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South Africa exceeds 2007-11 treatment targets by 50%
18 May 2012 (Aidsmap) - South Africa exceeded national targets for new patients starting antiretroviral treatment (ART) by around 50% between 2007 and 2011 – achieving treatment coverage of close to 80% of eligible adults – according to new research carried out by Dr Leigh F Johnson, actuarial scientist at the University of Cape Town, published in the March issue of The Southern African Journal of Medicine. From mid-2004 to…
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Clergy Can Fight HIV On Faith-Friendly Terms
18 May 2012 (ScienceDaily) — In the United States, where blacks bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, black religious institutions could help turn the tide. In a new study in PLoS ONE based on dozens of interviews and focus groups with 38 of Philadelphia's most influential black clergy, physicians and public health researchers find that traditional barriers to preaching about HIV prevention could give way to faith-friendly messages…
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740,000 Lives Saved: Benefits of AIDS Relief Program
17 May 2012 (ScienceDaily) — The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the government's far-reaching health-care foreign aid program, has contributed to a significant decline in adult death rates from all causes in Africa, according to a new study by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. Between 2004 and 2008, PEPFAR was associated with a reduction in the odds of death of nearly 20 percent in the countries where…
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HIV widows on the edge
Nepal, 17 May 2012 (PlusNews) - Widows living with HIV in Nepal’s remote hill districts in some of the country’s poorest and vulnerable communities face a particularly bleak future. “My husband died four years ago. We had to sell our cattle and farm to pay his medical bills,” 32-year-old Sumi Karki* told IRIN in the tiny village of Rakam in Dailekh District, about 700km northwest of the capital, Kathmandu. Infected…
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Truvada For HIV Prevention Plus Behavioral Strategies
16 May 2012 (MNT) - A drug that has been shown to prevent HIV infection in a significant number of cases must be combined with behavioral approaches if the U.S. health care establishment is to succeed in reducing the spread of the virus, according to the American Psychological Association. "Exclusive reliance on a drug to prevent HIV or any sexually transmitted disease could actually result in a worse outcome if…
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Monday, 07 May 2012 14:58
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Meklit G.Michael
On a five-day outreach program organized by JHU/CCP's AIDS Resource Center at the 3rd All Ethiopian games in Adama, issues such as the negative consequences of alcohol abuse, multiple concurrent partnerships (MCP) and effective condom use for HIV prevention were discussed. On this event, we met Sosena Sisay, a 30 year old divorcee engaged in selling coffee and other refreshments.We caught up with her after she had taken part in the discussion groups organized in three separate tents. Although most of the topics discussed were not new to her, it was as if she was participating in the discussions due to her desire to bring about real change in her community and help her fellow compatriots truly grasp the issues being discussed and make a difference in their lives.While Sosena is currently engaged in small business activities, she used to support herself through what she would get from men with whom she had sexual relations with. After having her baby however, instead of looking to men for support, she has started doing small businesses to take care of herself and her son.Growing up Sosena was…
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