Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, England, has confirmed that Faith Williams died in the afternoon of Christmas day. Professor Agostino Pierro, head of the surgical team, said “This is very sad news and our sincere condolences to Mr. and Mrs. Williams on their tragic loss. The family will want peace and privacy at [...]
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Published at Dezember 26th, 2008Researchers Find Evidence About Evolution Of Hiv In Lemurs
Published at Dezember 20th, 2008Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered a virus related to HIV in the genetic makeup of the Madagascar grey mouse lemur, a finding that could provide new evidence about the origins of HIV, according to a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, IRIN/PlusNews reports. [...]
Advocates Highlight Challenges, Urge Governments To Sustain Support For Hiv/aids On World Aids Day
Published at Dezember 2nd, 2008On the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, advocates worldwide discussed numerous challenges facing HIV prevention efforts and called on governments to follow through on pledges to support HIV/AIDS care, prevention and treatment, AFP/Yahoo! News reports. The organizers of World AIDS Day 2008 — which focuses on the themes of leadership, [...]
Testing, Immediately Treating Hiv/aids Cases In Africa Could Halt Epidemic, Model Predicts
Published at November 27th, 2008Testing all adults annually for HIV and immediately treating every person who tests positive “could virtually end the AIDS epidemic in Africa in about a decade,” according to a mathematical model published Wednesday in the journal Lancet, the Washington Post reports. The “thought experiment” underscores the “usefulness of antiretroviral drugs as tools for preventing the [...]
Kenya Launches Male Circumcision Program
Published at November 25th, 2008The Kenyan Ministry of Health on Monday launched a voluntary male circumcision program as part of the country’s national HIV prevention strategy, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation reports.The ministry has allocated one billion Kenyan shillings, or about $13.2 million, for the program over the next two years (Achienga, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, 11/24). In addition, Family Health [...]
Support For Elderly In Malawi Declining Because Of Hiv/aids, Poverty, Government Report Says
Published at November 13th, 2008A recent government report — titled Social Protection and Ageing in Malawi and conducted by Zifa Kazeze, formerly of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa — says that Malawi’s elderly population is seeing less care and support from their children and communities as the impact of HIV/AIDS and a weakening economy changes family structures [...]
Obama Likely To Reverse Some Bush Administration Hiv/aids Prevention, Family Planning Policies, Adviser Says
Published at November 12th, 2008President-elect Barack Obama likely will undo U.S. family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention efforts that long linked funding to antiabortion and abstinence-only policies, Susan Wood — co-chair of Obama’s advisory committee for women’s health and a professor at George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services — said recently, Bloomberg reports. Wood said that [...]
Swaziland Increases Male Circumcision Efforts To Curb Spread Of Hiv
Published at November 4th, 2008Swaziland is leading African countries in promoting male circumcision to curb the spread of HIV with the help of Israeli surgeons, the AP/San Jose Mercury News reports. The country began to promote male circumcision in response to studies showing that the procedure could reduce a man’s risk of contracting HIV by up to 60%, according [...]
Global Financial Crisis Could Harm Hiv/aids Funding, Piot Says
Published at Oktober 30th, 2008The current global financial crisis could harm HIV/AIDS funding and increase the factors that make people vulnerable to the disease, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot said on Tuesday during an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CQ HealthBeat reports. According to Piot, as rising food and energy costs drive more people [...]
Students At Missouri High School Tested For Hiv Following Concern Of Exposure To Virus, Ap/google.com Reports
Published at Oktober 28th, 2008Students at a suburban St. Louis high school are being tested for HIV after an HIV-positive individual told health officials that as many as 50 students might have been exposed to the virus, the AP/Google.com reports. The St. Louis County Health Department has declined to comment on how the possible exposure might have occurred or [...]