Issue 142
- Scientists film HIV spreading for first time
- The Pope visits Africa and condemns condoms
- HIV-positive Ugandan priest is 2009 Niwano Peace Prize winner
- Quarter of deaths in people with HIV caused by TB, WHO reports
- Penis size affects attitudes towards condom use
- Counselling can reduce the amount of risky sex reported by HIV-positive gay men
- Tommy Morrison boxing match draws concern
- Senegalese AIDS activist among nine men jailed for sodomy
- New HIV drug works in untreated patients
- New HIV drug works in untreated patients
- Chilean health minister resigns over HIV errors
- Bush receives humanitarian award for HIV/AIDS health efforts in Africa
- Microsoft uses computer science machine learning to fight HIV
- Smallpox vaccine safe in HIV-infected patients
- Two Scientists Win Nobel prize for Discovering HIV, but a U.S. Researcher Is Sn
- Aid for vulnerable children not sufficient?
- Sales of new 'One' condom range will fund HIV and AIDS projects in Africa
- ARTs inefficient in poor environment
Issue 143
- Book Review - Living Confidently with HIV
- HIV diagnoses in the UK fell last year, but rates among gay men at their second
- HIV travel insurance ‘It’s So Easy’ improves services
- Over one-in-ten people with HIV in London are aged 50 and over
- SM Gays re-launch ‘Rough Sex, Safer Sex’ leaflet
- Increased testing urged to combat undiagnosed HIV among Africans in the UK
- Homophobia is fuelling the rise in HIV in Jamaica
- Scotland upholds gay blood ban
- Bass Line targets the African Community
- 15 years with Simon Callow
- Untested children of HIV-positive mothers, and undiagnosed adolescents, 'a mas
- 40 % HIV+ men are undiagnosed, say experts
World NewsIssue: 143 Global Fund approves $2.4 billion in new grantsThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved US$2.4 billion in its ninth round of grants, bringing the total amount of approved funding since its inception in 2001 to $18.4 billion.
 World Cup to help create HIV awarenessIn less than seven months South Africa will host the world’s biggest single sporting event - the FIFA World Cup. The chance to reach millions of local and visiting football fans presents a golden opportunity, not only for the country’s business and tourism sectors, but also for its efforts to combat HIV/AIDS.  HIV/AIDS sufferers must tell partners in ChinaA new regional regulation requiring people who test positive in China for HIV to inform sex partners of their condition within a month is widely considered well-intentioned but unrealistic.  Pakistan’s HIV cricket team are positive role modelsCricket is the national sport in Pakistan, but what makes the First Positive Cricket Team stand out from all the other Karachi-based clubs is that its members are all HIV positive.  China finally recognises the impact of HIVOfficials in Beijiing have recently admitted, for the first time no less, that the country’s number one killer infectious disease is no longer TB or rabies – it’s HIV. In China almost 7,000 people died as a result of HIV in the first nine months of 2008, according to a report by the country’s state media.  Swiss court accepts that criminal HIV exposure is only ‘hypothetical’ on sucIn the first ruling of its kind in the world, the Geneva Court of Justice has quashed an 18-month prison sentence given to a 34-year-old HIV-positive African migrant who was convicted of HIV exposure by a lower court in December 2008, after accepting expert testimony from Professor Bernard Hirschel – one of the authors of the Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS consensus statement on the effect of treatment on transmission – that the risk of sexual HIV transmission during unprotected sex on successful treatment is one in 100,000. Intolerance to exercise may actually have a medical causeWe’ve known for some time that people living with HIV have a higher risk of heart problems than people of the same age without HIV. Although giving up smoking is the most important thing to do to reduce the risk of heart attack, another important factor to lower the risk is to do regular aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, swimming or cycling. However, some people with HIV appear to have a low tolerance for aerobic exercise and investigators from France think this might have something to do with the way HIV – or HIV treatment – affects the heart. AIDS activist Martin Delaney diesMartin Delaney, who led the movement, Project Inform, to grant AIDS patients access to experimental drugs and headed early education efforts about the disease, has died of liver cancer. He was 63. NGO PREFA Secures Food for People Living With HIV/AIDSPREFA, an NGO working to protect and prevent families against HIV, has embarked on food security and nutrition programmes for people living with AIDS in Masindi, Bulisa and Kayunga districts of Uganda.  Obama Inaugurated by HIV ActivistsMore than 1,000 AIDS activists from all over the East Coast of the United States held a faux Swearing-in to remind Obama of his promises regarding HIV. It wasn’t the real inauguration, of course, but a mock-performance where four activists posing as Obama got inaugurated by placing their hands not on the Bible, but on a National AIDS Strategy.  Binge-drinking New Yorkers more likely to contract HIVBinge-drinking New Yorkers are more likely than moderate drinkers to contract HIV and other STDs, according to a report recently released by the city’s health department called Alcohol Use and Risky Sex in New York City.  The Bush Years: AIDS in AfricaIt could be argued that it’s the shining moment of George Bush’s rule, but he rarely talks about it. Why? Africa’s Standard Bank to help HIV grant recipientsSouth Africa’s Standard Bank will provide free advisory help to countries receiving grants to tackle HIV and other diseases, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said on recently.  AIDS patients dying in China due to ‘tragic stigma’Chinese AIDS patients are needlessly dying because of a “tragic stigma” which prevents them from seeking help in a country where one fifth of people think the condition can be passed on by sharing a toilet, a top activist said.  DfID announce £220M fund for new HIV researchThe Department for International Development (DFID), part of the UK Government that manages Britain’s aid to poor countries has announced a new £220 million fund for HIV research which will fund projects that are developing new prevention technologies. Deborah Jack, Chief Executive of NAT, comments on the funding: “This long term investment promised by the UK government is exactly what is needed if we are going to win the battle against HIV and AIDS. UK scientists are among those working to find a vaccine and develop a microbicide, both of which could save millions of lives.” |
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