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HEARD and its partner, the Disability, HIV and AIDS Trust (DHAT), have developed a documentary proposal that aims at bringing the issue of disability and HIV to a larger audience. This progresses HEARD's and DHAT´s disability project in relation to the aim of bridging the gap between science and advocacy. Click here for more information. |
Within two months, HEARD's Disability and HIV/AIDS Project produced an issue and policy brief.
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HEARD currently has two vacancies: Operational Director and Research Internship (2 Posts).
For more information on the Operations Director position, Click here, or if you are interested in the Research Intern position, Click here. |
HEARD's director Prof Alan Whiteside was recently quoted by Reuters. He says that many African countries, where the disease poses the biggest threat, were failing to implement long-term prevention measures and needed help to plan for the battle ahead, for more information click here.
Whiteside is also MediSpace's Newsmaker of the month, click here for the full story.
Senior researcher Gavin George was also in the news this week saying that he believed younger teachers found it easier to talk with learners about HIV/AIDS because they were closer in age, and because younger teachers were more likely to know someone living with HIV. Click here for more information.
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If you are a young researcher (35 or under on 1 January 2010) resident in the SADC and EAC region, have exciting and original research on Universal Access to prevention, treatment, care and support and wish to submit an article to a reputable peer reviewed international journal read on. HEARD is offering to support up to 12 young researchers by linking you to an international academic mentor who will support your writing of an article for submission for publication. Click here for more information. |
Southern Africa is plagued by numerous crises that can lead to unplanned treatment interruptions for people on ART. Understanding the effect of different types of crises and how they were handled might help us to develop strategies to keep patients on treatment under difficult circumstances. HEARD's recently released report examines the impact of three crises: the 2007 public sector strike in South Africa, the ongoing political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe and the Mozambican floods in 2008.
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Late last year the Journal of the International AIDS Society and HEARD launched the first special issue on HIV/AIDS and disability as part of a thematic series. HEARD researcher Dr Jill Hannass-Hancock's article on Disability and HIV/AIDS - a systematic review of literature in Africa and an article she co-authored with HEARD research associate, Dr Stephanie Nixon entitled, The Fields of HIV and Disability: Past Present and Future can be accessed here. HEARD is proud of this achievement and thanks all contributors.
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HEARD researcher Andrew Gibbs contributed a chapter to a recently published book entitled HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On. His chapter explored how community responses to HIV&AIDS can best be supported.
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HEARD, the University of Cape Town and the Businesswomen's Association of South Africa recently hosted the 2009 South African Work-Family Symposium in Cape Town on 30 November.
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HEARD exhibited and research intern Loveness Satande, presented a research poster at this year's SAHARA Conference which was held at Gallagher Estate, Gauteng from 30 November to 3 December.
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HEARD's director Prof Alan Whiteside was recently interviewed by Voice of America. He says the economic slowdown is affecting HIV/AIDS treatment and that a vaccine is absolutely critical.
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There has been a renewed debate over whether AIDS deserves an exceptional response. HEARD's executive director Prof Alan Whiteside and previous HEARD visiting scholar Julia Smith, argue in Globalization and Health that AIDS is having differentiated impacts depending on the scale of the epidemic, and population groups impacted, and so responses must be tailored accordingly. AIDS is exceptional, but not everywhere.
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As its 6th Annual Governing Council Retreat drew to a close in Vancouver, British Columbia, the International AIDS Society (IAS) called on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and leaders of the other Group of Eight (G8) nations to fulfill their 2005 commitment to fully fund efforts to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010.
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What 'family-friendly' work arrangements are South African employers currently using to attract and motivate employees? Do these arrangements achieve their objectives? What are the current work-family legislative measures in South Africa? These questions and more will be discussed and debated at the South African Work-Family Symposium in Cape Town on 30 November 2009. Click here for more information. |
This evaluation explored the role that one small community-based organisation - Chatsworth Community Care Centre (CCCC) - plays in mitigating the impact of crime, and in particular domestic and gender-based violence in Chatsworth, a township of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The aim of the research was to evaluate the role of CCCC in providing mitigation services around gender-based violence, and identify its strengths and weaknesses with a view to make recommendations on the future direction of CCCC.
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 This study explored some of the implications of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) initiated Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) programme in a low income, peri-urban context in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The CBR programme is one aspect of comprehensive primary health care provided by the NGO, The Valley Trust. This study had two primary aims; to examine the costs of implementing the CBR programme and to explore the benefits and challenges associated with the programme.
