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Houston Chronicle examines Baylor pediatric HIV/AIDS program in Burkina Faso

The Houston Chronicle on Saturday examined the Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatric AIDS Initiative in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

10 Sep 2008

Second phase of TB program that integrates HIV treatment begins in Harare, Zimbabwe

The second phase of the Integrated Health Care program to control tuberculosis has been implemented in Zimbabwe's capital of Harare, the Herald reports.

10 Sep 2008

Black clergy 'committed' to addressing HIV/AIDS epidemic in community, opinion piece says

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram's "recent series on HIV/AIDS accuses [black clergy] of being unaware, inert and unconcerned about the AIDS pandemic" and did not note a "very important truth: The church is changing in response to this challenge, and people of faith are making a difference," Valda Jean Combs, a local pastor who heads the FullProof HIV Ministry, writes in a Star-Telegram opinion piece.

10 Sep 2008

Bacteria's sticky glue is clue to vaccine says scientist

Sticky glue secreted by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus could be the clue scientists have been searching for to make an effective vaccine against MRSA, medical researchers heard today (Wednesday 10 September 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin.

9 Sep 2008

Light activated treatments could solve MRSA problems after surgery

Killer dyes that can wipe out bacteria could help solve the superbug problems faced by surgical patients, scientists heard today (Wednesday 10 September 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin.

9 Sep 2008

Southeast Asian health officials to meet in New Delhi to examine HIV/AIDS, other health issues

Health ministers and other officials from 11 Southeast Asian countries will meet on Monday in New Delhi for the World Health Organization's 61st Session of the Regional Committee for Southeast Asia, IANS/New Kerala reports.

9 Sep 2008

Liberia's House of Representatives passes HIV/AIDS confidentiality act

Liberia's House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Anti-HIV/AIDS Act, which would make it unlawful to disclose a person's HIV/AIDS status without that individual's prior consent, Liberia's News reports.

9 Sep 2008

World Vision report finds young brides at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS

A report recently released by World Vision has found that girls in developing countries who marry before age 18 -- whose numbers are expected to double to 100 million in the next 10 years -- are at an increased risk of HIV/AIDS, Reuters reports.

9 Sep 2008

Study identifies proteins that help provide immunity against HIV among commercial sex workers in Kenya

In a study published Wednesday in the Journal of Proteome Research, researchers from the University of Manitoba, along with participants from Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory and the University of Nairobi, indentified more than 15 proteins in a group of Kenyan commercial sex workers thought to have a natural immunity to HIV, the Winnipeg Free Press reports (Tremain, Winnipeg Free Press, 9/4).

9 Sep 2008

Approximately six million people in India's Delhi territory at risk of contracting tuberculosis

About six million people in the Indian territory of Delhi, or 40% of the territory's population of 15 million, are at risk of contracting tuberculosis, L.S. Chauhan, deputy director general of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said recently ahead of the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease's Conference of the South East Asia Region, which begins Monday in New Delhi, IANS/Economic Times reports. The three-day conference will bring together about 500 experts from South Asia and France to discuss the threat of TB and other lung diseases.

9 Sep 2008

New CDC push to teach parents how to protect children from MRSA

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today launched a national campaign to teach parents how to keep their children safe from skin infections caused by the potentially dangerous bacteria Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

8 Sep 2008

Land clearing and deforestation mean more mosquito-borne diseases

Australian researchers are blaming land clearing and deforestation for the potential increase in mosquito-borne diseases.

8 Sep 2008

Orlando Sentinel profiles home for transgender people living with HIV

The Orlando Sentinel on Wednesday profiled the region's first residential home for transgender people living with HIV, which advocates say helps a "unique community that faces discrimination, ignorance and a disproportionate share" of HIV/AIDS cases. Keith Theriot, program manager for Orlando's Housing and Community Development Department, said that the population is "particularly complicated," adding that officials "really want to have a safe and stable environment for our clients that are in need."

7 Sep 2008

Seattle department finds OraSure HIV test to be less accurate than label claims

A report by Public Health -- Seattle and King County in Washington state has found that testing with OraSure Technologies' OraQuick test provides less accurate results than the label claims, Bloomberg reports.

7 Sep 2008

Community health workers in Cameroon receive training to diagnose, treat malaria

Approximately 120 community health workers in the Kumba district of Cameroon have been trained to identify, diagnose and treat malaria in an effort to eradicate the disease in the district, Kumba District Medical Officer Orok Bate said, the Post reports.

7 Sep 2008

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Houston Chronicle examines Baylor pediatric HIV/AIDS program in Burkina Faso

Second phase of TB program that integrates HIV treatment begins in Harare, Zimbabwe

Black clergy 'committed' to addressing HIV/AIDS epidemic in community, opinion piece says

Bacteria's sticky glue is clue to vaccine says scientist

Light activated treatments could solve MRSA problems after surgery

Southeast Asian health officials to meet in New Delhi to examine HIV/AIDS, other health issues

Liberia's House of Representatives passes HIV/AIDS confidentiality act

World Vision report finds young brides at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS

Study identifies proteins that help provide immunity against HIV among commercial sex workers in Kenya

Approximately six million people in India's Delhi territory at risk of contracting tuberculosis

New CDC push to teach parents how to protect children from MRSA

Land clearing and deforestation mean more mosquito-borne diseases

Orlando Sentinel profiles home for transgender people living with HIV

Seattle department finds OraSure HIV test to be less accurate than label claims

Community health workers in Cameroon receive training to diagnose, treat malaria

Ugandan text messaging program aims to increase awareness, knowledge of HIV/AIDS

Advocates in Swaziland call for democratic reforms, social spending to address issues such as HIV/AIDS

Light-activated drug used to tackle MRSA

Press Trust of India examines HIV/AIDS among Indian populations living in Mauritius

Thousands of African refugees in Israel not receiving tuberculosis tests, Haaretz.com reports

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