Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Saturday announced that non-Muslim couples will be urged to take voluntary HIV tests before marriage, AFP/Google.com reports. The statement follows a recent announcement by Najib that pre-marital courses for Muslim couples in the country will include mandatory HIV tests beginning in 2009. Najib said that the [...]
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Malaysian Government Will Encourage Hiv Tests For Non-muslim Couples Before Marriage, Deputy Prime Minister Says
Published at Dezember 24th, 2008los Angeles Times Examines Increasing Hiv/aids Awareness In China
Published at Dezember 22nd, 2008The Los Angeles Times on Saturday examined the recent increase in efforts by the Chinese government to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. When HIV/AIDS first emerged in the 1980s, Chinese officials “stigmatized it as a disease of capitalists and foreigners,” the Times reports. In addition, in the mid-1990s, tens of thousands of people in China’s [...]
Kenya’s Hiv Transmission Law Divides Government, Advocates, irin/plusnews Reports
Published at Dezember 17th, 2008A new law in Kenya — which has been approved but not yet implemented — is intended to prevent willful transmission of HIV/AIDS, but some advocates and government agencies are divided on its possible implications, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Kenyan HIV/AIDS advocate Inviolata Mbwavi warned that the legislation could in effect label HIV-positive people as dangerous, adding, [...]
Hiv Testing, Education Strategy Launched In Bahamas
Published at Dezember 15th, 2008A large-scale marketing campaign aimed at increasing HIV/AIDS awareness and testing was launched on Friday by the Bahamian National Center for HIV/AIDS, the Bahama Journal reports. The initiative — called the HIV Prevention and Effective Condom Social Marketing Strategy — was created under a partnership between the AIDS Secretariat and the Bahamas Loving Care Association [...]
President-elect Obama Nominates Daschle As Head Of Hhs, Director Of New White House Office Of Health Reform
Published at Dezember 13th, 2008President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday during a press conference in Chicago officially nominated former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as the next HHS secretary, Reuters reports. Daschle also will serve as director of a new White House Office of Health Reform (Reuters, 12/11).Jeanne Lambrew, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress [...]
Zimbabwe’s Cholera Outbreak Puts Hiv-positive People At Risk, Health Officials Say
Published at Dezember 13th, 2008People living with HIV/AIDS are especially vulnerable to contracting cholera in Zimbabwe, which currently is experiencing an outbreak of the waterborne illness, Stanley Takaona, Deputy President of the Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS Activist Union, said recently, IRIN/PlusNews reports. HIV-positive people with weakened immune systems have a more difficult time recovering from cholera and are at an increased [...]
Coalition Calls For Increased Involvement From Southern U.s. Lawmakers In National Hiv/aids Efforts
Published at Dezember 11th, 2008National policymakers should keep legislators from the Southern U.S. involved in efforts to address HIV/AIDS during the 111th Congress, the Southern AIDS Coalition said at a recent event during which the group also highlighted the effect of HIV/AIDS on women in the region, CQ HealthBeat reports. “We want to remind our policymakers and legislators [...]
los Angeles Times Examines Recommendations For Hiv Testing As Part Of Routine Medical Care
Published at Dezember 8th, 2008The Los Angeles Times on Monday examined new practice guidelines issued recently by the American College of Physicians recommending routine HIV testing for all patients beginning at age 13, regardless of whether they engage in high-risk behaviors. CDC in 2006 also released recommendations for HIV screening as part of routine medical care.Bernard Branson of the [...]
Number Of Hiv-positive People Accessing Antiretrovirals In Botswana Increasing; Program Could Become Unsustainable, President Says
Published at Dezember 5th, 2008Botswana’s President Ian Khama on Monday said that the number of HIV-positive people accessing antiretroviral therapy in the country is expected to nearly double over the next eight years, Mmegi/AllAfrica.com reports. If current HIV/AIDS rates continue, the number of HIV-positive people accessing the drugs could increase to 220,600, up from an estimated 145,000 currently, according [...]
Michel Sidibe Appointed Next Executive Director Of Unaids
Published at Dezember 3rd, 2008Michel Sidibe will succeed Peter Piot as the next executive director of UNAIDS on Jan. 1, 2009, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Monday to coincide with World AIDS Day, Bloomberg reports (Varner, Bloomberg, 12/1). Ban made the announcement at the International Conference on Financing for Development in Doha, Qatar (AFP/Google.com, 12/1).According to Ban, [...]