Samba Machine A Boost For Hiv Patients In Malawi
The machine uses electricity, but batteries lasting up to eight hours are set to switch on automatically if the power goes off. Chiradzulu is the first district in Malawi to receive Samba machines. There are two in the district, but plans are in place to install a machine in seven other health centres in the region. Unitaid has given an $8 million grant to Diagnostics for the Real World to speed up manufacturing and get the machines out on the market. A Samba 2 machine is now being developed and could be rolled out next year. It should be even simpler to use. You will find the original content at this website http://gulfne...
Source: aids-write.org - January 2, 2014 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs
Ferguson Welcomes National Workplace Policy On Hiv/aids
It is expected to assist in developing a caring, supportive, and responsible working environment that will protect all workers; reduce HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination; and assist in reducing HIV and AIDS transmission. The White Paper is intended to inform regulations on HIV/AIDS to be appended to the OSH Act, when the Bill is passed. The OSH Act, which is being targeted for passage before the conclusion of the 2013/14 parliamentary year in March 2014, is intended to legislate compulsory provision of healthy and safe workplace environments for employees by their employers. As a precursor to this, a National O...
Source: aids-write.org - January 1, 2014 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs
Justine Sacco: Aids Is No Laughing Matter
This so-called public relations executive exercised even more poor decision making by offering these comments en route to South Africa, the week following the burial of world leader and civil rights icon Nelson Mandela. To suggest that the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa is due to unprotected sex diminishes the seriousness of the crisis. Millions of people are dying each year from HIV in Africa. Nearly 15 percent of South Africa’s population is HIV positive, that’s almost 6 million people. Her tweet demonstrates that she knows very little about the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. You will find the original content at this...
Source: aids-write.org - December 31, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv news Source Type: blogs
Youth Voice For Hiv Positive
We only have to look around, open our paper, watch the TV or surf the Internet to know that there are a lot of broken people in our world, council member Alex Waterman said. This is a very unfortunate situation and we as a people do not spend enough time looking out for those who need a helping hand. Ways of helping Waterman said that helping did not always have to be monetary but could be done by listening or pointing someone in the direction of assistance. This year we are appealing to the nation to take action, mobilize and help those affected by HIV/AIDS. The sting of stigma that is still associated with this disease ...
Source: aids-write.org - December 31, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv Source Type: blogs
Iowa Professor Cops To Faking Results Of Big-bucks Aids Vaccine Research
Dong-Pyou Han, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences, resigned after owning up to tampering with rabbit blood to get desired outcomes in research animals, according to the Des Moines Register . RELATED: HIV REMOVED FROM MOUSE CELLS WITH ENZYME: REPORT Federal documents released Monday show that Hans flimflam was presented at science conferences over the years. Suspicious researchers finally nailed him after they were unable to produce the same results. Han mixed human blood components with the bunny blood to get desirable results from his experiments, said James Bradac, who oversees AIDS vaccine grants for the Nati...
Source: aids-write.org - December 30, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids Source Type: blogs
New Drug Can Block The Development Of Aids
By blocking this cascade of processes, researchers may soon become able of stopping AIDS from appearing in patients who are infected with HIV. An existing anti-inflammatory drug was shown in recent lab trials to be very effective at stopping these processes, and neutralizing the actions of HIV. A Phase 2 clinical trial is already being planned for this chemical. Researchers are interested to learn if other chemicals in its class have a similar effect on the dreaded virus. Additionally, the tests will reveal whether or not the protective effects extends to conditions related to AIDS, Science Daily reports. Details of the ne...
Source: aids-write.org - December 30, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs
Iowa Professor Cops To Faking Results Of Big-bucks Aids Vaccine Research
Suspicious researchers finally nailed him after they were unable to produce the same results. Han mixed human blood components with the bunny blood to get desirable results from his experiments, said James Bradac, who oversees AIDS vaccine grants for the National Institutes of Health. RELATED: HIV TRIAL IS ‘BREAKTHOUGH’ OF 2011 Anna Rise/Getty Images/iStockphoto Professor Dong Pyou-Han mixed rabbit blood with that drawn from people who had developed antibodies to HIV, making it seem like his vaccine was helping the animals build up a defense against the disease. The scientist drew blood from people whose bodies...
Source: aids-write.org - December 29, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids news Source Type: blogs
Hiv/aids Anti-stigma Law Will Achieve Zero Infection –reps
Kigbu commended the House for passing the bill into law, hoping that the Senate and the president would also do the same. When we reduce stigma and discrimination, we also cut the chain of transmission, so the essence of this bill actually is to get to achieve a zero level of infection of HIV/ AIDS in Nigeria. When you are positive, you hide because you are going to be stigmatised by family, friends and the society. As couple, the wife or the husband will not like to disclose his or her status because of fear of stigma, this has promoted the transmission of the virus. A breast-feeding mother who may be HIV positive will no...
