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| HIV Expert Says 1 Step Down, 2 More To Go In Quest To Cure AIDS (Science Daily) |
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A Johns Hopkins expert in HIV and how the AIDS virus hides in the body says antiretroviral drugs have stopped HIV from replicating, the first of three key steps needed to rid people of the virus.
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| Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Reports, Initiatives From International AIDS Conference (Medical News Today) |
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As part of its expanded coverage of the XVII International AIDS Conference, which is being held Aug. 3 through Aug. 8 in Mexico City, the Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report will feature studies and initiatives released during the conference. Summaries of select publications and initiatives appear below.
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| Advocates Discuss Travel Restrictions Around The World For People Living With HIV/AIDS (Medical News Today) |
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HIV/AIDS advocates on Tuesday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City discussed travel restrictions around the world for people living with HIV/AIDS, the AP/Los Angeles Times reports.
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| Former African Leaders Launch Regional Campaign To Pressure Politicians On HIV/AIDS (Medical News Today) |
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Former leaders of Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, as well as other well-known African figures, launched an initiative Tuesday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City to put pressure on politicians whom they believe have not done enough to fight HIV/AIDS, Reuters reports (Rosenberg, Reuters, 8/6). The campaign is called "Champions for an HIV-Free Generation.
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| HIV/AIDS scene alarming in Nagaland (Calcutta News) |
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Almost 20 years into the fight against HIV/AIDS in India's north-eastern state of Nagaland, the Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) has admitted that the state has a long way to go in arresting the epidemic.
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| Governments Overlook Behavior Change In HIV Strategies, Experts Say At AIDS Conference (Medical News Today) |
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When formulating their HIV strategies, governments worldwide overlook research showing the importance of behavior change in HIV prevention, several experts said Tuesday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, the New York Times reports.
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| WHO Launches New HIV/AIDS Guide To Help Countries Reach Universal Access (Medical News Today) |
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Yesterday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a package of priority interventions designed to help low- and middle-income countries move towards universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support.
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| China to lift ban on HIV/AIDS visitors in 2009: report (AFP via Yahoo! News) |
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China is likely to remove next year a ban blocking HIV/AIDS carriers from entering the country, state media reported Wednesday, citing a top health official.
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| Addressing Stigma Key In Fight Against HIV/AIDS, U.N. Secretary-General Writes (Medical News Today) |
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Although a recent UNAIDS report shows "encouraging progress in preventing HIV in a number of the most vulnerable countries," one "of the biggest hurdles for our global response to AIDS" is "the stigma factor," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in a Washington Times opinion piece.
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| 'NewsHour With Jim Lehrer' Examines HIV/AIDS Cases In Black Communities, Highlights Washington, D.C. (Medical News Today) |
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PBS' "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" on Tuesday reported on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Washington, D.C., area. The segment focuses on HIV cases among blacks in the district. About 12,000 of the 600,000 district residents are HIV-positive, 81% of whom are black, according to the NewsHour.
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New York City to unveil official condom as part of HIV prevention ...
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
New York City health officials on Wednesday are scheduled to unveil the
city's official condom as part of the New York City Department of Health
and Mental ...
Circumcision for prevention of HIV cost-effective
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
... The overall cost of male circumcision, per HIV infection prevented, is
reasonable as ... Circumcision removes (on average) one third of the penile
skin system ...
Agony and ecstasy: sex advice
Times Online - UK
... The usual route of infection in HIV is by having unprotected
penetrative sex with an ... sore in her mouth, or you had a slight abrasion
on your penis, she could ...