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In July 2008, Dr Dalal, a health economist from the Karolinska Institute, visited HEARD to run a workshop and seminar on his work, as well as work with HEARD researcher Suraya Dawad on the Chatsworth Community Care Centre evaluation project. Whilst in Durban, Dawad and Dr Dalal analysed data and wrote a paper entitled Non-utilisation of public health care facilities: examining the reasons through a national study of women in India. This paper is published in the Rural and Remote Health journal.
To read the article, click here.
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HEARD director, Prof Alan Whiteside was interviewed by BBC World Service programme, World, have your say. The discussion focused on how scientists are put under pressure to produce results quickly. Listen below for the podcast where experts from around the world interact with BBC World Service listeners.
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A recent article which appeared in the Observer and published on guardian.co.uk quotes HEARD director, Prof Alan Whiteside. According to Whiteside, the news article bears little resemblance to the headline, which he says is sensational and does not reflect his views as he emphasised that AIDS spending is crucial "for those already on or requiring treatment".
Click here to read the news story and here for Whiteside's official response. |
Carleton University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) has just published a story in FASS News on a HEARD research project entitled Grandmotherhood Transformed. Led by HEARD research associate May Chazan, the project explored the combined effects of poverty, violence and illness among grandmothers in the Valley of 1000 Hills, KwaZulu-Natal.
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According to recent media reports, an experimental HIV vaccine has for the first time cut risk of infection. HEARD's Director, Prof Alan Whiteside was invited by OUPblog to post his views on this recent development which he says this will lead to new investment and energy in the development of vaccines. OUPblog is Oxford University Press' blogosphere for learning, understanding and reflection.
To read the posting, click here. |
Health care workers, academics, clinicians and professionals converged at the 9th International AIDS Impact Conference held in Gaborone, Botswana from 22 to 25 September. HEARD had three oral and poster presentations accepted and also exhibited at the event which aims to bring together multiple perspectives on current HIV/AIDS issues and dilemmas. Click here for more information. |
HEARD Associate Lisa Dancaster, recently attended the 15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association. Lisa presented a paper entitled Organisational Characteristics as Determinants of Work-Family Arrangements in South African Organisations in the track on Work and Family. Click here for more information. |
On 17 September HEARD hosted a special screening of the award-winning film, Izulu Lami (My Secret Sky) at Musgrave Centre. This unique film offers insight into the experiences of Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) from the perspective of those most affected. Click here for more information. |
HEARD researcher Jacqui Hadingham, together with well known PMTCT specialist Prof Jerry Coovadia - formerly Director: Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN) - contributed to the recently published book, The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion.
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Recently the New York Times Magazine dedicated an issue to global women’s
issues, entitled 'Saving the World's Women'. The content has urged writers, academics and activists to
respond on the RH Reality Check news website – including HEARD Visiting Scholar Julia Smith and
Executive Director Alan Whiteside.
To read their response click here |
HEARD recently hosted a discussion where scholars from the University of Washington - Tegan Callahan and Michelle Desmond - presented their findings of a short study evaluating 'Likhaya Lemphilo Lesha' or 'New Life Homes' in Swaziland.
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HEARD Executive Director, Prof. Alan Whiteside, will be a discussant at the HIV/AIDS Security and Conflict Initiative: A Briefing and Discussion, on 21 September, at the Hague.
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HEARD's director, Prof Alan Whiteside will be the key note speaker at the Consortium on AIDS and International Development Annual General Meeting.
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HEARD was approached by Merck, Sharpe & Dohme (MSD) to do a poster presentation on Daily Challenges in Strengthening Health Systems in the African Setting at the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Cape Town in July 2009.
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There has been a rumbling debate over whether AIDS should be treated as exceptional. The dispute over exceptionalism has divided scientists, civil society, researchers and policy makers. Detractors argue that AIDS programmes benefit from excessive funding, are prioritised above other health issues and harm public health systems. In a recent report for aids2031, HEARD director Alan Whiteside argues that AIDS is exceptional, but not everywhere.
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HEARD recently hosted Dr Senyo Adjibolosoo, a professor of economics at the Fermanian School of Business, Point Loma Nazerene University, San Diego, USA.
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HEARD staff recently attended a cutting edge workshop which focused on integrating gender and sexuality into HIV programming and policies.
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HEARD director Prof Alan Whiteside was interviewed by The Lancet during the 5th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Cape Town last month. Whiteside was asked what he found most interesting at the conference. To hear his answer, and the perspectives of other experts, listen to The Lancet pod cast here. |
 HEARD recently hosted a frank, open discussion about what Africans are saying and thinking about HIV and AIDS under the theme of Africa’s Responsibility to Africa.
For more information on the key issues which emerged from the discussion, click here |
HEARD recently hosted a seminar by Lindsay Reynolds, from the Africa Center, on Vulnerability, Eligibility and the OVC: Local lives of policies and categories.
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HEARD is proud to announce that its short documentary film, Vukuzakhe, Arise & Build Yourself was selected for this year's Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) and will be screened on 25 and 26 July at the Royal Hotel and Ekhaya Multi-Arts Centre (KwaMashu) respectively.
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 In response to the emergence of drug resistant TB in South Africa, HEARD has set up a research project to explore the reasons for the high levels of hospital transmission of XDR-TB.
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The African Association for Rhetoric (AAR) - in association with HEARD hosted its second international biennial conference at the Innovation Centre, Howard College, from 1-3 July. This year’s theme was: Rhetoric in the Time of AIDS: African Perspectives. Click here for more information. |
HEARD researchers have found that despite having a sound national policy framework in place that focuses on orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS (OVCs), vulnerability still persists on a mass level for children living in the Amajuba District in KwaZulu-Natal.
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In a joint collaboration between Oxfam Australia and HEARD, the Oxfam Short Papers Initiative Symposium took place on 1 June 2009. Oxfam Australia is currently devising its 2009-2012 strategic plan for its Joint Oxfam HIV and AIDS Programme (JOHAP) for South Africa which includes its responses to HIV/AIDS.
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 CSSR and HEARD have just published a working paper written by HEARD staff and associates Dr Nina Veenstra, Prof Alan Whiteside and Andrew Gibbs, in collaboration with Dr David Lalloo of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.Click here for more information. |
HEARD researcher Andy Gibbs, in conjunction with Prof Catherine Campbell from the London School of Economics (LSE), has recently published a chapter in Gender and AIDS: Critical Perspectives from the Developing World.Click here for more information. |
 HEARD's Vukuzakhe Arise and Build Yourself has been selected as a special feature in this year's Spanish Film Festival.
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 Reviewing "Emergencies" in HIV and AIDS-affected Countries in Southern Africa: Shifting the Paradigm in Lesotho examines the long term impacts of HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and investigates whether the population is experiencing an HIV and AIDS-induced humanitarian emergency comparable to Swaziland. Click here to read full report.
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Globalisation has intensified risks of ill-health and catalysed interest and investment in making the world a healthier place. Drawing on the expertise of 30 leading scholars and practitioners, Making Sense of Global Health Governance shines a light on the central actors, institutions and mechanisms involved and proposes an agenda for meaningful action.
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The Work-Family Arrangements Project led by HEARD researcher, Lisa Dancaster, launched its online survey on 24 March. Click here for more information. |
In keeping with HEARD's innovative approach to research, HEARD recently launched its film Vukuzakhe, Arise & Build Yourself, at Musgrave Centre, Durban. Click here for more information. |
HEARD supported approximately 25 young researchers from across the southern and eastern Africa region to attend the 4th South African AIDS Conference, in Durban from 31 March to 3 April 2009. Click here for more information. |
 HEARD director Alan Whiteside sat on a High Level Working Group chaired by Ruth Levine (Center for Global Development, Washington DC) and Ngaire Woods (Global Economic Governance Programme, Oxford University), which has just released a report, UNAIDS: Preparing for the future, on the direction UNAIDS should take.
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HEARD exhibited and all 18 research staff attended the 4th South African AIDS Conference (SAAC) from 31 March to 3 April 2009, at the Durban International Conference Centre. This provided a chance for staff to hear the latest research coming out of South Africa and the region, as well as to build contacts and networks. Click here for more information. |
This year sees the start of a pioneering initiative. HEARD's Phd Research Scholarship Programme aims to foster research excellence in the SADC region through the training of highly qualified and competent HIV/AIDS researchers. Each researcher will undertake Phd research under the supervision of an experienced, competent and well published supervisor at one of three South African universities over the next three years. Click here for more information. |
HEARD at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa is offering support packages to young researchers (under 35) in SADC, Kenya and Uganda to make oral presentations at the 4th South African AIDS Conference in Durban - 31st March to 3rd April 2009 or before at a 2-day HEARD organised Young researchers' symposium on "Prevention in a Changing Epidemic". Click here for more information. |
Prof Alan Whiteside will deliver a public lecture on, Why HIV/AIDS is still exceptional at Carleton University on Thursday 2 April. Click here for background information on the lecture.
