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St. Lucia developing HIV/AIDS policy for education system

Stakeholders involved in St. Lucia's education system met last week to commence work on an HIV/AIDS policy for the sector, the Caribbean Media Corporation/Antigua Sun reports.

4 Sep 2008

HIV/AIDS, human rights charter proposed in Zimbabwe

An HIV/AIDS and human rights charter that aims to protect and promote the rights of people living with the disease was proposed recently by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, the Zimbabwe Standard reports.

4 Sep 2008

Gilead's antiretroviral patent request rejected by Brazil

A patent request from the pharmaceutical company Gilead for its antiretroviral drug tenofovir was rejected by Brazil Wednesday, Reuters reports.

4 Sep 2008

Domestic HIV/AIDS spending 'essentially flat,' increased 'efforts to control' HIV from 'all levels of Government' needed, editorial says

It has been "difficult over the years to get a good statistical handle on the size of the AIDS problem in this country," a New York Times editorial says, adding, "But by the latest and most sophisticated measurements, the disease continues to frustrate federal and local efforts to rein it in."

4 Sep 2008

U.S. pledges $99 million to Tanzania for malaria, HIV/AIDS efforts, farm loans

Tanzania will receive $99 million in aid from the U.S. to enhance its efforts to address malaria and HIV/AIDS and provide loans to farmers, Tanzania's Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Bernard Membe said Tuesday, Reuters reports.

4 Sep 2008

U.S. residents increasingly adopting HIV-positive children from abroad

U.S. residents increasingly are adopting HIV-positive children from abroad, according to figures from the U.S.-based Adoption Advocates International, the AP/Google.com reports.

4 Sep 2008

Zimbabwe lifts ban on aid groups; organizations still face difficulties providing assistance

Zimbabwe on Friday lifted an almost three-month ban on the work of aid groups in the country, which the government had imposed because it said some of the groups had supported the opposition to President Robert Mugabe, the New York Times reports (Dugger, New York Times, 8/30).

4 Sep 2008

Anadis to commercialise "BioGard" adjunctive therapy for HIV/AIDS

Anadis announced today its commercialization of a new product, BioGard, intended to maintain gastrointestinal and immune system health. The specific formulation may be of particular clinical benefit in persons undergoing antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS.

4 Sep 2008

Sri Lankan health official says strong family bonds, values responsible for low prevalence of HIV/AIDS in country

Supportive family values and strong family bonds, in addition to the practice of monogamy, have contributed to the low prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Sri Lanka, Health Care and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said recently at the second Asia Pacific Regional Meeting on universal access to HIV prevention in the Philippines, Sri Lanka's Daily News reports.

2 Sep 2008

Artists should become involved with fight against HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, official says

Local and regional artists and celebrities should become increasingly involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa because they understand the cultures affected by the disease, Eugene Marillier-Malotana, founder and director of the Southern African Development Community Artists AIDS Festival and the SADC Artists AIDS Support Network, said recently, the Financial Gazette/AllAfrica.com reports.

2 Sep 2008

U.S. needs national HIV/AIDS plan, should focus resources on epidemic's trends, opinion piece says

The recent CDC report on new HIV infections "underscore[s] ... the inexorable movement of the HIV/AIDS epidemic into black and other minority communities and the failure of government at all levels to respond to that change," C. Virginia Fields, president and CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, writes in a New York Daily News opinion piece (Fields, New York Daily News, 8/31).

2 Sep 2008

Philippine Health Department to promote condom use in fight against HIV/AIDS despite opposition from Catholic Church

Despite opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, the Philippine Department of Health will support the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in addition to encouraging education on the topic and promoting measures to guard against sexually transmitted infections, the Philippine Star reports.

2 Sep 2008

Washington Post examines HIV/AIDS outreach efforts aimed at African immigrants

The Washington Post on Tuesday examined HIV/AIDS outreach efforts aimed at African immigrants in the U.S. According to the Post, some health researchers say that the "message" that HIV/AIDS also affects Africans in the U.S. is "growing in importance as they become increasingly concerned that the AIDS epidemic ravaging sub-Saharan Africa is following migrants from that continent to America."

2 Sep 2008

Philippine Health Department issues administrative order to address HIV/TB coinfection

Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque recently signed an administrative order aimed at increasing efforts to combat HIV/tuberculosis coinfection, Asia Pulse/Individual.com reports.

2 Sep 2008

CDC report on new HIV infections in U.S. did not include data from Puerto Rico; omission has widespread consequences, advocates say

A CDC report released last month about new annual HIV infections in the U.S. did not include data from Puerto Rico, an omission that Hispanic HIV/AIDS advocates say could have widespread consequences nationwide, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

2 Sep 2008

New guidelines for dealing with earwax

Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists in the U.S. have come up with new guidelines for dealing with earwax.

2 Sep 2008

Nature inspires new highly specific drugs and organic products

The best place to seek novel compounds for pharmaceutical drugs, alternative energy sources, and a host of industrial applications, is within natural systems that have evolved over millions of years.

2 Sep 2008

Earwax removal - new guidelines

The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction. The guidelines emphasize evidence-based management of cerumen impaction by clinicians, and inform patients of the purpose of ear wax in hearing health.

1 Sep 2008

Maine HIV/AIDS housing facility to close, cites declining demand

The only assisted living facility in Maine that cares specifically for HIV-positive people, Peabody House, will close by the end of the year because of declining demand, officials at the Frannie Peabody Center said Tuesday, the Portland Press Herald reports.

1 Sep 2008

Delegates at Asia-Pacific meeting call for increased efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in region

Health officials and experts from countries in the Asia-Pacific region with a low prevalence of HIV/AIDS Thursday in Manila, Philippines, pledged to intensify national efforts to curb the spread of the disease, the Independent Online reports.

1 Sep 2008

AIDS News and Research

St. Lucia developing HIV/AIDS policy for education system

HIV/AIDS, human rights charter proposed in Zimbabwe

Gilead's antiretroviral patent request rejected by Brazil

Domestic HIV/AIDS spending 'essentially flat,' increased 'efforts to control' HIV from 'all levels of Government' needed, editorial says

U.S. pledges $99 million to Tanzania for malaria, HIV/AIDS efforts, farm loans

U.S. residents increasingly adopting HIV-positive children from abroad

Zimbabwe lifts ban on aid groups; organizations still face difficulties providing assistance

Anadis to commercialise "BioGard" adjunctive therapy for HIV/AIDS

Sri Lankan health official says strong family bonds, values responsible for low prevalence of HIV/AIDS in country

Artists should become involved with fight against HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, official says

U.S. needs national HIV/AIDS plan, should focus resources on epidemic's trends, opinion piece says

Philippine Health Department to promote condom use in fight against HIV/AIDS despite opposition from Catholic Church

Washington Post examines HIV/AIDS outreach efforts aimed at African immigrants

Philippine Health Department issues administrative order to address HIV/TB coinfection

CDC report on new HIV infections in U.S. did not include data from Puerto Rico; omission has widespread consequences, advocates say

New guidelines for dealing with earwax

Nature inspires new highly specific drugs and organic products

Earwax removal - new guidelines

Maine HIV/AIDS housing facility to close, cites declining demand

Delegates at Asia-Pacific meeting call for increased efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in region

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