Understanding AIDS PhobiaThere are two diseases that strike fear in most everyone; "cancer," and "AIDS." And that fear is completely rational and understandable. But in the matter of AIDS, what happens if that fear takes control of your life? What if you fear the possibility of being infected with HIV so much you are unable to go on with your day to day life? When you...
About.com AIDS / HIV
Retrieved: Sun, Mar 14, 2010
Gay Men 44 Times More Likely to Get HIV InfectionAccording to the Centers for Disease Control men who have sex with men are 44 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than other men. They are also 40 times more likely than women to get an HIV infection according to an analysis released at the 2010 National STD Prevention Conference. What this means is that until every community prioritizes...
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Group of Lawmakers Asking FDA to Lift Blood Donation BanA group of US Senators led by Senator John Kerry, is urging the Food and Drug Administration to lift the ban preventing gay men from donating blood. The ban was put into place at the height of the HIV scare at a time when the disease was not well understood and the technology to detect HIV in donated blood was just not reliable. The thought...
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Factors Affecting Medication AdherenceSoon after the advent of HIV medications, it became obvious that taking your medicines exactly as prescribed was essential for an effective drug regimen. It also became apparent that factors affecting medication adherence are plentiful. If a person is to adhere to their medication, the medical provider must first identify factors that affect...
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Researchers Suggest HIV Can Be Eliminated in 30 YearsResearchers at this week's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have suggested a way they say HIV can be eliminated in as little as 30 years. AIDS researchers with the South African Center for Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis (SACEMA) have submitted a plan that combines aggressive HIV treatment with HIV...
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Fusion InhibitorOne of many classes of HIV medications, an HIV fusion inhibitor acts on the virus before it eters the CD4 cell.
About.com AIDS / HIV: Most Popular Articles
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Cialis (tadalafil)Cialis and erectile dysfunction is not without risks and side effects. here is a medication fact sheet for the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis (tadalafil)
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HIV and BreastfeedingBreastfeeding remains one of the primary sources of HIV transmission in the developing world. Breastfeeding with HIV is risky, but new research into HIV and breastfeeding may make it more safe for HIV positive moms to breastfeed.
About.com AIDS / HIV: Most Popular Articles
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New HIV CasesAs the epidemic continues, how many new HIV cases occur in the US each year?
About.com AIDS / HIV: Most Popular Articles
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HIV FeaturesOver the last decade, we at About.com have provided you with hundreds of HIV related articles. Content ranging from medication education, adherence, testing and prevention have been resented for your use over the years. The following articles are some I consider the best.
About.com AIDS / HIV: Most Popular Articles
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Fighting HIVImportant research is always being done in an effort to find new ways to fight HIV. New HIV therapies and new ways of fight HIV may take people willing to look outside the box.
About.com AIDS / HIV: What's Hot Now
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Gallo ProfileIn the history of HIV one scientist stands out. Eminent HIV scientist Robert Gallo is considered by many to be the one who discovered HIV. In the history of HIV there are others but Gallo stands out.
About.com AIDS / HIV: What's Hot Now
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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
About.com AIDS / HIV: What's Hot Now
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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.
About.com AIDS / HIV: What's Hot Now
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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.
About.com AIDS / HIV: What's Hot Now
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Help for cyclone-hit FijiThe Department for International Development will provide £100,000 to the Fijian Red Cross to help with the immediate disaster relief efforts.
DFID : News Stories
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DFID joins World Bank to cut road deaths DFID has joined the World Bank’s initiative to combat an escalating crisis of road deaths and injuries in developing countries.
DFID : News Stories
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Advice to developing countries on paying for healthcareThe Centre for Progressive Health Financing, announced by the Secretary of State at DFID’s Agenda 2010 conference on 11 March, will help countries remove the financial barriers faced by the poor in accessing quality health services.
DFID : News Stories
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The Memorandum of UnderstandingThe build up to one of the big twice yearly policy discussions between the Ministry of Health and its partners was well underway last week. The policy dialogue, known as the CCS (the coordinating committee for health), will be held tomorrow on the 11th March. However, on Monday and Tuesday last week, health partners had [...]
