<p></p> http://www.aidsmap.com/Mexico-2008-news/page/1266297/ en-gb NAM Publications - 2012 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:06:04 GMT Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:06:04 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The first International AIDS Conference to focus on Latin America will open tomorrow in Mexico City, the largest city in the Spanish-speaking world. The conference, held every two years, is the biggest gathering of AIDS experts, advocates, people with HIV and physicians, and this year it has attracted more than http://www.aidsmap.com/World-AIDS-conference-comes-to-Latin-America/page/1431036/ Brazil Conferences Mexico Mexico 2008 United States Keith Alcorn http://www.aidsmap.com/World-AIDS-conference-comes-to-Latin-America/page/1431036/ Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT The first figures released from a series of systematic surveys of men who have sex with men in southern Africa has revealed, at least in the first site analysed in Malawi, very high levels of behaviours likely to enhance the spread of HIV. The figures were presented at the meeting http://www.aidsmap.com/Malawi-MSM-survey-reveals-very-high-HIV-acquisition-and-transmission-risks/page/1431038/ Botswana Conferences Ghana Kenya Malawi Mexico 2008 Namibia Niger Nigeria South Africa Transmission and prevention Uganda Gus Cairns http://www.aidsmap.com/Malawi-MSM-survey-reveals-very-high-HIV-acquisition-and-transmission-risks/page/1431038/ Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT Based on a new testing technique that can distinguish recent from long-standing HIV infections, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now estimates that there were 56,300 new HIV infections in the U.S. in 2006—about 40% higher than the previous estimate. The figures were released on August 2, http://www.aidsmap.com/US-HIV-incidence-40-higher-than-previous-estimates-new-test-shows/page/1431041/ Conferences Mexico Mexico 2008 Transmission and prevention Liz Highleyman http://www.aidsmap.com/US-HIV-incidence-40-higher-than-previous-estimates-new-test-shows/page/1431041/ Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:00:00 GMT “This epidemic never ceases to surprise us. In every major city in Asia we have looked at, there are now epidemics of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) – epidemics that remind me of what we saw in the USA and Europe in the 1980s. HIV is http://www.aidsmap.com/Invisible-men-action-urged-for-gay-men-in-the-global-South/page/1431049/ Cambodia China and Hong Kong Conferences Egypt Indonesia Kenya Malawi Mexico Mexico 2008 Senegal South Africa Sudan Thailand Transmission and prevention Gus Cairns http://www.aidsmap.com/Invisible-men-action-urged-for-gay-men-in-the-global-South/page/1431049/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT Switching from other protease inhibitors to atazanavir/ritonavir does not significantly reduce visceral fat accumulation in the abdomen – a feature of the lipodystrophy syndrome - according to 48-week results of a randomised trial presented on Monday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Visceral fat accumulation in the http://www.aidsmap.com/Switch-to-atazanavir-does-not-reduce-belly-fat/page/1431052/ Conferences Mexico Mexico 2008 Side-effects Keith Alcorn http://www.aidsmap.com/Switch-to-atazanavir-does-not-reduce-belly-fat/page/1431052/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT Lipodystrophy is common among Thai patients taking first-line therapy but has not affected adherence to treatment, a Thai research group reported on Monday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. However, the condition is not being managed by reducing the d4T dose as recommended by the World Health http://www.aidsmap.com/Lipodystrophy-common-but-does-not-affect-adherence-in-Thai-patients/page/1431056/ Adherence Conferences Mexico Mexico 2008 Side-effects Thailand Keith Alcorn http://www.aidsmap.com/Lipodystrophy-common-but-does-not-affect-adherence-in-Thai-patients/page/1431056/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT A microfinance and training project designed to empower South African women was associated with a significant reduction in HIV risk behaviour and partner violence over two years of follow-up, delegates heard at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on Monday. The study, a randomised cluster trial in South Africa, http://www.aidsmap.com/Microfinance-project-reduces-HIV-risk-in-South-African-women-gold-standard-trial-shows/page/1431059/ Bangladesh Conferences Mexico Mexico 2008 South Africa Transmission and prevention Keith Alcorn http://www.aidsmap.com/Microfinance-project-reduces-HIV-risk-in-South-African-women-gold-standard-trial-shows/page/1431059/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT Iranian and Argentinean researchers presented contradictory evidence on the risks of delaying antiretroviral therapy in people receiving TB treatment at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, during a poster discussion on TB and HIV. The two studies showed conflicting results – an Iranian cohort finding a significant survival http://www.aidsmap.com/Earlier-ART-benefits-HIVTB-co-infected-patients-in-Iran-Argentinian-study-yields-uncertain-results/page/1431062/ Adherence Argentina Conferences Mexico Mexico 2008 South Africa Tuberculosis and HIV Derek Thaczuk http://www.aidsmap.com/Earlier-ART-benefits-HIVTB-co-infected-patients-in-Iran-Argentinian-study-yields-uncertain-results/page/1431062/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT The first ever study of the incidence of new HIV infections among men who have sex with men in Thailand has shown that each year 5% acquire HIV, reported Wipas Wimonsate from the Thai Ministry of Public Health at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on August 4th. The http://www.aidsmap.com/High-HIV-incidence-among-young-Thai-men-who-have-sex-with-men/page/1431067/ Conferences Mexico Mexico 2008 Thailand Transmission and prevention Roger Pebody http://www.aidsmap.com/High-HIV-incidence-among-young-Thai-men-who-have-sex-with-men/page/1431067/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT Science took a back seat to politics during one of the most controversial sessions of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City – one that took place hours before the conference had officially opened. At a specially convened satellite event, seven influential panellists discussed the implications of the Swiss http://www.aidsmap.com/Swiss-statement-that-undetectable-equals-uninfectious-creates-more-controversy-in-Mexico-City/page/1431075/ Conferences Epidemiology Germany HIV treatment Mexico Mexico 2008 Sexually transmitted infections Social and legal issues Starting treatment Switzerland Transmission and prevention Edwin J. Bernard http://www.aidsmap.com/Swiss-statement-that-undetectable-equals-uninfectious-creates-more-controversy-in-Mexico-City/page/1431075/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT