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Clinical trials
Ethics of hepatitis C drug pitch questioned

Ethicists said that the doctor's comments appear to have breached ethics principles by potentially leaving his audience with outsize hope for drugs undergoing testing. Doing so, they said, was particularly striking at a moment when patients felt violated and vulnerable.

Published
25 September 2012
From
Boston Globe
Activism
Movie review: They Wouldn’t Take No for an Answer in the Battle Against AIDS

The currents of rage, fear, fiery determination and finally triumph that crackle through David France’s inspiring documentary, “How to Survive a Plague,” lend this history of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power a scorching electrical charge.

Published
24 September 2012
From
New York Times
Combatting stigma
Egypt: A year after announcing he had HIV, Maged El Rabeiy is fighting on

In June last year, during an anti-stigma conference, Maged El Rabeiy announced that he had HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In doing so, he became the first Egyptian to openly declare his struggle to the Egyptian public, giving the life-threatening virus a human face.

Published
24 September 2012
From
Egypt Independent
Religion and faith
Faith leaders across England in 'HIV healing' claims

Dangerous cases of faith leaders who tell people with HIV to stop taking their life-saving drugs are identified by African-led community groups in England.

Published
24 September 2012
From
BBC Health
Experiences of stigma
Paris Hilton Says Most Gay Guys 'Probably Have AIDS'

In an audiotape, Paris Hilton is heard perpetuating the myth that most gay men have AIDS, RadarOnline.com reports

Published
21 September 2012
From
Poz magazine news
Human rights
Prasada Rao: Is the Commonwealth ready for an Aids-free generation?

The annual meeting of the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers, coming up soon in New York, normally attracts attention for its economic and political agenda. But among the HIV/Aids community, populations vulnerable to the infection and human rights activists, concern is centered on the fate of certain recommendations relating to the Commonwealth’s legal reform process.

Published
21 September 2012
From
New Statesman
Testing policies and guidelines
India Debates Mandatory Pre-Marriage HIV Testing

The Indian government is seeking expert opinions on a bill to make pre-marital HIV testing mandatory, Gulf News reports.

Published
21 September 2012
From
Poz magazine news
History of HIV and AIDS
Jerome Horwitz, AZT Creator, Dies at 93

Jerome P. Horwitz, a scientific researcher who created AZT in 1964 in the hope that it would cure cancer but who entered the medical pantheon decades later when AZT became the first successful drug treatment for people with AIDS, died on Sept. 6 in Bloomfield Township, Mich. He was 93.

Published
21 September 2012
From
New York Times
Experiences of stigma
UGANDA: Decades later, HIV stigma lingers

Ugandans have grown familiar with HIV over the past three decades, but new research suggests that many are still scandalized by it; according to the 2011 National AIDS Indicator Survey, released on 18 September, many people still attach shame and blame to people living with the virus.

Published
20 September 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Option B+ and treatments for pregnant women living with HIV in Africa

UNICEF are promoting an approach to reduce vertical transmission in resource poor settings known as Option B+. Whilst a programme that reduces risk of transmission of HIV to unborn children, transmission to HIV negative partners and increases mothers’ life expectancy should be highly commended, there are issues that Option B+ fails to address.

Published
20 September 2012
From
Positively UK
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