Living Near Normal Life Spans with HIVThe results of a new study are being published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and it relates different issues dealing with the AIDS epidemic and drugs that were introduced to fight the symptoms of the disease in the 1990's. The most notable item to come out of this study is that the life expectancy of people with HIV is...
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Retrieved: Mon, Feb 8, 2010
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness DayDecember 7, 2010 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. African Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. While making up only 13 percent of the U.S. population, they account for more than 49 percent of AIDS cases. AIDS is now the leading cause of death for African American women ages 25 to 34, and the second leading cause of...
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A New Warning for Users of Videx and Videx EC (didanosine)The Food and Drug Administration is alerting HIV specialists and medical providers about a serious liver problem that could arise in those people taking Videx or Videx EC. Also known as didanosine, the drug is now being linked to a rare disorder of the liver called non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. Portal hypertension is caused by the slowing...
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New Study Suggests Abstinence Only Teaching May Work After AllAs an HIV educator, I have taught people that abstinence only teaching doesn't help slow the rate of HIV infection or the spread of other sexually transmitted diseases. Well, I may have to change my tune. A federally funded study has provided us with the first evidence that abstince only teaching can have a positive influence on the sexual...
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Raising AIDS AwarenessBoth on a global level and in your own community, raising AIDS awareness lifts the veil of mystery and ignorance from a disease that can be prevented. All people have to do is be willing to learn about HIV. If that happens, prevention is a natural next step. The resources assembled here are perfect places to start.
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Start HIV TreatmentWhen should I start HIV treatment? When should you start your HIV medications? Find out when you should start HIV medications.
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Zocor (simvastatin)A healthy cholesterol and triglyceride level is an important part of staying healthy. Too much cholesterol or triglycerides increases your risk of heart disease. Here is a fact sheet for one medication used to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels; zocor (simvastatin)
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Food PyramidThe Food Pyramid: food pyramid department of agriculture u s department u s department of health and human services health and human services
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STDs and HIVStudies have shown there is a definite link between STDs and HIV. How are HIV and STDs linked?
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HIV Disclosure to KidsWhen parents have HIV do they tell their children? Should they tell their kids about their HIV? If they decide to tell their kids about their HIV, how do they disclose?
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CdiffClostridium difficile or C. diff can be a serious gastrointestinal infection that causes severe diarrhea. Here is your guide to C. diff
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HIV Treatment GuidelinesHIV is a complex disease that needs proper treatment. These HIV treatment guidelines help your doctor put together a regimen that works for you. Here are the new HIV treatment guidelines.
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HIV from the dentistCan I get HIV from seeing the dentist or the doctor? Don't worry...the answer is probably what you expected.
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HIV in HealthcareHIV can be transmitted in the workplace. HIV occupational exposure does occur as does HIV/AIDS in healthcare workers. Here are the statistics for HIV/AIDS in healthcare workers.
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Talk to your kidsIt's certainly not a comfortable topic of conversation but a very necessary one. Most people think of HIV as an adult disease. But HIV affects kids too; either directly or indirectly. So talking to your kids about HIV is important and necessary. How can parents talk with their kids about HIV?
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Debt relief in UgandaDebt relief helps Uganda push change to infrastructure
DFID : News Stories
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Debt relief in MozambiqueDebt relief allows Mozambique to more than tripled its poverty reducing expenditure from $792 million to over $2 billion since 2001
DFID : News Stories
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Northern Ireland pupils learn about global issuesPupils from Northern Ireland today met UK Minister for International Development, Mike Foster, to talk about how links to schools in developing countries are helping them learn about global issues that affect us all.
DFID : News Stories
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UK support to help Asia’s poorest peopleThe UK Government pledged support for the poorest people in Asia and the Pacific with an increase in funding for the region’s development bank.
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Jigawa surges up the education spending leagueThe Universal Basic Education Intervention Fund (UBE-IF) established in 2005 is a key initiative to try to channel more of the Nigerian oil revenues directly to States to spend on schooling: classrooms, books and teacher training. Early implementation was plagued by fund flow hitches, corruption allegations and poor performance. A report...
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DFID Director visits MozambiqueThere was an absolute torrential downpour of rain last week, flooding the roads of Maputo and preventing a number of colleagues arriving at work. It was a bit of a wet welcome then for Beverley Warmington, DFID’s Director of West and Southern Africa and Chris Murgatroyd, the Head of the Directors Office.
I have pictured Beverley [...]
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A whirlwind pace of reformsAnother leader making waves, this time of education reform, is the Hon. Commissioner of Education in Kwara State, Mr Bolaji Abdulahi. DFID education programmes have been working in Kwara since 2007 and we have constantly struggled to keep up with his whirlwind pace of reforms, aimed at getting the school system back on track. Bolaji speaks [...]
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Introducing Alberto Pasini…It ended up being a relatively late night on Tuesday, due to a working dinner which came at the end of a full day of discussions on the Global Fund. I say relatively late, as my working day normally begins when I open the DFID office at 7.15, so anything that extends the day beyond [...]
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Nigerian championsRegular readers might get the impression that there is only doom and gloom to emerge from Nigeria. Certainly the current violence in Jos with 100’s dead is deeply saddening. An earlier post after a visit I made to Jos between late 2008 and recent bouts of killing highlighted the underlying tensions of poverty and natural resource [...]
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Quality Of Caregiver Relationship Is Crucial For HIV-Infected ChildrenA new study of children in Ukraine has found that for the growing number of HIV-infected children, the quality of care and the relationship between children and their caregivers play an important role in their development...
