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Vaccines
Panel recommends HPV shot in boys

A US government medical panel recommends the human papillomavirus vaccine for boys, as vaccination rates for young women stagnate.

Published
26 October 2011
From
BBC Health
Global health initiatives
Focus on HIV-Aids cost family planning a decade, says UN population chief

Babatunde Osotimehin says it was hard to talk about cutting birth rate as families lost their children.

Published
24 October 2011
From
The Guardian
Young people
RWANDA: Parents, teachers divided over condom initiative

A proposed initiative to distribute condoms to Rwandan secondary school students has divided parents, teachers and other members of society, with some cheering the plan and others concerned that teens are not mature enough to use condoms responsibly.

Published
24 October 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
Microbicides
Gel Cuts Women’s Risk of Herpes, Study Finds

A vaginal gel that sharply reduces a woman’s risk of infection with the AIDS virus is even more effective against genital herpes, a much more common risk for young American women, a new study has found.

Published
21 October 2011
From
New York Times
Circumcision
The well-connected Mr KLamp

President Jacob Zuma, King Goodwill Zwelithini and the former national intelligence chief Billy Masetlha -- these are the political heavyweights being courted by the man behind the controversial male circumcision device known as the Tara KLamp.

Published
21 October 2011
From
Mail & Guardian
Condoms and lubricant
More Male U.S. Teens Lose Virginity Wearing Condoms

The number of U.S. men ages 15 to 19 who used a condom the first time they had sex increased between 2002 and the 2006 to 2010 survey periods, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statement.

Published
19 October 2011
From
Poz magazine news
PrEP
HIV/AIDS Organizations Tell FDA and Gilead Sciences: Don't Delay HIV Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender Women

Thirteen prominent U.S. HIV/AIDS organizations have issued an open letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Gilead Sciences calling for prompt regulatory review of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in gay and bisexual men and transgender women (men who have sex with men, or MSM).

Published
18 October 2011
From
AVAC
Injecting drug use
The impact of needle and syringe provision and opiate substitution therapy on the incidence of hepatitis C virus in injecting drug users: pooling of UK evidence

Together studies recently conducted across the UK suggest that consistent participation in methadone maintenance treatment plus adequate access to fresh injecting equipment has prevented many hepatitis C infections, supporting calls for needle exchange to be expanded and methadone treatment sustained.

Published
18 October 2011
From
Drug and Alcohol Findings
Policy
UGANDA: Veteran activists disillusioned with direction of HIV response

Some of Uganda's most active campaigners in its 30-year fight against HIV are losing faith in the government's ability to effectively counter the epidemic as the country struggles to provide treatment and prevent more than 100,000 new infections every year.

Published
18 October 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
Low and theoretical transmission risks
Fish pedicures unlikely to cause HIV infection

The Daily Mail and the Sun are alarming their readers today with articles alleging that “fish foot spa pedicures could spread HIV and hepatitis C” and that

Published
18 October 2011
By
Roger Pebody
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