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HEARD 'Ethics for Researchers' Workshop
HEARD hosted a successful workshop entitled 'Ethics for Researchers' from 26-28 July 2010. Presented by Jacqui Hadingham (member of UKZN Biomedical Research Ethics Committee) and assisted by Tim Quinlan (HEARD research director), the 2½ day workshop was attended by over 15 participants from UKZN and the Medical Research Council and included biomedical and social science researchers, administrators and members of Research Ethics committees.
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HEARD at the International AIDS Conference (Vienna)
From 18-23 July, HEARD staff attended the XVIII International AIDS Conference - the biennial meeting of the global AIDS community which concluded with clear evidence of tangible progress in HIV research and programme scale up. The conference opened under the theme of Rights Here, Right Now with a renewed commitment to push for securing universal access to HIV prevention, care, treatment and support.
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Towards Microbicide Roll-Out in sub-Saharan Africa: Ensuring microbicides are an effective tool for HIV-prevention and women's empowerment
With the release of the highly successful CAPRISA 004 microbicide trial results, HEARD's policy brief celebrates the results and asks how to ensure a microbicide, once released onto national markets, can ensure HIV prevention and women's empowerment.
Click here for the policy brief.
Report Released: Legal Obligations on Women's Reproductive Rights and HIV/AIDS
Reproductive and sexual health rights are grounded in a constellation of existing human rights that are contained in international and African treaties. This report documents how 18 African countries have ratified, domesticated and implemented three key treaties.
For more information and policy briefs click here, and for the full report click here.
 Safe Sex/No Sex Month: Could it Work?
HEARD's executive director, Prof Alan Whiteside and Dr Justin Parkhurst of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have just published an article exploring the concept of a 'sexual abstinence month' to reduce HIV incidence. Published in the South African Journal of HIV Medicine, the authors champion a unique behavioural intervention where a population-wide 'safe sex/no sex' effort for a set period of time could make a significant contribution to global prevention efforts.
Click here for the press release and click here for the article. The article has generated media coverage, click here for the Voice of America podcast and for the BBC World Service report click here.
 HIV/AIDS Programmes at Risk Due to SACU Revenue Decline
The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) has been a reliable source of revenue for the countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS countries). However, this income stream is expected to come to an abrupt end in the next few years. HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programmes are particularly vulnerable.
This is a matter of major concern and so HEARD has produced a paper looking at this and an issue brief to suggest options for BLNS governments.
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 Live Feeds Energy cane and banana power in the CaribbeanAt the moment our team is scoping-out ideas to help boost private sector businesses and new export opportunities for the Caribbean region in low carbon technologies. Working in this strategic development area is exciting and I am discovering so much along the way, talking to various people in the field of energy and... DFID Bloggers
Retrieved: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 AIDS Programs Reach Out To African Immigrant CommunityThe Seattle Times reports on educating people about AIDS in the African immigrant community in Seattle. "For African immigrants, who come from countries with high rates of HIV and AIDS, talking about their own diagnosis is often taboo... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 Team Of Scientists Issues HIV Vaccine StrategyThe Council of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise on Tuesday released a new strategy for HIV vaccine research, which marked "the culmination of an 18-month effort that included the input of 400 scientists worldwide," VOA News reports (DeCapua, 9/7). The strategy, published as a Commentary (... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 UK: Committee announces inquiry into the outcomes of the UN MDG Review Summit 2010The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a series of targets for human development that were adopted by world leaders in 2000, with a deadline of 2015. They consist of eight over-arching goals with 21 quantifiable targets, measured by 60 indicators. Achievement of the MDGs is one of DFID's central strategic... HIV and AIDS news from AIDSPortal
Retrieved: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 H.I.V. Prevention Gel Hits Snag: MoneyJOHANNESBURG — When scientists celebrated the announcement in July that a vaginal microbicide had finally been found that significantly reduced H.I.V. infections in women, there was still a prosaic — though essential — piece of the puzzle missing: money. Donors have not committed enough money for even one of... HIV and AIDS news from AIDSPortal
Retrieved: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 Education More Important Than Knowledge In Stopping Spread Of HIV In AfricaSimply teaching people the facts about how to protect themselves from HIV may not be enough to prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa, a new study suggests. Researchers found that villagers in Ghana who had higher levels of cognitive and decision-making abilities - not just the most knowledge -- were the ones who were... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 Novel Sensing Mechanism Discovered In Dendritic Cells To Increase Immune Response To HIVDendritic cells are the grand sentinels of the immune system, standing guard 24/7 to detect foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria, and bring news of the invasion to other immune cells to marshal an attack. These sentinels, however, nearly always fail to respond adequately to HIV, the virus causing AIDS... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 KENYA: Kicking HIV out of Nairobi’s slumsPhoto: Kenneth Odiwuor/IRIN The wide appeal of football makes it a useful tool for HIV prevention NAIROBI, 8 September 2010 (PlusNews) – On a dusty football field in Mathare, one of the largest slums in the ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 Is Russia's HIV/AIDS problem worse than Africa's?The New York office director of UNAIDS, Bertil Lindblad, is worried about the one region of the world where HIV infections are increasing, even as rates in the rest of the world level off. It's not in Africa or Asia, or even Latin America. It's Eastern Europe -- countries like Russia and Ukraine -- where a recent... HIV and AIDS news from AIDSPortal
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