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Where are the numbers?Just before Xmas, as reported on my 'back to basics' post, Kano State was just starting the data entry of the annual school census that the Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria (ESSPIN) programme had been supporting. My managers are always challenging me '.. Yes Ian that's great but what are the numbers, how many kids [...]
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Lizard labOn the road the other day and decided to swing by and see how the rain harvesting scheme at Gidan Mutan Daya primary school, Katsina was getting on now, over 3 months into the dry season. When I last visited the tanks had just received the first rains and we were curious to see how long into the dry season [...]
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The Global Health InitiativeAt the end of last week, I went with my DFID colleague Katie Bigmore to the offices of USAID, which are really close to the DFID office near the waterfront in downtown Maputo. We were there to give a brief presentation on working in Sector Wide Approaches (SWAps). The US Government funded agencies, including USAID [...]
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Hope of a new start in NepalIt’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but lots has been happening here in Nepal. If I’d written before Christmas, I think that my blog would have been pretty downbeat. Up until almost the very end of the year there was very little progress on the peace process and it was getting harder to be [...]
DFID Bloggers
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Sidibe Calls For A 'Prevention Revolution' To Fight HIV/AIDSUNAIDS head Michel Sidibe on Monday called for a "prevention revolution" to fight HIV/AIDS and addressed laws he says make high-risk groups more vulnerable to the disease, the Associated Press reports...
HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
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It's Time To Reassess Where We Stand With An HIV Vaccine As Numbers Infected Rise In UN StudyAccording to a recent United Nations study, HIV infection rates among high-risk groups such as gays, drug users and sex workers are on the rise around the world. U.N. AIDS agency chief Michel Sidibe is saying the increase may be due to worsening discrimination against these groups in certain countries. In the U.S...
HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
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NAMIBIA: "If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It"WINDHOEK, Mar 16 (IPS) - "At home we have a bar," says grade seven
learner David Bravo* (14). "When my mother puts on the music
I cannot concentrate on (my) schoolwork anymore. Sometimes, in
the middle of the night, I just sit there and watch the
people."
IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
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MALAWI: Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans LILONGWE, Mar 15 (IPS) - At the age of 66, village headman Kamwala of Dedza
district in central Malawi is starting to feel the effects of
ageing. He gets tired easily and needs frequent naps but says he
cannot afford this luxury. He and his wife are caregivers to a
one-year-old orphan.
IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
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HEALTH: U.S. AIDS Fund Flat-Lining, Groups ComplainWASHINGTON, Mar 12 (IPS) - The debate between those who favour investment in
AIDS treatment and those who favour investment in its prevention
came to the forefront Thursday at a U.S House of Representatives
hearing on U.S. investments in HIV/AIDS in Africa.
IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: More Funds Needed for HIV Prevention and TreatmentCAPE TOWN, Mar 8 (IPS) - Decreasing or levelling HIV funding will
destabilise developing countries’ health systems, a group of
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) warned. They demand that
governments worldwide own up to their promise of achieving
universal access to HIV treatment.
IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Five Years to Children Born Free of HIVJOHANNESBURG, Mar 8 (IPS) - A world where all children are born free of HIV
infection is possible in only five years if donors continue to
fund global efforts to combat the virus.
IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Tue, Mar 9, 2010
SOUTH AFRICA: HIV testing and mental illnessJOHANNESBURG, 17 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - As more HIV-positive people access treatment and live longer, the number of people suffering from HIV-related mental disorders is growing, but mental health remains an ethical, legal and clinical minefield, where many doctors and nurses fear to tread and fear to test.
IRIN Plusnews Service
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KENYA: The downside of door-to-door testingTESO, 17 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - While the public response to Kenya's national HIV testing drive has been enormous, many women are not keen to be tested, knowing that a positive result could mean the breakdown of their marriages, loss of home and more.