Click here to read more.
Click here to download his related article. |
This report presents the findings from the Valley of 1000 Hills Gogos Research Project, carried out between 2006 and 2008. The study aimed to gain a better understanding of the stresses faced by grandmothers in the communities serviced by the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust (HACT), and to document the impacts of HIV and AIDS on them and their families.
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Late last year, HEARD hosted a Think Tank meeting which focused on gender and HIV/AIDS. Attended by representatives from research organisations, local, regional and international NGOs and donors, the meeting aimed to move the discussion about gender and HIV&/IDS beyond what we already know.
Click here to read full report. |
A network of researchers with a shared interest in HIV/AIDS, economic globalisation and pro-poor growth converged on Durban on 26 and 27 January for the HEARD/IDRC Symposium.
The Symposium forms part of the overall project entitled, Investigating linkages between HIV/AIDS, Economic Globalisation, Growth and Vulnerability: Stimulating, Supporting and Synthesising New Insights. The main goal of this project is to develop a deeper understanding of the linkages amongst economic globalisation, pro-poor growth and HIV/AIDS in order to illuminate opportunities for reducing vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. Click here for more information. |
Oxford Journals has just published Prof Alan Whiteside's book review - Unimagined Community: Sex, Networks and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa - in Social History of Medicine.
Click here to read the book review.
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Safundi, the Journal of South African and American Studies published a review of Prof Alan Whiteside's HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction.
One would be forgiven for expressing skepticism about the feasibility of conveying both the complexities and magnitude of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic in a mere 132 pages. Quite remarkably, Whiteside does just that, and indeed much more.
To view this report scroll down to page 362. Click here to download report. |
To better understand the role played by tenure security in protecting against and mitigating the effects of HIV and violence, the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) conducted research in South Africa and Uganda.
This study sought to determine whether women's "secure access to, ownership of, and control over property" has the effect of either reducing the risk of HIV/AIDS and family or intimate partner violence (the prevention proposition), or coping with the reality of HIV/AIDS and family or intimate partner violence (the "mitigation hypothesis"). Click here for more information. |
Several delegates from HEARD attended the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2008), held from 3-7 December in Dakar, Senegal. With "Africa's Response: Face the Facts" as an overarching theme, the gathering focused on evaluating the initiatives and interventions developed to address AIDS and STIs over 20 years across the continent. The programme was designed to assess strengths and weaknesses in response, foster deeper collaboration among scientists, sectoral leaders and community practitioners, and maintain and elevate general awareness of the advancements made in this field. Click here for more information. |
Across most of the world, it is clear that AIDS will not have the devastating effect we feared 10 years ago.
Nonetheless, we need to be vigilant. In South Africa, the epidemic is bleaker then we ever imagined.
Is the disease contributing to the collapse of Zimbabwe, and to crime in South Africa?
These are all issues that we need to address as a matter of emergency.
For more insights, download Alan Whiteside's presentation on "AIDS Exceptionalism: A Southern African Perspective" here, delivered at the HIVAN/MRC AIDS Forum in Durban on 28 November, 2008 |
The Health Systems Reform project has the aim of 'transforming' the public health services in South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. The study is examining the administration and management of the public health services in the context of the changing demands and pressures imposed by HIV/AIDS, the steady decline in efficacy of these services and, more broadly, the changing burden of disease in Africa. Click here to read more.
To visit the Health Systems Reform Project page click here. |
Suraya worked at the Crime, Violence and Injury Lead Programme at the Medical Research Council in 2004-2005. The book emanated from work on the National Injury Mortality Surveillance Study (NIMSS). |
A new report says 42-percent of pregnant women in Swaziland are infected with the AIDS virus, HIV. That's a three percent increase in the last two years. However, despite the increase, the figures may actually reflect some good news. Voice of America's Joe DeCapua recently interviewed HEARD's director, Prof Alan Whiteside. Click here to read full story. |
An urgent reassessment of existing HIV and AIDS programmes is needed to curb the rising number of infections in Africa.