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Recent Releases In Global HealthLancet Study Examines Childbirth Practices, Outcomes In Asian Countries A Lancet study examines childbirth practices and the relationship between these practices and maternal and perinatal outcomes in nine Asian countries, as assessed by a WHO global survey...
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Congressmen, Citing Reports Of Fraud, Seek Accounting For AIDS Funding"Two Republican congressmen who help oversee billions of dollars for people with AIDS are asking the federal government for an accounting of fraud and mismanagement complaints leveled against AIDS programs nationwide," The Washington Post reports. "Reps. Joe L. Barton (Tex.) and Greg Walden (Ore.) sent a letter Thursday to the U.S...
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$4.25 Million For HIV Research In GenevaThe Mintaka Foundation for Medical Research in Geneva announced today that the Wellcome Trust, London, has awarded it approximately CHF 4,500,000 to meet the remaining costs of bringing its flagship product, an anti-HIV microbicide known as 5P12-RANTES, to a first safety trial in the clinic. Every year, there are millions of new infections from...
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U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Condemning Uganda's Anti-Gay BillU.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a congressional resolution condemning an anti-gay bill before Uganda's parliament, "calling it an attack on human rights and an obstacle to battling HIV/AIDS," Agence France-Presse reports...
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UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still ElusiveKAMPALA , Feb 4 (IPS) - HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn
between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of
HIV/AIDS.
She suspects that her eight and 12-year-old daughters
may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of
their status because she refuses have them tested.
IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Sat, Feb 6, 2010
UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still ElusiveKAMPALA , Feb 4 (IPS) - HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn
between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of
HIV/AIDS.
She suspects that her eight and 12-year-old daughters
may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of
their status because she refuses have them tested.
IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Fri, Feb 5, 2010
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Fugitives in Their Own CountryKAMPALA, Jan 29 (IPS) - Every morning Pepe Julian Onziema wakes up not
knowing if she will live to see another rising sun.
Onziema is
transgender and she lives in fear for her life because of a
national campaign against gay people.
IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Sat, Jan 30, 2010
ZIMBABWE: Training Teachers to Cope with HIV-positive Students HARARE, Jan 15 (IPS) - Eleven-year-old Memory’s grandmother wanted her to
drop out of school because she is not going to live long enough
to complete her studies.
And the ridicule and stigma Memory
endures at school because of her HIV status does not make her
education seem worthwhile. Especially...
IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Sat, Jan 16, 2010
ZIMBABWE: Training Teachers to Cope with HIV-positive StudentsEleven-year-old Memory's grandmother wanted her to drop out of school because she is not going to live long enough to complete her studies.
And the ridicule and stigma Memory endures at school because of her HIV status does not make her education seem worthwhile. Especially since this ridicule comes from her teacher.
IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Fri, Jan 15, 2010
maraviroc, SelzentryTitle: maraviroc, SelzentryCategory: MedicationsCreated: 2/5/2010 3:21:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/5/2010 3:21:48 PM
MedicineNet HIV General
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darunavir, TMC-114; PrezistaTitle: darunavir, TMC-114; PrezistaCategory: MedicationsCreated: 2/5/2010 3:03:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/5/2010 3:03:34 PM
MedicineNet HIV General
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raltegravir, IsentressTitle: raltegravir, IsentressCategory: MedicationsCreated: 2/5/2010 2:42:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/5/2010 2:42:24 PM
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etravirine, IntelenceTitle: etravirine, IntelenceCategory: MedicationsCreated: 2/5/2010 2:35:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/5/2010 2:35:42 PM
MedicineNet HIV General
Retrieved: Sat, Feb 6, 2010
enfuvirtide, T-20; FuzeonTitle: enfuvirtide, T-20; FuzeonCategory: MedicationsCreated: 2/5/2010 2:22:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/5/2010 2:22:24 PM
MedicineNet HIV General
Retrieved: Sat, Feb 6, 2010
FDA Revises HIV Drug Label for Liver ComplicationWASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has updated labels of the HIV drug didanosine (Videx and Videx EC) to include warnings for potentially serious liver damage.
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Mon, Feb 1, 2010
SUDAN: Positive networks fight HIV in the southPhoto: Kasang Dedi/IRIN
The associations help identify HIV-positive people in their communities who are in need of assistance
JUBA, 4 February 2010 (PlusNews) – Networks of people living with HIV in southern Sudan are trying to ...
World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Feb 5, 2010
ZIMBABWE: HIV-positive people want constitutional rightsPhoto: Eric Kanalstein/UNMIL
The constitution should provide prisoners with “free and uninterrupted” ARVs
HARARE, 4 February 2010 (PlusNews) – AIDS activists in Zimbabwe have launched a major drive to ensure that the rights of people ...
World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
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SUDAN: Universal access still a long way off in the southPhoto: Kate Holt/IRIN
A health system overhaul is needed
JUBA, 3 February 2010 (PlusNews) – Southern Sudan’s poor infrastructure, largely illiterate population and dearth of health facilities and workers mean that despite five years of peace, ...
World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 3, 2010
SUDAN: Battling HIV in a post-conflict armyPhoto: Edgar Mwakaba/IRIN
Research shows that post-conflict transitions are periods of heightened vulnerability to HIV
JUBA, 29 January 2010 (PlusNews) – The evidence of five years of peace is everywhere in Juba, regional capital of Southern ...
World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Jan 29, 2010
SUDAN: Vulnerable girls risk sexual exploitation on Juba’s streetsPhoto: Peter Martell/IRIN
Without government or community protection, Juba’s young girls are vulnerable to abuse
JUBA, 28 January 2010 (PlusNews) – In a large market in Juba, the regional capital of Southern Sudan, young women spend ...
World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Thu, Jan 28, 2010
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