Posted on February 15th, 2005 by Nate
More on HIV prevention, in the wake of last week’s announcement. It’s not encouraging, to say the least. A nationwide team of researchers and public health workers recently completed perhaps the most ambitious effort to reduce H.I.V. transmission rates among high-risk gay men. The Explore project, as it is known, followed 4,295 sexually active men […]
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Posted on February 12th, 2005 by Nate
The Times is reporting a possibly resistant, aggressive strain of HIV in NYC: A rare strain of H.I.V. that is highly resistant to virtually all anti-retroviral drugs and appears to lead to the rapid onset of AIDS was detected in a New York City man last week, city health officials announced on Friday. It was […]
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Posted on February 5th, 2005 by Nate
Money means survival and the management delays in scaling up the HIV response in the Kenyan public sector have left HIV+ patients stranded without needed meds. CNN quoted U.S. Ambassador William Bellamy at the official opening of a HIV/AIDS treatment clinic last Tuesday, “every day of additional delay is a death sentence for Kenyans whose lives […]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by Nate
Another example highlighting the gulf between rich and poor health systems’ ability to confront HIV… this week’s announcement that HIV transmission from mother to child is near zero and set to become another forgotten fear in US hospitals.
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Posted on January 27th, 2005 by Nate
Male circumcision, largely untested as an HIV intervention to date, could soon be a significant means to protect male populations from HIV infection. The Population Council reports that male circumcision is associated with a 50% reduced risk of HIV infection in some populations in Africa. The report maps out additional research needs before something as significant as population-based circumcision […]
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