IRIN Plusnews Service
Retrieved: Wed, Mar 17, 2010
AFRICA: Mapping truckers' route to the health centreNAIROBI/DAR ES SALAAM, 16 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - New maps pin-pointing the exact location of "wellness centres" in sub-Saharan Africa are improving truck drivers' access to treatment and care for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
IRIN Plusnews Service
Retrieved: Tue, Mar 16, 2010
SOUTH AFRICA: Between patients and preventionJOHANNESBURG, 15 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - New research suggests that the poor knowledge and attitudes of doctors and healthcare workers in South Africa are limiting access to preventative tuberculosis (TB) therapy.
IRIN Plusnews Service
Retrieved: Tue, Mar 16, 2010
GLOBAL: Straight talk with Global Fund director Michel KazatchkineJOHANNESBURG, 12 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - The executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Michel Kazatchkine, sat down with IRIN/PlusNews at the launch of the organization's 2010 report, where he answered some hard questions on what may be a turning point in HIV/AIDS funding.
IRIN Plusnews Service
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Chemical in Bananas Might Combat HIV InfectionTitle: Chemical in Bananas Might Combat HIV InfectionCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/16/2010 12:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/17/2010
MedicineNet HIV General
Retrieved: Wed, Mar 17, 2010
CDC: Genital Herpes Rates Still HighTitle: CDC: Genital Herpes Rates Still HighCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/10/2010 8:48:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/10/2010 8:48:30 AM
MedicineNet HIV General
Retrieved: Fri, Mar 12, 2010
HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow CellsTitle: HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow CellsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/7/2010 2:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/8/2010
MedicineNet HIV General
Retrieved: Tue, Mar 9, 2010
For Some on Dialysis, Anemia Drugs Pose RisksTitle: For Some on Dialysis, Anemia Drugs Pose RisksCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/2/2010 4:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/3/2010
MedicineNet HIV General
Retrieved: Fri, Mar 5, 2010
Combined HIV, TB Therapy Saves Lives (CME/CE)For patients with both HIV and tuberculosis, antiretroviral therapy should not be deferred until the completion of TB treatment, researchers said.
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
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CROI: Mixed Results for Prolonged TB Prophylaxis in HIV (CME/CE)SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Extended courses of treatment to prevent tuberculosis among HIV patients in TB-endemic countries may be highly effective -- or not -- according to similar trials with conflicting results.
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Mon, Feb 22, 2010
KENYA: The downside of door-to-door testingPhoto: Glenna Gordon/IRIN
Just 22 percent of Kenyan couples know the HIV status of their sexual partners
TESO, 17 March 2010 (PlusNews) – While the public response to Kenya’s national HIV testing drive has been enormous, ...
World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Thu, Mar 18, 2010
SOUTH AFRICA: Between patients and preventionPhoto: Siegfried/IRIN
Active TB remains tricky to rule out
JOHANNESBURG, 15 March 2010 (PlusNews) – New research suggests that the poor knowledge and attitudes of doctors and healthcare workers in South Africa are limiting access to ...
World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Tue, Mar 16, 2010
ETHIOPIA: Real-life dramaPhoto: Anthony Mitchell/IRIN
Many Ethiopians prefer to keep their HIV status hidden for fear of isolation
ADDIS ABABA, 12 March 2010 (PlusNews) – On stage in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Mestihet Temane, 27, enacts the ...
World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Sat, Mar 13, 2010
ETHIOPIA: Real-life dramaPhoto: Anthony Mitchell/IRIN
Many Ethiopians prefer to keep their HIV status hidden for fear of isolation
ADDIS ABABA, 12 March 2010 (PlusNews) – On stage in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Mestihet Temane, 27, enacts the ...
World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Mar 12, 2010
KENYA: Hungry and HIV-positive in Nairobi’s slumsPhoto: Flickr Creative Commons
Residents of Nairobi’s crowded slums have been particularly hard hit by spikes in the price of food
NAIROBI, 10 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Violet Tinah, 40, a resident of Korogocho slum in ...
World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Wed, Mar 10, 2010
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A new momentum and evidence base has grown around prevention. But HIV prevention is not simple nor easy. This symposium will prioritise the dissemination of the growing body of innovation and experience in prevention in South Africa with Wits Business School, SABCOHA and HEARD hosting the 3rd HIV/AIDS in the Workplace Research Symposium in 2010.
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