoes that are genetically modified to "combat dengue fever, in a landmark field trial that has come in for criticism from environmentalists," Agence France-Presse reports...
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Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

Lancet Infectious Diseases Reflects On TB Diagnosis In Children "[N]ew diagnostic techniques [for tuberculosis] need to be studied in children," according to a Lancet Infectious Diseases Reflection...
Elsevier And KIT Sign MoU To Provide ScienceDirect And Scopus To 150 Developing Country Researchers

Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

Elsevier and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam announced on 26th of August the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) providing 150 researchers working in least-developed and low-income countries (for example Benin, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Togo etc...
Local MP Stephen Lloyd To Visit HIV And Sexual Health Centre In Eastbourne, UK

Posted: August 29th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

Eastbourne MP Stephen Lloyd will be visiting HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust's (THT) centre on Wednesday 1 September at 11am. During his visit, Stephen will meet staff and local service users to find out first hand about the issues facing people in the region when it comes to HIV and sexual health...
HIV And Other Tests Will Be Offered At Free Health Clinic For Uninsured Gulf Coast Residents

Posted: August 28th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

Free HIV/AIDS tests, other significant tests and medical exams (including physicals) will be available to uninsured residents of the area when the National Association of Free Clinics holds a massive free clinic in New Orleans on Aug. 31 and Sept...
THT Response To Verdict In Trial Of Nadja Benaissa, UK

Posted: August 27th, 2010, 7:00am CDT

German pop star Nadja Benaissa, on trial for reckless transmission of HIV to a former partner, has been given a two year suspended sentence. Lisa Power, Policy Director at Terrence Higgins Trust, responds: "It's vital that we stop the onward transmission of HIV, but we don't believe that prosecutions like this help...
Scientific American Features Series On HIV/AIDS: Prevention Strategies, MSM, IDUs

Posted: August 27th, 2010, 6:00am CDT

A Scientific American series examines how recent scientific advances will guide future efforts to thwart HIV/AIDS and also looks at the epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) and injecting drug users (IDUs)...
Also In Global Health News: Disaster Preparedness In Asian Health Sector; PEPFAR In Uganda; Malnutrition In Chad

Posted: August 27th, 2010, 6:00am CDT

IRIN Examines Disaster Preparedness In Asian Health Sectors IRIN reports on disaster preparedness in Asian health sectors. According to the news service, nine countries working with Bangkok-based Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) "have emergency preparedness plans in place for their health sectors...
Vitamin A Increases The Presence Of The HIV Virus In Breast Milk

Posted: August 27th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

Vitamin A and beta-carotene supplements are unsafe for HIV-positive women who breastfeed because they may boost the excretion of HIV in breast milk-thereby increasing the chances of transmitting the infection to the child, a pair of new studies suggest...
To Reduce HIV Risk Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Better Interventions Are Needed

Posted: August 27th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

Although a cognitive-behavioral intervention to encourage men who have sex with men to reduce their substance use and sexual risk behavior (as both are linked) was partially successful, a similar reduction was achieved in comparison groups who did not receive the intervention suggesting that better methods for changing behaviors are needed...
German HIV Pop Star Gets Two Year Suspended Sentence For Having Unprotected Sex

Posted: August 26th, 2010, 8:00am CDT

Nadja Benaissa, 28, who had admitted having unprotected sex with three men when she knew she was HIV positive, and infecting a former partner, has received a two-year suspended sentence. She had been charged with dangerous bodily harm. Under German law, a person can be sued if they are HIV positive and have (unprotected) sex with a partner without telling them about their HIV status...
Also In Global Health News: U.N. Investigates DRC Rape Allegations; HIV Aid To Botswana; HIV Discrimination In Nigeria; Circumcision In Kenya; More

Posted: August 26th, 2010, 7:00am CDT

U.N. Sends Top Aides To Investigate Alleged Mass Rapes In DRC "The United Nations is investigating claims that rebel fighters raped more than 150 women and baby boys in the Democratic Republic of Congo," the BBC reports. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "sending two top aides" to the country and "also urged the Congolese government to investigate the attacks...
Also In Global Health News: IDUs In Kenya; Haiti Recovery; Pandemic Preparedness; Somalia Hunger; HIV In Mozambique; Strengthening Immune System Again

Posted: August 25th, 2010, 8:00am CDT

Kenya Drafts Policy To Address HIV In IDUs In Kenya, "[i]ntravenous drug users (IDUs) have been largely ignored by the government's HIV programmes on the basis that drug-taking is illegal, but a new policy is being drafted with the aim of reducing HIV transmission among this high-risk group," IRIN/PlusNews reports...
Merck Provides New Funding To Fight HIV/AIDS In Botswana

Posted: August 25th, 2010, 7:00am CDT

Merck announced the Merck Company Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are committing an additional $60 million to support Botswana's African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP). Merck is known as MSD outside the US and Canada...
Researchers Zero In On Protein That Destroys HIV

Posted: August 25th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

Using a $225,000 microscope, researchers have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5Î± that destroys HIV in rhesus monkeys. The finding could lead to new TRIM5Î±-based treatments that would knock out HIV in humans, said senior researcher Edward M. Campbell, PhD, of Loyola University Health System...
Antiviral Gene Helps Suppress Jumping Of AIDS Viruses Between Host Species

Posted: August 24th, 2010, 5:00pm CDT

The human AIDS viruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) originated as viruses of apes and monkeys, respectively, yet little is known about whether or how these invaders adapted to the new genetic "environment" encountered in humans. One group of host genes, collectively known as restriction factors, is thought to influence the ability of such viruses to move between different primate species...
Also In Global Health News: Ebola Drug Study; Niger Hunger Crisis; WHO's Breastfeeding Guidelines For HIV-Positive Mothers; Slowing India's Birth Rate

Posted: August 24th, 2010, 6:00am CDT

Treatment Administered To Monkeys Within Hour Of Ebola Infection Found To Be 60% Effective, Study Finds "A treatment administered to rhesus monkeys within an hour of being infected by the deadliest strain of Ebola was 60 percent effective, and a companion drug was 100-percent effective in shielding cynomolgus monkeys against Ebola's cousin, the Marburg virus," a...
Obama Requests More Money For HIV/AIDS, Other Health Programs

Posted: August 24th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

On Friday, President Obama updated his pending fiscal year 2011 HHS budget request to include $400 million more for HIV/AIDS programs, high-risk insurance pools and health worker training, CQ HealthBeat reports. He made the request to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)...
HIV Virus Hides In The Brain

Posted: August 24th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

Studies of the spinal fluid of patients given anti-HIV drugs have resulted in new findings suggesting that the brain can act as a hiding place for the HIV virus. Around 10% of patients showed traces of the virus in their spinal fluid but not in their blood a larger proportion than previously realised, reveals a thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden...
One Company Aims To Re-Purpose A Smallpox Vaccine To Battle HIV

Posted: August 24th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

Researchers from The Wistar Institute recently reported that a human adenovirus called AdHu26, once thought uncommon, is not so rare after all. This could be bad news for scientists eager to use engineered AdHu26 human adenoviruses as vaccines against HIV and other diseases...
AHF To White House On AIDS Fix: "Thank You; Not Nearly Enough"

Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 6:00am CDT

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, responded to today's announcement by the Obama Administration that it will allocate $30 million in funding to address the national AIDS Drug Assistance Program crisis that has left 3,000 Americans on waiting lists to receive lifesaving AIDS medications by saying "Thank you, but it is not nearly enough...

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