John Selig Outspoken Podcast - Sunday, December 9, 2007
John Selig, http://johnselig.wordpress.com/
Episode 27 - Sister Mary Elizabeth, Founder of AEGiS, Website of Record for HIV/AIDS & Wynn & Rick Wagner, Computer Software Experts. My Commentary Titled AIDS Isn t Over.
National Institute on Drug Abuse - December 1, 2007
On World AIDS Day December 1, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),will debut the first in a series of Webisodes, online vignettes on www.hiv.drugabuse.gov, to educate teens and young adults on the link between non-injection drug use and HIV transmission. The onli
Reducing the use of poppers in serodiscordant unprotected sexual encounters should be an objective of gay men s HIV prevention campaigns, according to UK investigators in an article published in the online edition of Sexually Transmitted Infections. Researchers found that gay men who inhaled poppers during unprotected
Horizons Program/Population Council - November, 2007
National AIDS and STD Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Kenya
Summary: In order to assess the preparedness of health workers to provide diagnostic HIV testing and counseling (DTC), the Kenya Ministry of Health, with support from the Horizons program and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conducted a national survey in public and private health care facilities. The su
Horizons Program/Population Council - November, 2007
Vaishali S. Mahendra, Rupa Mudoi, Archana Oinam, Venkat Pakkela, Avina Sarna, Sucheta Panda, Ashok Rau, (Late) L. Birendrajit Singh, and Naomi Rutenberg
Summary: In India , the national prevention of parent-to-child transmission of HIV (PPTCT) program has demonstrated that antenatal care is an effective entry point to preventing HIV transmission from mother to child. But does the program also serve as an entry point to other HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH)
Horizons Program/Population Council - November, 2007
Katharine Coon, Jessica Ogden, John Odolon, Anthony Obudi-Owor, Charles Otim, James Byakigga, Peter Sebanja
Summary: The National Agricultural Research Organisation, The AIDS Support Organisation, the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), and Horizons have created a unique partnership, known as the Partners for Food Security (PAFOSE), that brings together key domains of knowledge and technology and links the ins
Princess Stephanie made the call on behalf of those suffering as a result of AIDS and Monaco s well-heeled responded. With the help of French artiste Patrick Bruel, the princess charity, Fight AIDS Monaco, staged its annual fund raising dinner on July 20 at Le Sporting Monte Carlo. Proceeds will go towards the organiza
First the not good news.... AOL Thanks to a few AEGiS subscribers, who rather than unsubscribe from the AEGiS News Service, chose to hit their this is spam button, AOL has permanently blocked e-mail from AEGiS to AOL users. Therefore, AOL users cannot receive our HIV/AIDS News via e-mail, or any e-mail coming from AEGi
Source: Pfizer - For immediate release: June 20, 2007
Contact: Ray Kerins, (212) 733-9203
NEW YORK, June 20 - Pfizer announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) issued an approvable letter for maraviroc, which is under review as a therapy for treatment-experienced patients infected with CCR5-tropic HIV-1. We continue our discussions with the FDA to address outstanding questions and finaliz
Pambazuko has a singular focus on supporting people living with HIV and empowering the people who care for them. A collaborative effort between the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), the University of Washington, and the University of Nairobi, we work together for ways to prevent HIV and to help those living wit
Editorial staff: Hena Khan and Ellen Weiss of the Horizons Program, Population Council
Summary: Studies explore strategies to promote adherence and follow-up care. The Horizons Report is a biannual newsletter produced by the Horizons Program, which is dedicated to global operations research on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support. Link: http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/horizons/hrptjun07.pdf
Carolyn Baek, Vuyiswa Mathambo, Sibongile Mkhize, Irwin Friedman, Louis Apicella, and Naomi Rutenberg
Summary: mothers2mothers (m2m) is a peer support program that aims to provide education and psychosocial support to HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers, help women access existing health care services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and follow up with mothers and babies to ensure they re
Magda Chinaglia, Sheri A. Lippman, Julie Pulerwitz, Maeve de Mello, Rick Homan, Juan Díaz
Summary: Research with mobile populations has demonstrated that men in the mobile workforce tend to be exposed to greater HIV risk, and have higher sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV prevalence, than those in less mobile or non-mobile professions. Truck drivers, like other highly mobile groups, spend much of
Twenty years ago this month, the Food and Drug Administration approved the anti-HIV medicine AZT , the first ray of hope for people living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS community advocates in the San Francisco Bay Area, who campaigned tirelessly for effective treatments, played a key role in making AZT and other early AIDS medic
A Celebration of Life...Protecting Our Future, Protecting Our People! March 21, 2007 marks the first annual National Native (American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian) HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is an opportunity to increase awareness of the impact of HIV/AIDS on American Indians, Alaska Natives, and N
There are currently more than 1 million people in the United States living with HIV/AIDS. They are men, women and children and they are our friends, families and neighbors. Orange County AIDS Walk will Step Up To The Plate at the Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Saturday, May 12th to continue the fight against this devastat
**Judith Lightfoot, D.O., F.A.C.O.I. - February 14, 2007
African-American medical and political leaders gathered this week in Philadelphia to turn the national spotlight on the growing impact of HIV/AIDS on the black community. The attention is urgently needed. AIDS has become a disease that hits African Americans with particular force. Recent data suggest that blacks compri
Women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa are the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It s known that gender inequality renders females disproportionately more vulnerable to infection. Less publicized, however, is the plight of refugee women and girls of the subregion. The human rights abuses they suffer during conflict and dis
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