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HEARD recently hosted a multi-media presentation which highlighted the experiences of female truck drivers in South Africa. Click here for more information. |
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A network of researchers with a shared interest in HIV/AIDS, economic globalisation and pro-poor growth converged on Durban on 26 and 27 January for the HEARD/IDRC Symposium.
Click here for more information. |
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|  Live Feeds | 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... About.com AIDS / HIV
Retrieved: Sun, Mar 7, 2010 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... About.com AIDS / HIV
Retrieved: Fri, Mar 5, 2010 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... About.com AIDS / HIV
Retrieved: Sun, Feb 28, 2010 Research Suggests Herpes Drug May Help Fight HIVThere is new research that suggests that people infected with both HIV and Herpes Simplex type 2 may benefit more than expected from taking the anti-herpes drug Acyclovir. In addition to treating the herpes, studies now provide evidence that the drug also slows the progression of HIV in people living with both viruses. The study, co-authored by... About.com AIDS / HIV
Retrieved: Tue, Feb 23, 2010 HIV and AIDS from "A" to "Z"People live with HIV; they live full and healthy lives. People have families, have careers, have dreams and ambitions all while living with HIV. People no longer have to view HIV as a death sentence; people live with HIV. One of the reasons people are living healthier lives with HIV is the fact that they are learning more and more about their... About.com AIDS / HIV
Retrieved: Fri, Feb 19, 2010 New HIV CasesAs the epidemic continues, how many new HIV cases occur in the US each year? About.com AIDS / HIV: Most Popular Articles
Retrieved: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 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
Retrieved: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 TB & HIVThe deadly intersection between TB and HIV is a real one that has to be addressed in each patient living with HIV. All people infected with HIV should be tested for TB, and, if infected, should complete preventive therapy to prevent active TB disease. About.com AIDS / HIV: Most Popular Articles
Retrieved: Fri, Feb 19, 2010 JaffeIn the history of HIV one man has been on the forefront from the beginning. In this continuing series, we profile Dr. Harold Jaffe, another of the Minds of HIV in the history of HIV. About.com AIDS / HIV: Most Popular Articles
Retrieved: Mon, Feb 15, 2010 Start HIV TreatmentWhen should I start HIV treatment? When should you start your HIV medications? Find out when you should start HIV medications. About.com AIDS / HIV: Most Popular Articles
Retrieved: Sun, Feb 7, 2010 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
Retrieved: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 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
Retrieved: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 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
Retrieved: Sat, Dec 19, 2009 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
Retrieved: Wed, Dec 16, 2009 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
Retrieved: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 Welsh community groups urged to act on global povertyCommunity groups including scout troops, Women’s Institutes and church groups across Wales will be offered support to develop their links with communities in some of the world’s poorest countries, thanks to a programme launched today. DFID : News Stories
Retrieved: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 UK helps rebuild Pakistan’s conflict affected areasThe UK will support an international drive to help millions of people affected by conflict in Pakistan, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander announced today. DFID : News Stories
Retrieved: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 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 [...] DFID Bloggers
Retrieved: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 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 [...] DFID Bloggers
Retrieved: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 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 [...] DFID Bloggers
Retrieved: Thu, Feb 25, 2010 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 [...] DFID Bloggers
Retrieved: Thu, Feb 25, 2010 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
Retrieved: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 AIDS Care Gap Between Wealthy And Developing Countries Risks Becoming A ChasmAIDS leaders gathering in London today face the daunting challenge of implementing new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for earlier treatment with better AIDS drug cocktails at a time when donors are backing away from the promise of "universal access," said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 Fortifying The Immunity Of HIV PatientsNew findings from a Universite de Montreal and the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Florida (VGTI) study, in collaboration with scientists from the NIH and the McGill University Health Center, may soon lead to an expansion of the drug arsenal used to fight HIV. The Canada-U.S... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 Washington Post Opinion Piece Draws Attention To Breast Ironing In CameroonIn a Washington Post opinion piece on Sunday, freelance writer Jamie Rich examined the Cameroonian practice of breast ironing, in which women use heated plantain leaves or hot stones to "flatten adolescent girls' developing breasts, intending to protect the girls from the dangers of sex, consensual or otherwise... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 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
