FDA To Reconsider Gay Blood Ban

2010-03-15T07:30:43Z

<div id="subtitle">The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday it would reexamine its policy that bans gay men from donating blood</div><div><p> <p>The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday it would reexamine its policy that bans gay men from donating blood, the 'Los Angeles Times...

Do needle-exchange programs really work?

2010-03-11T10:45:19Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users' risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is only limited evidence that they lower disease transmission, a new research review concludes.</p><p>Reporting in the journal Addiction, researchers say that based on their study -- an analysis of five pr...

S.Africa announces plans to ramp up HIV testing

2010-03-11T05:16:45Z

<div><p>The South African government on Thursday announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world's worst affected country by next June.</p><p>President Jacob Zuma's cabinet, which approved the scaled up programme on Wednesday, will lead a voluntary and public testing campaign with the goal of a 50 percent drop in the rate ...

Australian authors protest China visa refusal

2010-03-11T01:00:12Z

<div><p>CANBERRA (Reuters) - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.</p><p>Robert Dessaix, whose 1996 nove...

Bill Clinton, Bill Gates unite in foreign aid plea

2010-03-10T16:16:34Z

<div><p>Former president Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder Bill Gates called Wednesday on US lawmakers to boost foreign aid to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria in the world's poorest nations.</p><p>The leading philanthropists went to

E.Europe in spotlight at Vienna AIDS conference

2010-03-10T10:16:19Z

<div><p>AIDS 2010, the 18th International AIDS Conference being held in Vienna later this year, will focus on marginalised groups living with the disease, such as injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, organisers said Wednesday.</p><p>"AIDS 2010 will be the conference for people without a voice," the head of U...

New maps guide African truckers to AIDS clinics

2010-03-10T08:18:00Z

<div><p>African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.</p><p>About 20,000 maps have been printed and distribution began last week, Catherine Larkin, a spokeswoman for the project, told AFP.</p><p>English maps for East, West and

Britain gives one million pounds to S.Africa for condoms

2010-03-09T16:15:50Z

<div><p>Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.</p><p>The money, equivalent to 1.1 million euros or 1.5 million dollars, is to bolster the host's condom s...

Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men

2010-03-09T11:32:32Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countries, a new study suggests.</p><p>A number of studies in African nations have found that circumcised heterosexual men were up to 60 percent l...

oscars elton john party 3

2010-03-08T19:01:49Z

Katie Price 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards (Oscars) Viewing Party - Arrivals held at the Pacific Design Center West Hollywood, California - 07.03.10

oscars elton john party 4

2010-03-08T19:01:36Z

Niecy Nash 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards (Oscars) Viewing Party - Arrivals held at the Pacific Design Center West Hollywood, California - 07.03.10

Jeremy Piven 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards (Oscars) Viewing Party - Arrivals held at the Pacific Design Center West Hollywood, California - 07.03.10

HIV among newborns could be 'eradicated by 2015'

2010-03-08T09:16:58Z

<div><p>Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.</p><p>But those gains depend on the world continuing to ramp up health spending to maintain the current rate of progress, the Global Fund said in its annual report, released ahead of a funding meeting in the Netherlands l...

World could soon shield "most newborns" from HIV

2010-03-08T09:16:56Z

<div><p>Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.</p><p>But those gains depend on the world continuing to ramp up health spending to maintain the current rate of progress, the Global Fund said in its annual report, released ahead of a funding meeting in the Netherlands la...

World could soon shield "most newborns from HIV"

2010-03-08T09:16:53Z

UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV 'nightmare'

2010-03-08T08:45:07Z

<div id="subtitle">UNAIDS chief warns donor funding cuts could lead to HIV 'nightmare' in Africa</div><div><p>Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV "nightmare," the United Nations' AIDS agency chief warned Monday.</p><p>Michel Sidibe appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Reuters) - Malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is now endemic, an international organization that funds the treatment and prevention of killer diseases said on Monday.</p><p>The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- is within reach by 2015, the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis a...

World could soon shield "all newborns from HIV"

2010-03-08T06:16:19Z

<div><p>Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.</p><p>But those gains depend on the world continuing to ramp up health spending to maintain the current rate of progress, the Fund said in its annual report, released ahead of a funding meeting in the Netherlands later thi...

UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015

2010-03-08T02:15:20Z

<div id="subtitle">UN says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015</div><div><p>The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned.</p><p>Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fu...

Philippine health chief, church fight over condoms

2010-03-08T00:45:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Philippine health chief takes on powerful Catholic church to hand out condoms to fight AIDS</div><div><p>On Valentine's Day, Philippine government health workers hit the streets of Manila to hand out roses and condoms to passers-by.</p><p>The message was clear in a country with a relatively small but rapidly growing HIV-positive population: Avoid unprotected sex.</p><p>It didn't get far...

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