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AIDS Care Gap Between Wealthy And Developing Countries Risks Becoming A Chasm

HIV / AIDS headlines - 5 hours 9 min atrás
AIDS 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)...
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AIDS Care Gap Between Wealthy And Developing Countries Risks Becoming A Chasm

HIV / AIDS headlines - 5 hours 9 min atrás
AIDS 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)...
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: More Funds Needed for HIV Prevention and Treatment

Mainstream HIV News - Março 9, 2010 - 12:26
CAPE 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.

HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV

Mainstream HIV News - Março 9, 2010 - 12:26
JOHANNESBURG, 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.

RIGHTS-AFRICA: Judges Address How Law Can Assist HIV Response

Mainstream HIV News - Março 9, 2010 - 12:26
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 11 (IPS) - In Ghana, because the stigmatisation against gay men is so great, many are forced to have sexual relationships with women to escape prejudice and homophobic violence.

Infectious Virus Hidden In Chromosomes During Latency Can Be Passed From Parents To Children

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 9, 2010 - 12:00
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infects nearly 100 percent of humans in early childhood, and the infection then lasts for the rest of a person's life...
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Fortifying The Immunity Of HIV Patients

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 9, 2010 - 11:00
New 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...
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Washington Post Opinion Piece Draws Attention To Breast Ironing In Cameroon

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 9, 2010 - 10:00
In 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...
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Global Fund Releases Latest Impact Data, Projections For Improving Global Health In Next Decade

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 9, 2010 - 10:00
By 2015, mother-to-child HIV transmission will be virtually eliminated and deaths from malaria and tuberculosis will continue to decline if health investments for the diseases are maintained or scaled up, according to an annual results report published Monday by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Agence France-Presse/Africasia.com reports (3/8)...
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Also In Global Health News: HIV Study; Health Access, Hunger In Sudan; HIV/AIDS In Guyana; Malaria Deaths In Malawi; North-South Korea Health Program

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 9, 2010 - 10:00
HIV Hides Outs In Bone Marrow, Study Finds HIV "can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease," the Associated Press reports (Schmid, 3/7)...
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HIV Hides In Bone Marrow Say Researchers

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 8, 2010 - 19:00
Researchers in the US have discovered that a latent form of HIV hides in progenitor cells in bone marrow, avoids detection by the immune system and retains the ability to reproduce and spread when the coast is clear (eg when treated people stop taking anti-HIV drugs)...
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POLITICS: Zimbabwe Blasted for Condoning "Sexual Terror"

Mainstream HIV News - Março 8, 2010 - 12:54
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 (IPS) - Zimbabwe’s ruling political party has been accused of launching a "widespread and systematic campaign of rape and sexual terror" aimed at intimidating opponents and voters in the troubled African nation, according to a new report released here.

RIGHTS-ZIMBABWE: Mugabe Orchestrated Rape - AIDS-Free World report

Mainstream HIV News - Março 8, 2010 - 12:54
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 10 (IPS) - "When the tenth man finished raping me they said they were going to rape my daughter. I cried out but I could not even stand up at this time...they raped my daughter (while) I was there and I couldn’t do anything to stop them. My daughter was five years old..."

Scientists Discover Reservoir Where HIV-Infected Cells Can Lay-In-Wait

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 8, 2010 - 11:00
University of Michigan scientists have identified a new reservoir for hidden HIV-infected cells that can serve as a factory for new infections. The findings, which appear online March 7 in Nature Medicine, indicate a new target for curing the disease so those infected with the virus may someday no longer rely on AIDS drugs for a lifetime...
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Senators To FDA: Lift Ban On Gays Donating Blood

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 8, 2010 - 09:00
The Associated Press: "The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday. ... The lawmakers stressed that the science has changed dramatically since the ban was established in 1983 at the advent of the HIV-AIDS crisis...
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Study, Conference Highlight Risks Associated With Migrant Workers' Limited Access To Health Services

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 8, 2010 - 09:00
Despite being at high-risk for HIV infection, migrant workers in Southern Africa have a challenging time accessing HIV prevention and treatment services, according to a new study by the International Office of Migration (IOM), PANA/Afrique en ligne reports...
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Periodontal Pathogens Enhance HIV-1 Promoter Activation In T Cells

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 8, 2010 - 08:00
During the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research, convening at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, lead researcher O.A. Gonzalez (University of Kentucky, Lexington) presented a poster of a study titled "TLR2 and TLR9 Activation by Periodontal Pathogens induce HIV-1 Reactivation." Although oral co-infections (e.g...
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Ban, Clinton Launch Initiative Allowing Travelers To Donate To Global Health

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 8, 2010 - 08:00
Former President Bill Clinton and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York on Thursday launched MASSIVEGOOD - an initiative that allows travelers to make a $2 donation "to fight deadly diseases whenever they buy a plane ticket, book a hotel room or rent a car," Bloomberg/BusinessWeek reports (Varner, 3/4)...
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Argos Therapeutics Publishes Positive Immune Response, Safety And Manufacturing Data For Its Arcelis™ HIV Program In Clinical Immunology

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 7, 2010 - 08:00
Argos Therapeutics announced the publication of a manuscript in the February edition of Clinical Immunology, detailing positive immune response, safety and manufacturing data for its AGS-004 immunotherapy for HIV...
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UNITAID Statement On Launch Of MASSIVEGOOD

HIV / AIDS headlines - Março 7, 2010 - 08:00
UNITAID welcomes the announcement today of the MASSIVEGOOD initiative, established to provide additional funding for UNITAID's work in expanding access to treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis...
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