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organization that was established in response to the growing HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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to illuminate all developments on the HIV/AIDS front,the question is:
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UNITED STATES: CDC to Baby Boomers: Get Tested for Hepatitis C
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 21, 2012
CDC on Friday announced a proposal to recommend that all
people born between 1945 to 1965 get tested for hepatitis C
virus. Baby boomers comprise more than 2 million of the
estimated 3.2 million Americans thought to have HCV, but many
do not know they are infected. CDC ...
NORTH CAROLINA: Wilkes Officials: Exposure to Hepatitis A at
Establishment Possible
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 21, 2012
A trainee employee at Dixie Donuts on N.C. 268 West, just west
of Wilkesboro, has been diagnosed with a confirmed case of
hepatitis A, according to a release issued Thursday evening by
the Wilkes County Health Department. The times of potential
exposures are 7 a.m. to 1 ...
AUSTRALIA: Urgent Action on HIV Needed: Doctors
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 21, 2012
On Sunday, Queensland officials announced a decision to cut
$2.5 million (US $2.47 million) in funding to Healthy
Communities, saying the LGBT service's HIV prevention
initiatives are not effective. New infections in the state
have risen by 50 percent in the last year. ...
CHINA: Students in Beijing Call for Equality for AIDS Patients
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 21, 2012
Some 200 students from 21 universities gathered Sunday at
Beijing's University of International Business and Economics
to take part in a ceremony marking the 29th annual
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial. "The campaign we
launched this year is different from previous ...
TEXAS: City, Local School Districts Try to Fight Teen
Pregnancy Issue
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 21, 2012
Although teen births have dropped in Bexar County since the
mid-1990s, nearly 3,000 county females age 19 or younger gave
birth last year, yielding a teen pregnancy rate almost 50
percent higher than the nation's. On May 2, more than 100
people gathered at Central Library ...
South Africa: Vinegar test can help identify cervical cancer
Health-E
May 21, 2012
As many young women are now developing cervical cancer and more are at risk of cancer of the cervix because of HIV infection, new and simpler methods of diagnosis are needed. Now, scientists have discovered that vinegar is useful in diagnosing cervical cancer.The waiting rooms are busy ...
Cross-political support for accelerated HIV response in Myanmar
UNAIDS
May 21, 2012
A high-level United Nations delegation led by Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on AIDS in Asia, Dr Nafis Sadik visited Myanmar to take stock of the progress made and challenges remaining in the AIDS response.
During the visit, representatives from across the political ...
UNITED STATES: LGBT Group Expands List of Cancer Test
Facilities
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 21, 2012
Most states now offer LGBT-friendly screening facilities for
those with or at-risk for cancer, according to a new directory
made available by the National LGBT Cancer Network.Liz Margolies, the network's executive director, said
facilities were included if they have "proven ...
CALIFORNIA: Lee to Restore All HIV/AIDS Funds
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 21, 2012
Mayor Ed Lee said Thursday he will use city funds to restore
more than $6 million in federal HIV/AIDS cuts to San
Francisco.San Francisco faced Ryan White reductions of about $4.6
million in fiscal year 2012-13 and CDC cuts of around $3.1
million, causing concern among ...
Madagascar: Low HIV prevalence has its own challenges
Integrated Regional Information Network
May 21, 2012
ANTANANARIVO, 21 May 2012 (PlusNews) - Madagascar has a low level of HIV prevalence, and managing its AIDS programme should present no major difficulties. But the apparent advantage of a low infection rate, combined with the ongoing political crisis, has brought its own challenges.Madagascar, ...
Glitter and bare skin at Vienna's City Hall
Associated Press
May 19, 2012
VIENNA, Austria (AP) --It's Vienna's biggest party — and its most outrageous — where guests in tuxedos rub shoulders with others wearing little more than body paint.
GEORGIA: Shuttering Teen Center Will Leave Void for Bibb
Youths
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
Open for five years, Bibb County's Teen Scene Youth Center
(TSYC) will close in June due to state and federal budget
cuts. Director Valerie Hicks worries the move will leave at-
risk area youths without the resources they need to avoid
pregnancy, drugs and other concerns."We ...
