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Terrence Higgins Trust Launches Dedicated Support Group For Gay Men Recently Diagnosed With HIV In Brighton, UK
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a new six week support programme for gay and bisexual men in Brighton who have recently been diagnosed with HIV. 'What Next?' is free to attend and will take place every Thursday evening from 6.30pm at a central venue in Brighton town centre...
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Also In Global Health News: Revaccinating HIV-Positive Children; Embezzled Aid In Mali; HIV In India; Mobile Phone Aid; Polio In Central Africa; More
HIV-Positive Children On HAART May Need Revaccination HIV-positive children on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) "may need to be revaccinated to maintain their immunity against preventable childhood diseases," according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, HealthDay/BusinessWeek reports...
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AHF Lauds US Commitment To Fund AIDS Treatment For 72,000 Additional Ugandans
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, which currently cares for over 49,000 AIDS patients in Uganda through its Uganda CARES network of eleven treatment clinics throughout the country, lauded the United States government for increasing its funding commitment in Uganda for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the United State...
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Opinions: U.S. Commitment To Global Fund; Innovative Financing; Global Food Security; Aid For Pakistan
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Also In Global Health News: Mass Rape In Congo; Malaria Research At Walter Reed; Nevirapine For Infants; Aid To Pakistan Improved Trust; More
U.N. Now Estimates 500 Raped In Congo "Approximately 500 women were raped in eastern Congo in July and August," U.N. officials said Tuesday, revising an earlier report of 242 victims, according to the New York Times...
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Team Of Scientists Issues HIV Vaccine Strategy
The Council of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise on Tuesday released a new strategy for HIV vaccine research, which marked "the culmination of an 18-month effort that included the input of 400 scientists worldwide," VOA News reports (DeCapua, 9/7). The strategy, published as a Commentary (...
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AIDS Programs Reach Out To African Immigrant Community
The Seattle Times reports on educating people about AIDS in the African immigrant community in Seattle. "For African immigrants, who come from countries with high rates of HIV and AIDS, talking about their own diagnosis is often taboo...
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Education More Important Than Knowledge In Stopping Spread Of HIV In Africa
Simply teaching people the facts about how to protect themselves from HIV may not be enough to prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa, a new study suggests. Researchers found that villagers in Ghana who had higher levels of cognitive and decision-making abilities - not just the most knowledge -- were the ones who were most likely to take steps to protect themselves from HIV infection...
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Novel Sensing Mechanism Discovered In Dendritic Cells To Increase Immune Response To HIV
Dendritic cells are the grand sentinels of the immune system, standing guard 24/7 to detect foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria, and bring news of the invasion to other immune cells to marshal an attack. These sentinels, however, nearly always fail to respond adequately to HIV, the virus causing AIDS...
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Experts Gathered For UNAIDS, WHO Meeting Recommend Follow-Up Studies Of ARV-Containing Microbicide Gel Start Soon
Experts gathered at a joint meeting of UNAIDS and the WHO last week called for two additional clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of a microbicide vaginal gel containing the antiretroviral tenofovir, which previous studies have shown reduces the risk of HIV transmission in women who used it before and after sex by 39 percent, PANA/Afrique en ligne reports (9/5)...
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Funding Roadblocks Stall Progress On Vaginal Microbicide To Fight HIV
Donors have not committed enough money to move forward with two studies needed to confirm the efficacy of a vaginal microbicidal gel infused with the antiviral drug tenofovir to prevent HIV transmission in women, the New York Times reports...
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Switching To Nevirapine May Be Beneficial For Some HIV-Infected Children Who Have Achieved Viral Suppression
HIV-infected children in South Africa who were exposed to the drug nevirapine at birth (used to help prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission) and then received a protease inhibitor (PI) for viral suppression achieved lower rates of viremia (virus in the blood stream) if they were switched to nevirapine, compared to children who continued on the PI-based regimen, according to a...
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