Retrieved: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 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 HEALTH: Neoliberalism not Liberal Enough for AIDS InvestmentsWASHINGTON, Mar 2 (IPS) - Neoliberal economic ideas have grown increasingly
dominant over the last 30 years. During that same time, the
spread of HIV/AIDS has reached an epidemic crescendo. IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Wed, Mar 3, 2010 SWAZILAND: Long-distance Learning Certificate for CaregiversMBABANE , Feb 24 (IPS) - Every Tuesday you will find 70-year-old Precious
Dlamini under a tree, weighing children and babies from her local
community as she monitors their health and nutrition. IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Thu, Feb 25, 2010 THAILAND: Women with HIV Break Silence, Confront StigmaTRAT, Thailand, Feb 20 (IPS) - Veena Panudej makes a living in the night like so
many other women and men in
this quiet eastern corner of
Thailand. They work under the light of the stars in
rubber
estates spread beyond this city close to the Cambodian border. IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Sat, Feb 20, 2010 HAITI: Risk and treatment amid the rubbleJOHANNESBURG, 10 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - In the aftermath of Haiti's 7.0 magnitude quake, one of the Caribbean's largest antiretroviral (ARV) programmes is struggling to resurrect itself from the rubble. IRIN Plusnews Service
Retrieved: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 KENYA: Hungry and HIV-positive in Nairobi's slumsNAIROBI, 10 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - Violet Tinah, 40, a resident of Korogocho slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is living with HIV and was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis, but her biggest problem today is not disease - but hunger. IRIN Plusnews Service
Retrieved: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 AFRICA: Funding shortfalls foil new treatment guidelines NAIROBI, 9 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - Global funding shortfalls for fighting AIDS could make it impossible for developing countries to implement new World Health Organization treatment guidelines, activists have said. IRIN Plusnews Service
Retrieved: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 GLOBAL: Fund gets results, but will it get funding?JOHANNESBURG, 8 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - Achieving targets to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and halve tuberculosis rates hang in the balance as donor commitments to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Fund come up for review. IRIN Plusnews Service
Retrieved: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 SOUTH AFRICA: Delayed drug registrations hard to swallow JOHANNESBURG, 4 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - Delays in registering antiretroviral (ARV) medication may keep cheaper, more patient-friendly drugs out of reach as South Africa prepares to launch the world's largest tender for medicines. IRIN Plusnews Service
Retrieved: Thu, Mar 4, 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 Liver BiopsyTitle: Liver BiopsyCategory: Procedures and TestsCreated: 12/31/1997Last Editorial Review: 3/1/2010 MedicineNet HIV General
Retrieved: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against HIVTitle: Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against HIVCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/19/2010 4:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/22/2010 MedicineNet HIV General
Retrieved: Tue, Feb 23, 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
Retrieved: Thu, Feb 25, 2010 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 AFRICA: Funding shortfalls foil new treatment guidelinesPhoto: Kate Holt/IRIN
“How will we now put so many more people on ARVs?”
NAIROBI, 9 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Global funding shortfalls for fighting AIDS could make it impossible for developing countries to implement new ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 SWAZILAND: Tackling one crisis at a time does not solve allPhoto: James Hall/IRIN
Food security solves many ills
MBABANE, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) – The myriad crises afflicting Swaziland can only be solved with a holistic approach, not a piecemeal one, the World Food Programme ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 SOUTH AFRICA: Delayed drug registrations hard to swallowPhoto: UNAIDS
Patient-friendly but unapproved
JOHANNESBURG, 4 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Delays in registering antiretroviral (ARV) medication may keep cheaper, more patient-friendly drugs out of reach as South Africa prepares to launch the world’s largest tender ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Mar 5, 2010 AFRICA: Tracking the male circumcision rolloutPhoto: James Hall/IRIN
Zambia aims to circumcise about 250,000 men every year
NAIROBI, 2 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Medical male circumcision is now widely recognized as an important HIV prevention tool, and several African countries have ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Thu, Mar 4, 2010 UGANDA: Online protest keeps spotlight on anti-gay billPhoto: Flickr Creative Commons
There has been widespread international criticism of the bill
KAMPALA, 2 March 2010 (PlusNews) – More than 450,000 people have signed an online petition urging Uganda’s parliament to drop a bill that would ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
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