Uganda: 30,000 at risk as TASO closes treatment centers
New Vision
May 18, 2012
An estimated 30,000 HIV/AIDS patients are at risk following the closure of The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) outreach centres countrywide.The outreach centres have been offering medicines in addition to counselling, psychosocial support and food.The TASO executive director, ...
UNITED STATES: AIDS Fight Enters New Phase with Prevention
Pill
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
With a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel's endorsement
of the use of the drug Truvada to prevent HIV infection, the
30-year battle against the AIDS epidemic is advancing to a new
phase, advocates say."With this recommendation, we're nearing a watershed moment in
...
The quest for an HIV vaccine
UNAIDS
May 18, 2012
There is broad scientific consensus that getting to zero new HIV infections will require an HIV vaccine. Modelling shows that even a partially effective HIV vaccine can save many lives and dollars over time.
Although a vaccine to prevent HIV could be the tool to quicken the pace to reach the ...
AUSTRALIA: Judge Ordered Parents to Vaccinate Newborn
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
A Queensland judge who last year ordered that a newborn be
vaccinated against hepatitis B virus (HBV) despite the
objections of its parents released the reasons for her order
on Friday.The child's mother has HBV. Doctors had filed an urgent
application to the court urging ...
TEXAS: 29th Anniversary AIDS Candlelight Memorial to Be Held
in South Oak Cliff on Sunday
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
"Promoting Health and Dignity Together" is the theme of the
2012 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, which this year
marks its 29th anniversary. Auntjuan Wiley, who is organizing
the observance in Dallas, said more than 1,200 cities and
towns in 115 countries are expected ...
UNITED STATES: 'The Face of HIV Is the Human Face'
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
This Saturday, LOGO TV will air "Positive Youth," a
documentary that looks at HIV/AIDS through the experiences of
four young people in four US localities. The individuals - a
woman, 18, in a poor farm town; a man, 25, in a major city; an
African American, 23; and a performer, ...
S.F. to replace lost federal AIDS/HIV funds
San Francisco Chronicle
May 18, 2012
Mayor Ed Lee announced Thursday morning that he will use city money to backfill $6.6 million in federal cuts to AIDS and HIV care in the city for the new fiscal year that starts July 1.
CALIFORNIA: AIDS Candlelight Memorial Returns May 20
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
San Francisco will mark the 29th anniversary of the
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial on Sunday with an 8
p.m. observance at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro district.
The invited speakers include Mike Shriver, who served as AIDS
czar to former Mayor Willie Brown and ...
CALIFORNIA: AEF Hits Castro for Pennies
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
The AIDS Emergency Fund's "Every Penny Counts" campaign this
weekend is kicking off its "Empty Your Drawers" effort, which
asks people to collect their loose change and donate it to the
cause. EPC Coordinator Lance Brittain said the "penny posse"
will be working the corner ...
FLORIDA: AIDS Walk Orlando to Travel New Route
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
The Hope and Help Center's 17th annual AIDS Walk Orlando will
take a different route when it steps off Saturday, May 19.
Rather than walk around Lake Eola, participants will stroll a
2.4-mile path through downtown. A post-walk concert by
Sisaundra Lewis will be staged at ...
Exclusive: Drugmakers weigh emergency supply plan for Greece
Reuters New Media
May 18, 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - International drugmakers are working with European authorities on emergency plans to keep medicines flowing into Greece if the country crashes out of the euro.Discussions have intensified in recent days, according to industry sources, and manufacturers are looking closely ...
GLOBAL: Maternal Deaths Plunged over 2 Decades, to About
287,000 in 2010, UN Reports
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
Increases in contraceptive use, health care provider-assisted
births, and treatment for HIV-positive mothers have helped cut
the maternal death rate by 47 percent since 1990, according to
UN agencies.In 2010, maternal deaths declined to roughly 287,000, from the
UN's ...
Uganda: Country Gets $1.6 Billion From Global Fund
New Vision
May 18, 2012
The global fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and malaria has received a major boost of $1.6b in investment funds to projects aimed at saving lives for the period 2012 -14.The financial forecast was made in a communiqué by the Global Fund board in Geneva Switzerland last week.
