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Drugs and crime are important, yet often neglected factors in the evolution of the HIV/AIDS pandemic

The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, is participating in the Bangkok International AIDS Conference.

13 Jul 2004

Vermont Department of Health reports that a Chittenden County toddler died over the weekend from meningococcal disease

The child, who attended Ed-U-Care Children's Center in Essex Junction, became ill on Saturday night, was taken to the hospital and died early Sunday morning.

13 Jul 2004

36.5 million people of working age have HIV

What's more, the ILO estimates that in the absence of increased access to treatment, the number of workers lost due to HIV/AIDS will have increased to 48 million by 2010 and 74 million by 2015, making HIV/AIDS one of the biggest causes of mortality in the world of work.

13 Jul 2004

How HIV/AIDS treatment can best be combined with community-based care in some of the poorest areas of sub-Saharan Africa

A West African community has joined the network of community-based treatment support programs that form Bristol-Myers Squibb's real world field test of how HIV/AIDS treatment can best be combined with community-based care in some of the poorest and most remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa.

13 Jul 2004

Unprecedented opportunity exists for leaders to act now to protect their citizens from AIDS

Political leaders in Asia and the Pacific have a precious window of opportunity to save millions of people from HIV infection. But to succeed, they will need to drastically increase spending on AIDS and scale up prevention, care and treatment programmes, according to a report by the Asia Pacific Leadership Forum (APLF) on HIV/AIDS and Development.

13 Jul 2004

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has caused a major divide among participants of the AIDS Conference in Thailand

The president of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has caused a major divide among participants at the 15th International AIDS Conference in Thailand by stating that abstinence and marriage are the best ways to stop the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

12 Jul 2004

Kofi Annan says, overall countries are simply not doing well enough in the battle against HIV/AIDS

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on world leaders to strengthen their fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic sweeping the globe. Mr Annan, speaking at 15th International AIDS Conference, said “overall countries are simply not doing nearly well enough”.

12 Jul 2004

Australia's fight against drug abuse recognised by the Indonesian Government

Australia is pleased that its work in Indonesia fighting drug abuse has been recognised by the Indonesian Government, the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Secretary, Mrs Chris Gallus, said today.

12 Jul 2004

Australia takes lead on looming HIV/AIDS epidemic by doubling funding

Australia is leading efforts to tackle the looming HIV/AIDS crisis in the region by more than doubling our funding - to $600 million by 2010 - to combat the virus and prevent an African-style tragedy.

12 Jul 2004

HIV patients treated with antiretroviral therapy early after infection do test negative

UCSF researchers have found that some HIV patients treated with antiretroviral therapy early after infection do test negative, at some point, for the virus. Study findings showed this result in six of 87 patients.

12 Jul 2004

Hong Kong delegation will give several presentations including clinical research on AIDS

Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection Controller Dr Leung Pak-yin led a delegation to Bangkok to attend the 15th International AIDS Conference jointly organised by the International AIDS Society and Thailand's Ministry of Public Health.

11 Jul 2004

Increasing levels of growth hormone may be an effective treatment for HIV lipodystrophy

Increasing the body's production of growth hormone may be an effective treatment for HIV lipodystrophy, a syndrome involving the redistribution of fat and other metabolic changes in those receiving combination drug therapy for HIV infection.

11 Jul 2004

Average cost for providing primary care to an HIV-infected patient is $30 USD per visit

Researchers at Johns Hopkins and University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, have determined that the actual average cost for providing primary care to an HIV-infected patient is $30 USD per visit.

11 Jul 2004

Action needed to reverse a growing HIV epidemic in Asia

Nationwide programs to increase condom use in commercial sex, help drug injectors to use clean needles and cut risky sex between men are needed to reverse a growing HIV epidemic in Asia, according to leading scientists.

11 Jul 2004

World Bank has approved a US$68 million credit to the Indian government for the Integrated Disease Surveillance project

India has made major gains in control of a number of communicable diseases and in improving overall health of its population. Nevertheless, with the increasing age profile of the population, India is in transition with the double burden of significant communicable diseases and increasing non-communicable diseases such as cardio-vascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and cataract blindness, maladies that usually affect higher income countries.

11 Jul 2004

Widespread prenatal HIV screening and use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-infected women is needed

Rapid testing during labor can enable pregnant women with undocumented HIV status to learn their HIV infection status so they can receive antiretroviral prophylaxis and be referred for comprehensive medical care and follow-up according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

11 Jul 2004

A better understanding of STD prevention among African American girls is needed to reduce rates of HIV/AIDS infection

A better understanding of STD prevention among African American adolescent girls that takes into account gender and culture can enhance HIV preventive behaviors, skills, and may also reduce pregnancy and some sexually transmitted diseases

11 Jul 2004

The case of a high school student in King County who died this week of meningococcal disease has created public concern

The case of a high school student in King County who was hospitalized and died this week of meningococcal disease – commonly called bacterial meningitis – has created some public concern about risks of exposure to the disease.

10 Jul 2004

Cheap AIDS drugs may help prevent HIV in babies in Thailand

Aids is one of the principal causes of infant mortality in many developing countries. Viral transmission takes place during pregnancy (in utero), at the moment of childbirth or even during breastfeeding.

10 Jul 2004

New rotavirus vaccines could reduce mortality from the disease by up to 60 percent

Health officials from 16 countries today asked for budgetary support "to ensure the sustainability of the existing vaccination programs and the introduction of new vaccines," at the conclusion of a global symposium on rotavirus, a diarrheal disease that kills over 600,000 children worldwide every year.

10 Jul 2004

Disease/Infection News

Drugs and crime are important, yet often neglected factors in the evolution of the HIV/AIDS pandemic

Vermont Department of Health reports that a Chittenden County toddler died over the weekend from meningococcal disease

36.5 million people of working age have HIV

How HIV/AIDS treatment can best be combined with community-based care in some of the poorest areas of sub-Saharan Africa

Unprecedented opportunity exists for leaders to act now to protect their citizens from AIDS

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has caused a major divide among participants of the AIDS Conference in Thailand

Kofi Annan says, overall countries are simply not doing well enough in the battle against HIV/AIDS

Australia's fight against drug abuse recognised by the Indonesian Government

Australia takes lead on looming HIV/AIDS epidemic by doubling funding

HIV patients treated with antiretroviral therapy early after infection do test negative

Hong Kong delegation will give several presentations including clinical research on AIDS

Increasing levels of growth hormone may be an effective treatment for HIV lipodystrophy

Average cost for providing primary care to an HIV-infected patient is $30 USD per visit

Action needed to reverse a growing HIV epidemic in Asia

World Bank has approved a US$68 million credit to the Indian government for the Integrated Disease Surveillance project

Widespread prenatal HIV screening and use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-infected women is needed

A better understanding of STD prevention among African American girls is needed to reduce rates of HIV/AIDS infection

The case of a high school student in King County who died this week of meningococcal disease has created public concern

Cheap AIDS drugs may help prevent HIV in babies in Thailand

New rotavirus vaccines could reduce mortality from the disease by up to 60 percent

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