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2nd Annual Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights
Save the date: Friday, June 11, 2010 –
Saturday, June 12, 2010.
Following on the success of last year’s event, the
will host the 2nd Annual Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights from June 11–12, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario. This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
CATIE: PREVENTION IN FOCUS
Winter 2010, Issue 1
Welcome to Prevention in Focus: Spotlight on Research and Programming, CATIE’s new, on-line publication for those working on HIV and hepatitis C prevention strategies. By highlighting research and how it might be practically integrated into the planning and provision of front-line services, Prevention in Focus will hopefully support you in your understanding and ultimate use of HIV and hepatitis C prevention research knowledge.
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Brazil handing out 55M condoms for Carnival
February 6, 2010 - RIO DE JANERIO - Brazilian health officials have kicked off an AIDS awareness campaign
and will hand out 55 million condoms during the annual Carnival festival that begins next week.
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Under the Skin: A People’s Case for Prison Needle and Syringe Programs
What do people in prison have to say about the Canadian government’s unwillingness to permit the distribution of clean needles in prison? How has this policy, that denies the realities
of injection drug use in prison, affected individuals who are struggling with drug addiction? And what does this mean for the community as a whole? The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network sought to answer
these and many other questions by interviewing people from across the country to learn more about their experiences with injection drug use in federal prisons.
Turning The Tide: 20 Years Of HIV/AIDS Research In Uganda
05 Feb 2010 - On the twentieth anniversary of the Medical Research Council's (MRC) research unit's presence in Uganda, Director Heiner Grosskurth looks back on the changing landscape of research into HIV/AIDS at the commemorative scientific symposium in Entebbe today.
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Vatican Drops Condoms-AIDS Study
February 5, 2010 - VATICAN CITY (RNS) - The Vatican office responsible for health care matters said Friday (Feb. 5) that it had stopped work on a long-expected study of
condoms and AIDS, and that "nothing serious" had been done on the project.
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For HIV-infected children, quality of caregiver relationship is crucial
5-Feb-2010 - A new study of children in Ukraine has found that for the growing number of HIV-infected children, the quality of care and the relationship
between children and their caregivers play an important role in their development. Based on their findings, the researchers highlight the importance of comprehensive but focused intervention efforts to
improve these relationships by changing caregivers' working schedules and providing training to enhance the stability and sensitivity of care.
Catholics Call for Obama Aide to Resign
Feb. 4, 2010 - Knox was asked this week if he still felt that Benedict was wrong to suggest that the use of condoms can help spread AIDS. "I do," he said.
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But the Pope is Wrong About Condoms
Feb. 04, 2010 - Harry Knox is the Director of the Human Rights Campaign's Religion and Faith Program, and a member of President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Knox once said that Pope Benedict XVI was wrong to say that using condoms helps spread HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Knox is right. The Pope is wrong.
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Omololu Falobi Award 2010: Deadline 12th February 2010
Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research Community Advocacy 2010
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: DEADLINE 12 FEBRUARY 2010
This award is an important and ongoing legacy to Omololu in recognition of his commitment and contribution to HIV prevention research advocacy.
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B.C.'s street-smart strategy to treat HIV – no matter who has it
Feb. 04, 2010 - The program, called Seek and Treat, aims to bring Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy,
or HAART, to traditionally hard-to-reach groups such as prostitutes and injection-drug users, and will operate in Prince George and Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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Scripps Research scientists find two compounds that lay the foundation for a new class of AIDS drug
LA JOLLA, CA – February 3, 2010 - Novel therapies could improve potency of existing AIDS treatments, help to combat drug-resistant virus strains
A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has identified two compounds that act on novel binding sites for an enzyme used by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
the virus that causes AIDS. The discovery lays the foundation for the development of a new class of anti-HIV drugs to enhance existing therapies, treat drug-resistant strains of the disease, and slow the evolution of drug resistance in the virus.
A CELEBRATION OF COURAGE 2010
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Save the dates
March 15
New York City
March 18
San Francisco
B.C.'s street-smart strategy to treat HIV – no matter who has it
Feb. 04, 2010 - The program, called Seek and Treat, aims to bring Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy,
or HAART, to traditionally hard-to-reach groups such as prostitutes and injection-drug users, and will operate in Prince George and Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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UGANDA:
Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive
KAMPALA , Feb 4 (IPS) - HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters
and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight- and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of their status because she refuses have them tested.
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In South Africa, a Scandal Over All the President's Children
Feb. 04, 2010 - As newspapers and opposition politicians in South Africa were quick to point out, there is nothing responsible about having unprotected sex or an
extramarital affair in a country with the world's biggest HIV/AIDS population, currently numbering more than 4 million
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Tesamorelin safe and effective for fat accumulation in patients taking HIV treatment
Feb. 04, 2010 - Treatment with tesamorelin significantly improves visceral fat accumulation in patients with HIV, an international team of investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
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CAHR 2010 Red Ribbon Award – Now Accepting Nominations
The Canadian Association of HIV Research (CAHR) is accepting nominations for the 2010 Red Ribbon Award .
