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Global health initiatives
HIV Medicine Association | 2 hours ago
Last December, President Obama challenged us to end AIDS now that
science has produced the tools to make this vision possible. The
president’s fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget proposal released yesterday
makes important investments in domestic HIV programs but falls short in
committing the resources necessary to put us on course to end AIDS
globally.
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Global health initiatives
Manual Items | 2 hours ago
The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator says that despote overall reductions in funds allocated to global AIDS and TB, the budget demonstrates that the United States remains fully committed to the fight
against global AIDS, and will meet the President’s ambitious targets for
HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention announced on World AIDS Day 2011.
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New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
Bloomberg Business Week | 7 hours ago
A developing medical theory that hepatitis C can be overcome with the
same type of drug cocktails that tamed HIV may drive acquisition
strategies as companies try to anticipate which products work best with
other medicines.
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Young people
Google Alerts HIV | 13 hours ago
Regular small cash payments to girls and young women can enable them to resist the attentions of older men and avoid HIV infection, according to a new study. Girls and young women are at the greatest risk of HIV infection in endemic countries.
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Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Eurekalert Inf Dis | 14 hours ago
Bohdan Nosyk and Julio Montaner of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS in Vancouver, Canada argue in an Essay published in this week's PLoS Medicine that the cost-effectiveness of HAART roll out has been significantly underestimated, because economic analyses have not yet taken into account the beneficial impact of HAART on prevention of HIV transmission.
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Hepatitis C transmission and prevention
Hepatitis Central | 16 hours ago
We usually think of Hepatitis C as a virus that is passed from person to person. However, most infections occur via an intermediary, inanimate object. Thus, determining the length of time Hepatitis C can survive outside the body is crucial to prevent transmission of this virus.
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History of HIV and AIDS
Los Angeles Times (blog) | 19 hours ago
Magic Johnson delivered a sobering announcement nearly 20 years ago that he'd retire from the Lakers after contracting HIV. Now it's a testament to how Johnson has successfully fought the disease and become a spokesman for the cause. ESPN will air an hour-long documentary on March 11 at 9 p.m. Eastern time, titled, "The Announcement."
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Condoms and lubricant
Times of South Africa | 19 hours ago
The rate at which South Africans contracted HIV fell by 30%
between 2000 and 2008, mostly due to increased condom use, according to a new
study published in the Royal Society journal Interface last month.
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Women
Mapping Pathways | 22 hours ago
“If a woman, for whatever reason, is unable to negotiate the use of a condom during sex, at least she can have something else to protect herself with – something that can help put her in control.”
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Men who have sex with men (MSM)
IRIN Plus News | 23 hours ago
If caught, any Swazi engaged in a same-sex relationship will be arrested
and jailed. But public health officials are using Valentine's Day to
urge gays to trust promises of confidentiality and test for HIV.
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