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U.S. Sen. Obama to call for more funding for microbicides, HIV/AIDS education, nutrition programs

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) during his visit to Kenya and South Africa as part of a two-week visit to Africa said he wants to increase the proportion of HIV/AIDS funding for nutrition for HIV-positive people, as well as increase support for HIV/AIDS education and outreach campaigns and the development of microbicides.

1 Sep 2006

South Africa's HIV/AIDS treatment program

The progress of South Africa's HIV/AIDS treatment program "so far is really a lesson in the power of balanced government and citizens' groups," columnist Tina Rosenberg writes in a New York Times opinion piece.

1 Sep 2006

U.N. High Commissioner calls on Thai Government to address spread of HIV in refugee camps along Thai-Myanmar border

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterrez on Wednesday during a four-day trip to Thailand called on Thailand's government to address the spread of HIV within refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border, according to Thailand's deputy government spokesperson Chalermchai Mahakitsiri, AFP/Today Online reports.

1 Sep 2006

New Zealand offers permanent residency to HIV-positive Zimbabwean immigrants

HIV-positive Zimbabwean immigrants to New Zealand will be offered permanent residency under a special policy provision, New Zealand Health Minister Pete Hodgson announced Wednesday, AFP/Yahoo! News reports.

1 Sep 2006

Washington State Gov. Gregoire proposes compromise that would allow individual pharmacists to refuse to fill prescription, nonprescription EC

Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) has proposed a compromise that would allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescription and nonprescription emergency contraceptives only if the drugs can be provided by another pharmacist in the same pharmacy, the AP/Seattle Times reports.

1 Sep 2006

Washington Post examines 'Natural Family Planning' Centers

The Washington Post on Thursday examined "natural family planning" centers, which "tailor" the type of care provided with the religious beliefs of the physicians.

1 Sep 2006

Some parents have difficulties gaining access to insurance coverage for HPV vaccine Gardasil

Some parents seeking to vaccinate their daughters with Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil have experienced difficulty in obtaining it or getting it covered by health insurance, the AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports (Tanner, AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 8/29).

1 Sep 2006

Sen. Durbin, Rep. Davis criticize plan to end Medicaid reimbursements for special education services

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) on Tuesday warned that a plan to end Medicaid reimbursements for transportation and special education administration would affect the ability of schools to provide mandated services to low-income students with disabilities, the Chicago Tribune reports.

1 Sep 2006

U.S. health care system offers good value in terms of life expectancy gains despite rising costs

U.S. residents have benefited from increases in health care costs since 1960 through increased life expectancy, according to a study published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports.

1 Sep 2006

Next Massachusetts Governor will be responsible for implementing law requiring health insurance coverage

While Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has earned "widespread praise" for the state's "first-of-its-kind" law requiring all state residents to have health insurance by July 2007, the next governor will "shoulder much of the responsibility for whether the law succeeds," the Boston Globe reports.

1 Sep 2006

UNC Health Care announces new efforts to inform low-income patients about financial assistance

The UNC Health Care system in North Carolina on Tuesday announced plans to begin new efforts to inform low-income patients about financial assistance through a revised telephone message, signs and a financial aid hotline, the Raleigh News & Observer reports (Stancill, Raleigh News & Observer, 8/30).

1 Sep 2006

Md. Senatorial Candidate Mfume touts single-payer health care system

Former Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), a candidate for Maryland's Democratic Senate nomination, on Wednesday touted universal health insurance during an event at the University of Maryland Medical Center, at which he gained endorsements from Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Albert Wynn (D-Md.), the Baltimore Sun reports.

1 Sep 2006

Human rights abuses frequent in Haiti's capital

Human rights violations - including murders, sexual assaults, and kidnapping - were common in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital city, after the departure of the democratically elected President in 2004, according to an Online/Article published by The Lancet.

31 Aug 2006

Lancet calls for transparency in selection of new Executive Director for Global Fund

The secrecy surrounding the selection process for the next Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria could irrevocably damage the organisation's ability to improve global health, states an Editorial in this week's issue of The Lancet.

31 Aug 2006

MRSA - surveillance, rapid screening and hospital hygiene

The origins and future perspectives about meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are outlined in a Review in this week's issue of The Lancet.

31 Aug 2006

Men with increased body mass index significantly more likely to be infertile

Men with increased body mass index (BMI) were significantly more likely to be infertile than normal-weight men, according to research conducted at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), one of the National Institutes of Health.

31 Aug 2006

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U.S. Sen. Obama to call for more funding for microbicides, HIV/AIDS education, nutrition programs

South Africa's HIV/AIDS treatment program

U.N. High Commissioner calls on Thai Government to address spread of HIV in refugee camps along Thai-Myanmar border

New Zealand offers permanent residency to HIV-positive Zimbabwean immigrants

Washington State Gov. Gregoire proposes compromise that would allow individual pharmacists to refuse to fill prescription, nonprescription EC

Washington Post examines 'Natural Family Planning' Centers

Some parents have difficulties gaining access to insurance coverage for HPV vaccine Gardasil

Sen. Durbin, Rep. Davis criticize plan to end Medicaid reimbursements for special education services

U.S. health care system offers good value in terms of life expectancy gains despite rising costs

Next Massachusetts Governor will be responsible for implementing law requiring health insurance coverage

UNC Health Care announces new efforts to inform low-income patients about financial assistance

Md. Senatorial Candidate Mfume touts single-payer health care system

Human rights abuses frequent in Haiti's capital

Lancet calls for transparency in selection of new Executive Director for Global Fund

MRSA - surveillance, rapid screening and hospital hygiene

Men with increased body mass index significantly more likely to be infertile

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