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Tuberculosis and HIV
SOUTH AFRICA: Children with TB below the health radar

To a casual observer the two dozen children running round in the grassy schoolyard look like ordinary kids playing, but the surrounding buildings are the wards of the Brooklyn Chest Hospital (BCH), which specializes in treating severe cases of tuberculosis (TB), a disease rarely associated with children.

Published
23 March 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Malaria
Lopinavir/ritonavir cuts malaria risk in children with HIV

HIV-infected children in Tororo, Uganda, an area of high malaria transmission, on a lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r, or Kaletra)-based antiretroviral (ART) regimen had a significantly lower risk of getting

Published
07 March 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Child developmental issues
NIH-funded study defines treatment window for HIV+ children infected at birth

HIV-positive children older than 1 year who were treated after showing moderate HIV-related symptoms did not experience greater cognitive or behavior problems compared to peers treated when signs of their infection were still mild, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Published
07 March 2012
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Eurekalert Inf Dis
Combatting stigma
Battling HIV prejudice with Body & Soul

An estimated 100,000 people are living with Aids and HIV in Britain, many of them young people who face prejudice on a daily basis. But a series of celebrity portraits by Rankin and a powerful new film, Life in My Shoes, are challenging that stigma.

Published
19 November 2011
From
The Guardian
Tuberculosis and HIV
Out of the Dark: An implementers’ guide to managing TB in children

This report will outline the current state of paediatric TB care, looking at current practices, new developments and research needs – in paediatric TB diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Published
28 October 2011
From
MSF
Vaccines
Gates-Backed Fund to Buy $1 Billion of Glaxo, Pfizer Shots

A fund backed by Bill Gates will buy more than $1 billion of vaccines from Glaxo SmithKline, Pfizer and Merck & Co. to prevent children from dying in 37 of the poorest nations.

Published
27 September 2011
From
Bloomberg
HIV in children
Urgent need for guidance on management of heart disease risk in HIV-positive children

The majority of HIV-positive children who develop high cholesterol still have elevated cholesterol two years later, US investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired

Published
12 July 2011
By
Michael Carter
South Africa is moving towards an AIDS-free generation, and improving survival in children living with HIV

Reductions in vertical HIV transmission to infants and improvement in paediatric survival attributable to the scale of and quality improvement of prevention of parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT) and antiretroviral

Published
22 June 2011
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
HIV in children
Young adults who were infected at birth: the complexities of lifelong HIV are increasingly apparent

Although 85% of young adults who take antiretroviral therapy have an undetectable viral load, the complexities and complications of lifelong HIV infection are becoming increasingly apparent, researchers told

Published
11 April 2011
By
Roger Pebody
TB diagnosis
KENYA: Stepping up paediatric TB diagnosis

"It is extremely difficult to diagnose tuberculosis in children, unlike in adults, and the low knowledge among many health workers of the symptoms of the disease in children means many children die," said Joseph Sitienei, head of the National Leprosy and TB Control Programme. "Even among children where it is detected, it is done late, meaning they are enrolled late on treatment."

Published
24 March 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
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