Source: aids-write.org - December 28, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv Source Type: blogs
New Drug Can Block The Development Of Aids
Greene, MD, PhD, the director of immunology research at GI. Gladstone has made two important discoveries, first by showing how the body’s own immune response to HIV causes CD4 T cell death via a pathway triggering inflammation, and secondly by identifying the host DNA sensor that detects the viral DNA and triggers this death response, comments Robert F. Siliciano, MD, PhD. This one-two punch of discoveries underscores the critical value of basic science by uncovering the major cause of CD4 T cell depletion in AIDS, Dr. Greene’s lab has been able to identify a potential new therapy for blocking the disease̵...
Source: aids-write.org - December 27, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs
Proportion Of Opioid Treatment Programs Offering On-site Testing For Hiv And Stis Declines
However, with the 2006 national recommendations for routine opt-out HIV testing, we hypothesized that the percentage of programs offering on-site testing for HIV, STIs, and HCV would increase,” the authors write. Marcus A. Bachhuber, M.D., and Chinazo O. Cunningham, M.D., M.S., of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, analyzed data from a survey sent to directors of drug treatment facilities and tabulated the percentage of opioid treatment programs offering on-site HIV, STI, and HCV testing from 2000 to 2011. The number of U.S. You will find the original content at this website http://medicalxpress.com/n...
Source: aids-write.org - December 26, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs
Hiv/aids Cure? Faq
When the new donor cells expanded to take their place, the HIV had no place to go and withered away. But none of these things fully explains what happened. One puzzle is that the stem cells used to repopulate the patient’s immune system were HIV resistant — but not HIV proof. The cells lacked the most common doorway, CCR5, that HIV needs to infect cells. But people with long-term HIV infection usually carry HIV capable of using another doorway called CXCR4. And tests showed that the Berlin patient’s blood carried HIV like this. You will find the original content at this website http://www.medicinenet.com/...
Source: aids-write.org - December 26, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv news Source Type: blogs
Adb To Link For Expanding Hiv/aids Treatment In Myanmar
Using 10 million U.S. dollars’ grant from the Japanese fund, ADB will establish innovative partnership between government and NGOs to deliver better services to 739 villages in five townships in Mon, Kayin and Shan ethnic states. It is projected that by 2017, communities will see strengthened health system that can plan for and manage response to HIV/AIDS and STI with the number of trained health service providers increasing by 30 percent, the number of patient consultation increasing by 80 percent and behavior change campaign to help reduce exposure to HIV, STI, TB and malaria. Estimation shows that 240,000 people i...
Source: aids-write.org - December 25, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv news Source Type: blogs
Complacency, Heroin Use Could Increase Hiv Cases
In spite of ongoing education and prevention efforts, the rate of infection in the state has remained constant over the past decade in Kentucky. But now it seems to be on the rise, according to Mark Royse, executive director of AVOL which serves clients with HIV and AIDS in 72 Kentucky counties. “With people now, the consciousness of HIV and AIDS is of poor little orphans in another country,” Royse told the Lexington Herald-leader (http://bit.ly/1c2VP8T). “They think people aren’t dealing with this at home.” Since the introduction of antiretroviral drugs in the late 1990s, the ability to manag...
Source: aids-write.org - December 25, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv Source Type: blogs
Justine Sacco, Fired After Tweet On Aids In Africa, Issues Apology
“This is my father’s country, and I was born here. I cherish my ties to South Africa and my frequent visits, but I am in anguish knowing that my remarks have caused pain to so many people here; my family, friends and fellow South Africans. I am very sorry for the pain I caused.” Woman Fired After Tweet on AIDS in Africa Sparks Internet Outrage. A trending hashtag #HasJustineLandedYet and parody account @LOLJustineSacco quickly appeared on Twitter after Sacco sent the tweet. A fake Facebook account under her name was also created, where a post links to www.justinesacco.com, which brings up a donation page ...
Source: aids-write.org - December 24, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids Source Type: blogs
Dozens Infected With Hiv?
(2/3) Previous Next SEATTLE, Wash. (KING) – Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington continues to investigate why staff did not properly sterilize a piece of ultrasound equipment, potentially compromising the health of 27 patients. The unsterilized equipment was used between September 19 and December 10. “I was so enraged. You will find the original content at this website http://www.wwlp.com/news/health/infected-with-hiv (Source: aids-write.org)
Source: aids-write.org - December 24, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids Source Type: blogs
