How America Is Helping In The Fight Against Aids
Today, as a result of the United States’s unwavering commitment, an AIDS-free generation is achievable. Globally, new HIV infections have declined nearly 33 per cent over the past decade, and AIDS-related mortality has decreased by 30 per cent since its peak in 2005. In sub-Saharan Africa, progress has been even more dramatic, with new infections down by 33 per cent over the past decade, and AIDS-related mortality declining by 32 per cent since its peak in 2005. Notably, on June 18, at PEPFAR’s 10th anniversary celebrations, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced that PEPFAR-supported programmes have enable...
Source: aids-write.org - December 3, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv news Source Type: blogs
First Lady Urges Universal War On Hiv/ Aids
She said it was disturbing that only 38 percent of children born with HIV were accessing lifesaving medication in the country and called for concerted efforts to join campaigns that will scale down the 13,000 new infections among children annually. Children are our future; their mothers are its custodians. I wish to join all Kenyans towards a shared vision where no mother or child shall die from preventable causes and a future with zero new HIV infections, zero AIDS related deaths and zero AIDS related stigma, she said. The First Lady, at the same time, urged Kenyans to strongly fight the stigma and discrimination associat...
Source: aids-write.org - December 2, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids news Source Type: blogs
Hiv Rates In Haiti Drop Over Decade
The infection rate in the US is under 1 percent. The embassy also says more people in Haiti are testing for HIV and AIDS, from 58,433 in 2004 to 839,033 now. Haiti once had one of the highest AIDS rates outside of Africa but that has dropped in part because of a massive influx of foreign aid that has made treatment and prevention more available. The U.S. You will find the original content at this website http://www.boston.com/news/world/caribbean/2013/12/01/hiv-rates-haiti-drop-over-decade/uXCzExTg1dTtippggxHj5K/story.html (Source: aids-write.org)
Source: aids-write.org - December 2, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv news Source Type: blogs
Among Black Americans, Hiv Takes A Greater Toll
“HIV is no longer a death sentence,” Wilson said. “Treatments are less toxic, and they’re simpler and more effective than they used to be.” Plus, when the virus is suppressed, he said, the rates of transmission go down. The two experts agreed that prevention and HIV education are key to stemming the growing disparity. “People need to know that this is real, and the disparity is not just a gay or straight issue,” Horberg said. “HIV is not just a disease of the gay community. It’s really negatively impacting communities of color in the United States, and we have to think...
Source: aids-write.org - December 1, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids news Source Type: blogs
City Promotes World Aids Day: Commemorative Banner Placed On Phoenix City Hall
More than 15,000 people in Arizona are living with the disease, Stanton said, and 40 percent of them dont know their status. There is no shame in being tested, he said. People need to know the facts of protecting themselves and others from HIV. The issue is a personal one for Stanton and his wife, Nicole. Nicoles brother died of AIDS. You will find the original content at this website http://www.ahwatukee.com/news/article_562d897e-5940-11e3-9453-0019bb2963f4.html (Source: aids-write.org)
Source: aids-write.org - December 1, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv Source Type: blogs
Hiv Infections Decline Among Youths In S Africa
The latest statistics showed that HIV infections have declined among the youths in South Africa. (Xinhua/Li Qihua) Positive Women’s Network members work during an AIDS prevention promotion activity at Zamukhanyu Village of Daveyton Town in the suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 29, 2013. The latest statistics showed that HIV infections have declined among the youths in South Africa. You will find the original content at this website http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/828858/HIV-infections-decline-among-youths-in-S-Africa.aspx (Source: aids-write.org)
Source: aids-write.org - November 30, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs
Memorial Aids Quilt On Display In Charleston
The panels will also be featured at St. John’s during its Sunday morning service and at Asbury Methodist Church on Sunday evening during the annual World AIDS Day commemoration. The AIDS Memorial Quilt has more than 48,000 panels, most of which commemorate the life of someone who died of AIDS. Tom Dobbs and Roger Cain, both of whom lived in Charleston and died of AIDS, are featured in the quilt panels that will be on display here. Cain was an AIDS activist who the board of Charleston’s Living AIDS Memorial Garden posthumously awarded the Red Ribbon Award. You will find the original content at this website http:...
Source: aids-write.org - November 30, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv Source Type: blogs
Scientists Find Aggressive New Strain Of Hiv
But the scientists reassured patients that existing drugs will still effectively treat the newstrain regardless of the speed at which it develops into AIDS. “The good news is that as far as we know the medicines that are available today are equallyfunctional on all different subtypes of variants,”Palm said. Other strains A person goes from having HIV to AIDS when his or her white CD4 cell count, a white bloodcellthat helps fight infection, drops below 200, according to the Mayo Clinic. An estimated 35.5 million people around the world live with HIV, a virus that destroys theimmune system and often leads to comp...
