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Access to medicines and treatment
SA announces HIV drugs partnership

The South African government has announced a joint venture to reduce the cost of anti-retroviral drugs with a Swiss company, by manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in South Africa.

Published
10 February 2012
From
News24
Opportunistic infections
Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis reduces death rate by almost 60% in adults taking ART in low and middle-income countries

Cotrimoxazole significantly reduces death among adults on ART in low and middle-income countries, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the October online edition of

Published
10 February 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Opportunistic infections
Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis is cost-effective for people starting ART in sub-Saharan Africa

Achieving full coverage of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis during the first six months of antiretroviral therapy would be a highly cost-effective way of reducing early death among those with advanced

Published
10 February 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Circumcision
MALAWI: Government finally moves on male circumcision

The World Health Organization endorsed the procedure as an HIV-prevention measure in 2007, but implementation of a large-scale male circumcision programme in Malawi has been controversial in the conservative country. The campaign hopes to circumcise more than 250,000 men by 2015;

Published
10 February 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Access to medicines and treatment
EU drive to protect drug firms puts fight against Aids at risk

The cheap supply of antiretroviral drugs to people with Aids across the world could be choked by an "intellectual property" deal, which the European Union will today demand at a high-level international summit, Aids campaigners say.

Published
10 February 2012
From
The Independent
Access to medicines and treatment
Sir Elton John: We must end the greed of these corporations

In a high-level summit in Delhi today officials from the EU will try to force India into accepting restrictions on its generic medicine industry that would mean delays of up to 10 years in delivery of generic versions of new, improved medicines and up to 15 years in the case of paediatric versions of the same drugs. The British Government must step in and stop the EU attack. The UK has a proud record on international development and access to medicines

Published
10 February 2012
From
The Independent
Health insurance for people with HIV

The insurance regulator recently floated a proposal which mandates all health insurance providers to put an underwriting policy in place for covering people with HIV or those working closely with HIV+ persons, such as doctors and nurses.

Published
10 February 2012
From
Reuters India (blog)
Testing policies and guidelines
Tanzania: Plan On New HIV Kits

[Daily News] THE Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is working on guidelines for procurement of new types of HIV/AIDS test kits.

Published
10 February 2012
From
AllAfrica
Epidemiology and behaviour
Jamaica - Alarming rate of HIV/AIDS infection among young women

There is a worrying trend of younger females contracting HIV/AIDS, with the 10-29 and 15-19 age groups accounting for the majority of the increase.

Published
10 February 2012
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Google Alerts HIV
Neurological and cognitive problems
NeurogesX Fails to Win U.S. FDA Panel Backing for Patch to Treat HIV Pain

NeurogesX Inc. (NGSX), a specialty drugmaker that has never reported an annual profit, failed to win the backing of a US advisory panel for its patch to relieve pain nerve damage commonly associated with HIV.

Published
09 February 2012
From
Bloomberg
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