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South African President Zuma appoints new health minister to replace Hogan

South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday appointed physician Aaron Motsoaledi as health minister, replacing Health Minister Barbara Hogan, who was appointed to a public enterprises position, London's Guardian reports. Motsoaledi previously served as a provincial education minister. Hogan had been appointed to the post last year to replace former Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (Smith, Guardian, 5/10).

13 May 2009

New York Times examines campaign that promotes HIV awareness, prevention through media

The New York Times recently examined a campaign that aims to promote HIV awareness and prevention through several media outlets.

13 May 2009

New York Legislature should approve legislation requiring health workers to offer HIV testing, editorial says

The New York state Legislature "should make it mandatory for health care workers to offer [HIV] testing" as proposed in a New York state bill (A 7757), a Long Island Newsday editorial says (Long Island Newsday, 5/11).

12 May 2009

Disabled youth in Botswana call for greater involvement in country's HIV/AIDS efforts

The Botswana Federation of the Disabled recently held a seminar to commemorate the country's "Youth Against HIV/AIDS" month, focusing on the role of disabled young people in efforts to curb the spread of HIV, Botswana's Sunday Standard reports.

12 May 2009

IRIN/Plus News examines HIV/AIDS services in Zimbabwe following economic crisis

IRIN/Plus News on Monday examined services for people living with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe following an economic crisis in the country.

12 May 2009

HIV cases among young people in Iowa increasing

Health officials announced recently that the number of newly recorded HIV cases among Iowans ages 15 to 24 increased by 45% in 2008 to 16, despite the widespread availability of condoms and other prevention methods, the Iowa Press-Citizen reports.

12 May 2009

San Francisco Chronicle examines emergency department HIV testing program

The San Francisco Chronicle on Monday examined an HIV testing program at San Francisco General Hospital's emergency department, which is part of a nationwide CDC program that offers routine testing to all ED patients.

12 May 2009

Research shows speech recognition problems independent of hearing loss

Older adults may have difficulty understanding speech because of age-related changes in brain tissue, according to new research in the May 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.

12 May 2009

Stigma, gender violence placing women in Caribbean at increased risk of HIV

Inter Press Service on Thursday examined how an increasing number of women living with HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean face stigma, discrimination and gender-based violence that is linked to the spread of the disease. UNAIDS reports that women overall now account for half of the population living with HIV in the Caribbean, compared with 30% in 1999. Women ages 15 to 24 account for 62% of the entire HIV-positive population in the Caribbean.

12 May 2009

Africa should manufacture its own antiretrovirals, A.U. official says

African countries should produce their own generic antiretroviral drugs in order to continue the fight against HIV/AIDS during the global economic crisis, African Union Commissioner for Social Affairs Bience Gawanas said recently during a conference for health ministers in Ethiopia, Reuters UK reports.

12 May 2009

HIV/AIDS advocates express concern about Obama's continuation of needle-exchange funding ban

Although President Obama previously has expressed support for needle-exchange programs as part of HIV/AIDS prevention efforts, advocates recently expressed concern that the administration's 2009-2010 budget proposal intends to continue a funding ban for such programs that dates back to the 1980s, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

12 May 2009

Two government reports show little progress in improving patient safety; reducing racial, ethnic health disparities

The U.S. has not made substantial improvement in narrowing health care disparities among racial and ethnic groups, nor has it improved quality of care, according to two Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports released on Wednesday by HHS, Politico reports (Allen, Politico, 5/6).

7 May 2009

New Jersey should continue efforts to provide no-cost HIV testing, editorial says

No-cost HIV testing "should continue to be available and easily accessible" in Bergen County, New Jersey, a NorthJersey.com editorial says, adding, "Anyone who is worried about whether he or she has been infected with [HIV] should be able to learn the truth as soon as possible and as discretely as possible. The uninsured, in particular, should have access to free testing."

7 May 2009

Obama's $63 billion global health initiative 'will sustain' PEPFAR, editorial says

"President Obama's push to reenergize the fight against the AIDS epidemic in the United States led to concern that he was going to allow U.S. global leadership in fighting the disease to languish," a Washington Post editorial says, adding, "Those fears ought to be calmed after Mr. Obama's announcement Tuesday of an initiative that will sustain" the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

7 May 2009

Africa prepares for possible H1N1 flu outbreak amid concerns about HIV/AIDS, other diseases

African countries are preparing for the possibility that the H1N1 flu virus could expand in the continent, which already is experiencing epidemics of diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports.

7 May 2009

British scientists win grant to develop hand-held self-monitoring test for HIV viral loads

Scientists in the United Kingdom have received a grant worth two million euros, or about $2.67 million, to develop a self-monitoring system for HIV-positive people that measures viral loads through a finger-prick of blood, BBC News reports.

7 May 2009

$10.4 billion increase in NIH funding could increase HIV/AIDS research

Bloomberg on Wednesday examined how the $10.4 billion increase in NIH funding that is part of the $787 billion economic stimulus plan could boost funding for HIV/AIDS research.

7 May 2009

Ghana's Justice Minster calls for workplace HIV, tuberculosis policies

Ghana's minister of justice and attorney general, Betty Mould-Iddrisu, recently called on private and public employers to create policies that would provide comprehensive care to employees living with HIV or tuberculosis, as well as their families, GNA/GhanaWeb.com reports.

6 May 2009

Stigma preventing some HIV-positive women in Kenya from following recommended infant feeding practices

Some HIV-positive women in Kenya are following cultural infant feeding practices, such as starting solid foods at an early age, instead of World Health Organization recommendations that infants born to HIV-positive women be exclusively breastfed for the first six months to improve their chances of survival, IRIN/PlusNews reports.

6 May 2009

Lesotho, UNICEF, European Union launch pilot program to provide financial support to AIDS orphans

The Lesotho government in partnership with the European Union and UNICEF has begun a pilot project to provide monetary assistance to children whose parents have died of AIDS-related causes, Inter Press Service reports. The pilot project -- called the Lesotho Child Grants Program -- will be rolled out in 1,200 households in the Mafeteng, Maseru and Qacha's Nek districts.

6 May 2009

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South African President Zuma appoints new health minister to replace Hogan

New York Times examines campaign that promotes HIV awareness, prevention through media

New York Legislature should approve legislation requiring health workers to offer HIV testing, editorial says

Disabled youth in Botswana call for greater involvement in country's HIV/AIDS efforts

IRIN/Plus News examines HIV/AIDS services in Zimbabwe following economic crisis

HIV cases among young people in Iowa increasing

San Francisco Chronicle examines emergency department HIV testing program

Research shows speech recognition problems independent of hearing loss

Stigma, gender violence placing women in Caribbean at increased risk of HIV

Africa should manufacture its own antiretrovirals, A.U. official says

HIV/AIDS advocates express concern about Obama's continuation of needle-exchange funding ban

Two government reports show little progress in improving patient safety; reducing racial, ethnic health disparities

New Jersey should continue efforts to provide no-cost HIV testing, editorial says

Obama's $63 billion global health initiative 'will sustain' PEPFAR, editorial says

Africa prepares for possible H1N1 flu outbreak amid concerns about HIV/AIDS, other diseases

British scientists win grant to develop hand-held self-monitoring test for HIV viral loads

$10.4 billion increase in NIH funding could increase HIV/AIDS research

Ghana's Justice Minster calls for workplace HIV, tuberculosis policies

Stigma preventing some HIV-positive women in Kenya from following recommended infant feeding practices

Lesotho, UNICEF, European Union launch pilot program to provide financial support to AIDS orphans

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