OHIO: House Panel Approves Anti-Cancer Bill
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
The Ohio House Ways and Means Committee recently approved a
bill that would create an option to allow income tax filers to
donate money to a state fund that supports cervical and breast
cancer testing and treatment. The bill is expected to advance
to the full House soon.The ...
UNITED STATES: Many Pregnant Women May Not Get STD Tests
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 18, 2012
Many pregnant women are not following recommendations that
they undergo testing for certain STDs, according to a new
study.CDC and the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists (ACOG) say all pregnant women should be tested
for chlamydia at their first prenatal ...
Myanmar holds first gay pride celebrations
Agence France-Presse
May 17, 2012
Yangon, May 17, 2012 (AFP) - Myanmar held its first gay pride celebrations Thursday, organisers said, in a sign of liberalising social attitudes paralleling political reforms in the formerly army-ruled nation.Around 400 people packed into the ballroom of a Yangon hotel late Thursday for ...
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
UNAIDS
May 17, 2012
Message from UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé
FDA panel OKs Truvada for HIV Prevention
Bay Area Reporter
May 17, 2012
Truvada, a once-daily antiretroviral pill, is effective for preventing sexual transmission of HIV and should be approved as post-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted last week.
PENNSYLVANIA: Hepatitis C: A Silent Epidemic (You Can Help
Stop on Saturday)
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 17, 2012
Saturday is National Hepatitis Testing Day, and Philadelphia-
area residents will have a number of opportunities to be
screened that day. Free hepatitis C testing will be conducted
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Philadelphia Department of Public
Health, 500 S. Broad St. The ...
NIH statement on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day - May 18, 2012
NIAID News
May 17, 2012
There is a growing consensus that we can significantly curtail the HIV/AIDS pandemic by implementing scientifically proven HIV prevention strategies, such as voluntary medically supervised adult male circumcision, prevention of mother-to-child transmission and treatment as prevention.
UNITED STATES: Low Rates of Hepatitis Screening and
Vaccination of HIV-Infected MSM in HIV Clinics
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 17, 2012
Due to similar behavioral risk factors for the two infections,
HIV-positive men who have sex with men are at increased risk
of viral hepatitis. The authors of the current study set out
to assess adherence to HIV management guidelines that
recommend hepatitis A, B, and C ...
GLOBAL: Exploring the Role of Mobile Technology as a Health
Care Helper
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 17, 2012
In rural areas of the developing world, mobile telephones are
helping people connect with health care providers in major
cities. For instance, today a woman in Uganda having a
difficult childbirth can get help from a physician in Kampala,
contact a community health worker, ...
“Making Rights a Reality”: The experiences of organizations of transgender people in the AIDS response
UNAIDS
May 17, 2012
In Latin America, transgender people face stigma and discrimination based on their gender identity every day. Such situations limit their access to the education system, job opportunities and health services which, in turn, increase their vulnerability to HIV.
INDIANA: Hepatitis C Cases Up in Delaware County
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 17, 2012
The Delaware County Health Department is seeing an increase in
hepatitis C virus cases. Last year through May 14, DCHD logged
42 HCV cases, compared with 68 cases so far this year through
May 14. DCHD has investigated 44 cases just since the end of
February."I'm really ...
City must backfill AIDS funds
Bay Area Reporter
May 17, 2012
Back in March city leaders learned that San Francisco would face cuts from the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The cuts, about $4.7 million from Ryan White and approximately $3.1 million from the CDC, will significantly impact ...
CALIFORNIA: TB Patient Charged in Calif. for Not Taking Meds
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 17, 2012
A Stockton resident with active pulmonary tuberculosis was
arrested on Tuesday and charged with refusing to comply with
his treatment regimen. He is expected to be arraigned Thursday
on two misdemeanor counts and could face a maximum penalty of
one year in jail for each ...
ILLINOIS: Community Health Event for Families Focuses on HIV
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 17, 2012
"Know Your Status - Standing Together Against HIV/AIDS" is the
theme of a community health event on Saturday, May 19, at
Chicago Hope Academy, 2130 W. Ogden Ave. "We encourage family
members to come together, as we want to reach out to entire
families," said Mireya Trejo ...