Candidatures au prix Ruban rouge
L'Association canadienne de recherche sur le VIH (ACRV) accepte actuellement des propositions de candidature pour le prix Ruban rouge 2010 .
CLEAN NEEDLES BEHIND BARS LONG OVERDUE
TORONTO, February 2, 2010 - Personal testimonies bring human dimension to addiction and drug use within Canadian prisons
People in prison suffer at least 10 to 20 times higher rates of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection than the population as a whole
Two Studies Find Artefill® to Be a Long-Term Treatment Option for Facial Lipoatrophy
SAN DIEGO, CA – February 2, 2010 - , a privately-held aesthetic medical device company,
today announced that two clinical studies suggest Artefill may be a safe, effective, long-term treatment option for age-related and HIV lipoatrophy patients. The studies were presented
at the Advances in Cosmetic and Medical Dermatology’s “Maui Derm 2010” Meeting in Maui, Hawaii January 23-27th and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology (AACS) Scientific Meeting in Orlando, Florida January 28-31st.
IAS URGES G8 TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON PRIOR COMMITMENT TO UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HIV PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CARE BY 2010 AS PART OF NEW MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVE
1 February 2010 (Geneva, Switzerland) - As Canada prepares to host the G8 and G20 Summits this June, the International AIDS Society (IAS) today congratulated Prime Minister Stephen Harper
for saying that the G8 "discussion should be less about new agreements than accountability for existing ones." The IAS urged Harper to hold countries accountable for their 2005 G8 commitment to achieve universal access
to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010, emphasizing that fulfilling this prior commitment to AIDS must be a central part of any new initiative on maternal and child health.
AHF Opens Two New ‘Men’s Wellness Center’s in Los Angeles
February 2, 2010 - Walk-In Clinic to Provide Comprehensive, Confidential Sexual Health Services—Including HIV and STD Testing and Treatment—in One Convenient Location
and At No Cost to Clients
Today, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) , the largest global AIDS organization, which provides medical care and/or services to more than 120,000 individuals in 22 countries worldwide,
opened two Men's Wellness Centers (MWC), one at AHF's Westside Healthcare Center in Beverly Hills, and one at AHF's Magic Johnson Clinic at the Carl Bean House.
Onset of Sexual Activity in Tweens Delayed By Theory-based Abstinence-only Program
February 1, 2010 - PHILADELPHIA - A new study weighs in on the controversy over sex education, finding that an abstinence-only intervention for pre-teens
was more successful in delaying the onset of sexual activity than a health-promotion control intervention. After two years, one-third of the abstinence-only group reported having sex, compared to
one-half of the control group. The study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania appears in the February 1 edition of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
New Miss America Champions HIV Awareness
February 1, 2010 - MORE than 25 years after the first AIDS case was recognised in Jamaica, stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS remain high.
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FDA revises ddI product label to warn of serious liver side-effect
February 01, 2010 - Medicine regulatory authorities in the US have updated the product information for ddI (didanosine, Videx) to warn that treatment with the drug can cause a serious liver problem.
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Olympics' wunderkind diver Greg Louganis reinventing himself at 50
February 01, 2010 - ST. LOUIS (AP) - It's been 15 years since Louganis revealed his homosexuality and HIV status in his 1995 best-selling autobiography, "Breaking the Surface." He had held the secret since learning himself in the months leading up to the 1988 Seoul Games.
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Menopause diagnosed incorrectly as HIV/AIDS, study - by Wezi Tjaronda
01 Febuary 2010 - WINDHOEK - A study to gauge the knowledge and understanding of men and women about menopause has found that there is general lack of knowledge, which leads some people to misdiagnose some menopausal symptoms incorrectly as HIV/AIDS.
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Stigma, discrimination still a problem among healthcare workers
February 01, 2010 - MORE than 25 years after the first AIDS case was recognised in Jamaica, stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS remain high.
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HIV researchers solve key puzzle after 20 years of trying
February 1, 2010 - Researchers have made a breakthrough in HIV research that had eluded
scientists for over 20 years, potentially leading to better treatments for HIV, in a study published today in the journal Nature.