Source: aids-write.org - November 29, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids Source Type: blogs
Anushka Shetty Supports Aids Awareness
Actors Shruti Haasan and Siddharth are also a part of the campaign. Anushka along with other actors have featured in an animated awareness video on AIDS, which was unveiled recently. “I belong to a very conservative family like majority of others in this country and I know how we react to AIDS and sex education. We even consider talking about it a taboo not just in schools, but even in colleges. I’m sure programmes like these will create more awareness,” said Anushka, who initially distanced herself from people afflicted with HIV. You will find the original content at this website http://timesofindia.indi...
Source: aids-write.org - November 27, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids Source Type: blogs
U2′s Bono Putting On Auction To Fight Aids
We took it — I mean, how deep did you go into that? It took about two years. Reporter: Lots of laughter and fun for a serious goal. And, bono, you said from the start, that part of your goal with red was to create heat and excitement. You will find the original content at this website http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/u2s-bono-putting-auction-fight-aids-20977885 (Source: aids-write.org)
Source: aids-write.org - November 23, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids news Source Type: blogs
Glaxo, Pfizer’s Hiv Treatment Recommended By Eu Regulator
The treatment, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in August, reduced the HIV virus to undetectable levels in more people than Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) s Atripla, the worlds best-selling AIDS drug, in a clinical trial released last year. The medicine, also known as dolutegravir, is an integrase strand transfer inhibitor that interferes with the enzymes necessary for HIV to multiply. Merck & Co. You will find the original content at this website http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-22/glaxo-pfizer-s-hiv-treatment-recommended-by-eu-regulator.html (Source: aids-write.org)
Source: aids-write.org - November 22, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv news Source Type: blogs
Mexico Economic Bounce Aids Leader’s Overhaul Effort
21, 2013 7:44 p.m. ET MEXICO CITYThe struggling Mexican economy bounced back in the third quarter after a decline in the previous three months, taking some pressure off President Enrique Pena Nieto as he tries to improve the country’s competitiveness through ambitious overhauls. The government’s statistics institute said economic output grew 0.8% seasonally adjusted from the second quarter, which translates into a 3.4% annualized growth rate. … You will find the original content at this website http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304337404579212300711335912 (Source: aids-write.org)
Source: aids-write.org - November 22, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news hiv Source Type: blogs
Ventura County Public Health To Host World Aids Day Health Fair, Dec. 1
Roughly half of all new HIV infections originate with the 20 percent of people who are living with the virus but are unaware of their infection, said Craig Webb, VCPH HIV/AIDS Program Manager. It is our goal to find those individuals and direct them into care, counseling and antiretroviral treatment which, in turn, will effectively reduce the risk of them transmitting the virus to others. Since the first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported 32 years ago in 1981, the number of people in the U.S. infected with HIV has grown to more than 1.2 million. One in five people with HIV does not know that they are infected and every 9.5 mi...
Source: aids-write.org - November 20, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids news Source Type: blogs
Yet Another Legal Victory In Beating Fraudulent Hiv ‘assault’ Charges
Additionally, OSMJ was able to uncover evidence that the U.S. Military’s HIV Research Program (MHRP) engaged in misconduct with regard to its criminal case against the airman in question. Such misconduct included United States Air Force (USAF) prosecutor Captain Mark Rosenow pressuring a key defense witness not to testify in the airman’s defense. Dr. Gregory Hendricks, Ph.D., a renowned biochemist and associate professor, had previously agreed to examine samples of the airman’s blood using a special testing process known as core electron microscopy, which more than likely would have revealed an HIV-negati...
Source: aids-write.org - November 20, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news aids Source Type: blogs
Perinatal Hiv Transmission Higher Than Expected
Overall, 6% of newborns included in the study acquired HIV infection perinatally. Seventeen percent of mothers did not receive prenatal care and 70% had a history of other STDs. Thirty-six percent of the mothers who were not on combined antiretroviral therapy did not receive prenatal care. However, mothers not on combined ART who received prenatal care and a diagnosis of HIV before delivery yielded a lower rate of transmission to infants. You will find the original content at this website http://www.healio.com/pediatrics/hiv-aids/news/online/{2171efe6-4974-4ce6-bbf0-1564bd2e9eab}/perinatal-hiv-transmission-higher-than-expe...
Source: aids-write.org - November 19, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs
