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HIV and criminal law
Three tactics to stem the tide of criminal prosecutions

Scientists, lawyers and advocates have been able to reduce unwarranted prosecutions of HIV exposure and transmission in three European jurisdictions by employing three distinct approaches, Robert James told the Eighteenth International AIDS Conference ...

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Roger Pebody
Delivery of care
Loss to follow-up: health system, not patients, to blame

Continuing high rates of low to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes among people already on treatment and those waiting to start treatment are a symptom of health system failures, not the fault of ...

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9 hours ago
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Rebecca Hodes
Safer injecting
Less than 10% of East European prevention spending is for vulnerable groups

In the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 89% of national government funding for HIV prevention goes on programmes for the general population, although most countries’ epidemics are dominated by injecting drug ...

Published
28 July 2010
By
Roger Pebody
Injecting drug users
New studies strengthen evidence that drug addiction is a disease of the brain; substitution therapy necessary

Two scientific lectures presented at the Eighteenth International AIDS Conference in Vienna last week, demonstrated that drug use in and of itself is linked to increased rates of HIV transmission, giving support ...

Published
27 July 2010
By
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Injecting drug users
Evidence-based treatment of drug users needed to strengthen human rights, stem drug use, and halt the HIV epidemic

Drug policies based on ideology rather than science are fueling human rights abuses of drug users, according to a panel of experts speaking at last week’s Eighteenth International AIDS Conference which took place ...

Published
27 July 2010
By
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Epidemiology, policy and funding
'The business of public health': new research on financing of HIV programmes

At the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, a session on the financing of HIV programmes yielded important results about the long-term costs and health impacts of continued Global Fund financing of ...

Published
27 July 2010
By
Rebecca Hodes
Testing policies and guidelines
Mass testing campaign unjustified if people fail to receive treatment, activist argues

South Africa’s campaign to test 15 million people for HIV in one year risks being implemented in a way that undermines people’s human rights, the activist Mark Heywood told the Eighteenth International AIDS ...

Published
27 July 2010
By
Roger Pebody
Neurological and cognitive problems
Neurocognitive impairment linked to prior low CD4 cell count, even if on current suppressive HIV treatment

People who had a low CD4 cell count in the past remain at greater risk for HIV-related neurocognitive impairment even after they start antiretroviral therapy and their immune status improves, participants heard in ...

Published
26 July 2010
By
Liz Highleyman
New and experimental treatments
Good results seen with NRTI-sparing regimens of atazanavir plus newer drug classes

Combination antiretroviral regimens containing atazanavir (Reyataz) plus drugs from two newer classes – the integrase inhibitor raltegravir (Isentress) and the CCR5 antagonist maraviroc (Celsentri) – demonstrated promising anti-HIV activity, but presented some concerns related ...

Published
26 July 2010
By
Liz Highleyman
Epidemiology and behaviour
Prevention strategies need to target both early and chronic HIV infection

An analysis of transmission patterns in Lilongwe, Malawi shows that even if a highly effective HIV prevention intervention could reach 75% of people in chronic infection, it would never eliminate the HIV ...

Published
26 July 2010
By
Roger Pebody

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The brutal lessons of Vienna, then and now

"Where Austrians once stood listening to the hateful words of a tyrant espousing racial purity and world domination, there gathered one of the most diverse crowds imaginable, giving voice to the voiceless."

The Globe and Mail
UK Home Office bids to restrict jobs for asylum seekers

Home Office ministers are trying to thwart the impact of a supreme court ruling lifting a work ban on 45,000 asylum seekers by severely restricting the jobs they can apply for.

The Guardian
Zimbabwe: Empowerment Deputy Minister Raises Eyebrows On HIV

Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Deputy Minister Tongai Matutu has said more money should be channelled to people living with disability than to those living with HIV who may have contributed in getting the virus.

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs
Gauteng tops in HIV testing

About 340 000 people have taken part in Gauteng's HIV-testing campaign since it started in April. The provincial health department aims to test 3.3 million people by June 201.

News 24
Antigenics Presents Positive, Top Line Data From Phase I Herpes Vaccine Trial

Antigenics announced positive results with AG-707, an investigational therapeutic vaccine being developed to treat herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the virus that causes genital herpes, in infected patients. Developed by Antigenics, the vaccine triggers a cellular immune response, stimulating both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells.

Medical News Today
New TB test must reach more people - expert

A new diagnostic tool that reduces to two hours the time needed to detect drug-resistant tuberculosis must be made available to populations vulnerable to the disease, a World Health Organisation expert said.

Reuters
Bill Clinton Was Right About Wasted HIV/AIDS Funding

Dollars desperately needed to save lives of AIDS patients have never left Washington or have been wasted on unnecessary overhead around the world.

Huffington Post
New UK International Development minister interviewed

The International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, defends the decision to ring-fence overseas aid.

New Statesman
Same-sex relationships 'help self-esteem' in gay and lesbian teenagers

Same-sex relationships give gay male teenagers better self-esteem and lower internalised homophobia in teenage lesbians, a study suggests. The study, carried out by the University of Michigan, did not find similar effects in heterosexual teenagers' relationships.

Pink News
Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Guidelines

AVAC is pleased to announce the release of the draft second edition of the Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Guidelines for biomedical HIV prevention trials, which were first published by AVAC and UNAIDS in 2007. This version is open for public comment until October 31, 2010.

AVAC

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