STATEMENT OF ANTHONY S. FAUCI, M.D. DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH ON NATIONAL BLACK HIV/AIDS
AWARENESS DAY FEBRUARY 7, 2010
February 1, 2010 - African-Americans continue to bear the largest and most disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
Compound found that targets wide range of viruses
1-Feb-2010 - GALVESTON, Texas - he development of antibiotics gave physicians seemingly miraculous weapons against
infectious disease. Effective cures for terrible afflictions like pneumonia, syphilis and tuberculosis were suddenly at hand. Moreover, many of the drugs that made them possible
were versatile enough to knock out a wide range of deadly bacterial threats.
Overcoming the stigma of life with HIV
Feb 1, 2010 - "One of the things that surprided me is the way it becomes a normal part of my life," he said. "HIV is a part of our lives.
It doesn't need to be the first thing we think about in the morning or something hanging over our heads all day."
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Jacob Zuma love-child claim sparks South Africa row
1 February 2010 - South Africa's main opposition party has accused the country's president of contradicting the government's message on HIV/Aids prevention.
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ACCOLAIDS 2010: Call for nominations
Closing Date for Nominations: 5pm, Friday 26 February
ACCOLAIDS 2010: The BC Persons With AIDS Society & ViiV Healthcare in partnership with Shire Canada present
the 9th bi-annual awards gala honouring our heroes in the BC AIDS movement.
Doctors see hope for treatment with the end of a federal ban on immigrants who are HIV-positive
01/31/2010 - Colorado doctors who care for patients with the virus that causes AIDS hope a new federal law
will help destigmatize the disease and push immigrants to seek treatment.
Until this month, the United States banned people with HIV from traveling into the country. Testing positive for the virus also was grounds
for denying a green card to live here permanently.
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Canada's Olympics City Has Notorious Skid Row
January 30, 2010 - VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Due in part to rampant
intravenous drug use, the area's HIV rate is the worst in the developed world, said International AIDS Society president Dr. Julio Montaner.
The HIV rate qualifies the Downtown Eastside for World Health Organization epidemic status, he said.
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2010 is February 7
January 30, 2010 - Savannah is one of more than 800 cities across the
country that will sponsor programs from February 8 - 10 to call attention to the problem of HIV/AIDS and
seek solutions to stop the epidemic.
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The Price of Denial: A documentary on the legacy of AIDS denialism in South Africa
30 January 2010 - This documentary was produced by the non-profit
health news agency Health-e and was recently broadcast
on an independent television channel in South Africa.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Fugitives in Their Own Country
January 30, 2010 - Haiti is the country with the most severe HIV epidemic among the
Caribbean states–home to half of all people living with HIV in the region. Before the quake, there were an estimated 120 000
people living with HIV in the country with an estimated 6 800 children under the age of 15 also carrying the virus.
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Building Haiti’s AIDS Response Better
Haiti is the country with the most severe HIV epidemic among the Caribbean states–home to half of all people living with HIV in the region. Before the quake, there were an
estimated 120 000 people living with HIV in the country with an estimated 6 800 children under the age of 15 also carrying the virus.
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HIV kids need better nutrition, education
30 January 2010 - BANGALORE: Nutrition, education and property rights. That's what children who are HIV positive demand from society. Better access to medical
treatment and easy access to nutrition and continuation of education are among their primary demands.
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New vaccine preventing TB in African patients with HIV infection
29-Jan-2010 - Hanover, N.H., U.S.A. - Investigators from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) have reported results of a clinical trial showing that a new vaccine
against tuberculosis, Mycobacterium vaccae (MV), is effective in preventing tuberculosis in people with HIV infection. The DarDar Health Study, named for Dartmouth and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, found that MV
immunization reduced the rate of definite tuberculosis by 39 percent among 2,000 HIV-infected patients in Tanzania.
Harper steps up attacks on HIV/AIDS solutions while preaching " unity of purpose"
Advancing HIV/AIDS awareness, education, prevention, treatment and now hope for a vaccine is not part of the PM's conservative idea of a caring social agenda.
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HIV Reservoirs: IAS call for abstracts - Pre-Conference Workshop: "Towards a Cure": HIV Reservoirs and Strategies to Control Them.
16 - 17 July 2010, Vienna, Austria -
Submission Deadline - 10 Feb, 2010
The IAS will convene a 2-day workshop, chaired by 2008 Nobel Laureate for Medicine and IAS Governing Council Member Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, for up to 200 invited researchers in Vienna, Austria, immediately preceding the XVIII International AIDS Conference, to take place 18-23 July. This workshop is planned in order to increase the focus on basic science at AIDS 2010 and will be closely linked to the AIDS 2010 conference programme.
Positive Gathering 2010 Proposals
Positive Gathering
A conference developed for and by HIV+ people in British Columbia
When: March 26-28, 2010
Where: Plaza 500 Hotel, 500 West 12th, Vancouver
Do you have an HIV-related issue that you would like to explore by hosting your own workshop?
We invite you to share your expertise at Positive Gathering 2010: Living Longer, Living Well.
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