ASIA-PACIFIC: HIV May Afflict Almost Half Asia-Pacific
Transgenders: UN
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 17, 2012
Stigma, poor health care access, and high-risk sex are pushing
up HIV infection rates among Asia-Pacific transgender women,
the UN Development Program said Thursday. Some 9 million to
9.5 million transgender people live in the region, and they
are "bearing the brunt of ...
100,000 expected for AIDS memorial
United Press International
May 17, 2012
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 17 (UPI) -- The theme of the 29th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is promoting health and dignity together, the Nigerian organizer said.
Lee urged to backfill AIDS cuts
Bay Area Reporter
May 17, 2012
Advocates for people living with HIV and AIDS are increasing their calls for San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee to backfill federal funding for services they describe as lifesaving even as the city must close a steep budget shortfall.
Many pregnant women may not get STD tests
Miscellaneous News
May 17, 2012
(Reuters Health) - Despite recommendations that pregnant women have tests for certain sexually transmitted diseases, many may not be getting them, a new study suggests.Researchers found that of nearly 1.3 million U.S. women who had blood work done during pregnancy, only 59 percent were ...
MASSACHUSETTS: State Cuts Jails' HIV Programs
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 17, 2012
Due to federal funding reductions, Massachusetts has cut $1.25
million for HIV testing and education in county jails and
houses of correction. Sheriffs warn the decision will
eliminate HIV educator positions, curb HIV testing, and end
the monitoring of inmates by infectious-disease ...
FLORIDA: UM Nursing School Gets Grant
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 17, 2012
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year,
$7.6 million grant for health disparities research to the
University of Miami's El Centro project. The grant is
administered by the UM School of Nursing and Health Studies;
it continues El Centro work first funded ...
HIV programmes for MSM and transgendered people gradually being scaled up in India
UNAIDS
May 17, 2012
Rupali always felt he was different. Born as a boy in India, he liked wearing girls’ clothes and finally at the age of 20, decided to disclose to his family his gender orientation. He declared he wanted to live as a woman.
Solidarity for survival - Living with AIDS No. 516
Health-E
May 17, 2012
"Solidarity for Survival" is an exhibition that shows the difficult living conditions that African foreign nationals who have come to seek refuge in South Africa endure. It is currently showing at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg. Many of the difficulties these migrants face include the lack of access ...
India's shunned transgenders struggle to survive
Reuters New Media
May 17, 2012
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Seema, a husband and father of two, gets ready for another night of work on the streets of the Indian capital, placing two halves of a yellow sponge ball into empty bra cups.The 33-year-old then plucks out the stubble on his chin, applies foundation from a pink heart-shaped ...
UNITED STATES: FDA Panel Backs OraSure's In-Home HIV Test
CDC HIV/AIDS/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update
May 16, 2012
A panel of outside experts voted unanimously on Tuesday to
recommend that the Food and Drug Administration approve
OraSure Technologies Inc.'s OraQuick In-Home HIV Test. The 17-
member FDA advisory committee said the benefits of people
knowing their HIV status - and seeking ...
FDA advised to approve at-home HIV test
United Press International
May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- An advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test, officials said.
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National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day :May 19th
May 19 is National Asian and Pacific Islander (API) HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
The Banyan Tree Project
—a national campaign to end the silence and shame surrounding HIV/AIDS in Asian and Pacific Islander communities—is the lead for this day. This year’s theme is “Saving face can't make you safe. Talk about HIV--for me, for you, for everyone.”
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day :May 18th
National Institutes of Health’s
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
is the lead for this day.
NIAID’s HIV Vaccine
Awareness Day web site contains many resources. Also visit bethegeneration.nih.gov to find local events and more
resources.
Read and share this 2011 press statement by Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director,
NIAID, NIH.
Orange County AIDS Walk :
Disneyland Resort will once again serve as the venue for
AIDS Walk Orange County.
The 26th annual walk takes place Sunday, May 6.
Five thousand supporters are expected to attend and enjoy the magical route through
Disneyland park, Disney California Adventure park and Downtown Disney. The walk
is scheduled to begin at 7:00 a.m.
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