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Global Fund Board Launches Sixth Grant Round
2006-08-06 19:12:01 The Board of The Global Fun d to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria decided today to call for a new round of grant proposals from countries striving to combat AIDS, TB and Malaria. The call for a new round of proposals at this time ? the sixth in the history of the Global Fund ? puts the Board on track to approve a new round of Global Fund grants at its second meeting in November 2006, following More About: Rant , Launch
Miriam Maluwa - Determined In The Fight Against HIV/AIDS
2006-08-06 16:06:00 Miriam Malu wa's voice resonated with purpose and steely determination as she spoke about her approach to her job, and her role in the universal fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic.She could be described as a diminutive figure, but Mrs. Maluwa's sense of purpose and her firm commitment to the advancement of human rights, lift her above the limitations of physical dimensions and into the realm of those who challenge the status-quo and dare to make a difference. Full Story... More About: Fight , Miriam , Aids , Term
New Sub Type Of HIV Virus 'No Cause For Panic'
2006-07-28 02:49:00 News reports about a Thai woman contracting a new strain of HIVvirus is no cause for panic as it is a common occurrence, saidmedical experts yesterday. "Please don't panic about the new form of viral combination. HIV/Aids can't harm you, if you know how to prevent it. However, we have to closely monitor the viralcombination to prevent its spread," said Dr Prasert Tongcharoen,the winner of this year's Mahidol University-B Braun award for outstanding public health service. Full Story Here... More About: Virus , Type , Panic
United States Approves 3-drug AIDS Pill For World Relief Plan
2006-07-02 10:00:00 A three-in-one AIDS pill officials hope will make it easier for patients to stick with their treatments won United States clearance on Friday for use in a global relief plan. The drug, made by India's Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (ARBN.BO: Quote, Profile, Research), received tentative Food and Drug Administration approval. The FDA endorsement makes the product available for purchase under President George W. Bush's effort to provide AIDS-fighting medicines in 15 countries. Full Story... More About: World , Relief
Ambassadors Criticize United States Plans For HIV And AIDS Relief
2006-06-19 15:29:00 The US campaign against HIV And AIDS receives praise in many quarters, especially in Africa, the epicenter of the pandemic. But during a five-day conference last week on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief , it took some unusual criticism -- from the people running the programs.In two sessions featuring US ambassadors called ``Good Ideas That Worked and Good Ideas That Didn't ," one ambassador said the program needed to pay more attention to preventing infections among men who have sex with men. Full Story... More About: United States , United , Plans , States
Internatonal Carnival Of Pozitivities
2006-06-16 23:01:00 Well I had a email by Ron Hudson about his new blog. Ron is initiating a blog carnival for people living with HIV/AIDS, and their caregivers. So anyone interested you can either, go check out the blog here at internationalcarnivalofpozitivities or email Ron at Ronald Hudson or email me The Webmaster. Either way heres your plug Ron and good luck with your project. More About: Carnival
FHI Vacancy - Associate Director, China
2006-06-07 12:40:00 Associate Dire ctor , China Field Programs Asia and PacificProvides management and technical leadership to the FHI/China programoperating in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces in southern China.Supervises staff based in offices in the two provinces in developing, monitoringand evaluating HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support and treatment interventionsplus surveillance and strategic information work.Coordinates closely with Chinese government officials as well as donorrepresentatives to assure that FHI's programs respond appropriately to theHIV/AIDS epidemics in the provinces. MS/MA in public health or related field,and 5-7 years experience with international development programs; or BA/BS inpublic health or related field, and 7-9 years experience with internationaldevelopment programs. Full Story... More About: Vacancy , Associate
25 Years of HIV/AIDS: The History of HIV/AIDS
2006-06-05 20:01:00 1981: The New York Times reported an outbreak of a rare form of cancer among gay men in New York and California. This "gay cancer" as it was referred to, later was identified as Kaposi's Sarcoma, the face of AIDS. About the same time, Emergency Rooms in New York City began to see a rash of seemingly healthy young men presenting with fevers, flu-like symptoms, and a rare pneumonia called Pneumocystis. This was the beginning of what has become the biggest health care concern in modern history. Twenty years later the disease still plagues society. How did we get to this point? Take a look at 20 plus years of AIDS.1959: While we talk about AIDS being 20 years old, in actuality it is believed that the syndrome has been around far longer. In 1959, a man residing in Africa died of a mysterious illness. Only decades later, after examining some blood samples taken from that man, was it confirmed that he actually died from complications related to an HIV infection. Full Story... More About: History , Years , Year , Ears , Aids
Antiretroviral Medicines Now Free In Kenyas Public Hospitals
2006-06-02 20:42:00 HIV-positive Kenyans will no longer have to pay for life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) treatment at public hospitals, President Mwai Kibaki has announced.Speaking at celebrations to mark Kenya's 43rd Madaraka (self-rule) Day on Thursday, Kibaki said the 100 shillings per month (US $1.40) charged for ARVs at public health facilities would be waived with immediate effect.All provincial and 70 district hospitals in Kenya provide comprehensive HIV care, including counselling, testing and ARVs. According to the National AIDS Control Council, an estimated 54,000 Kenyans were receiving ARVs by September 2005, up from just 3,000 in 2002. Full Story... More About: Public , Free , Hospitals , Medicines , Medici
Women Speak Out As Delegates Battle Over Words At UN AIDS Conference
2006-06-02 19:07:00 A U.N. meeting on AIDS concludes Friday with adoption of a declaration setting out a blueprint for global action to battle the pandemic. U.S. First Lady Laura Bush will address the conference.Mrs. Bush and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will open Friday's final session of the three-day high-level meeting on AIDS. More than a dozen heads of state and 100 ministers are in New York for the gathering. Full Story... More About: Women , Words , Speak , Delegates , Battle
Lack of health facilities, staff shortages impede ARV rollout
2006-06-01 01:10:00 As Burundi's public health system struggles to recover from a 12-year civil war, only a handful of the estimated 250,000 HIV-positive Burundians who need life-prolonging AIDS treatment are accessing it.Just 6,672 Burundians benefit from free anti-AIDS drugs provided by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, but UNAIDS estimates an HIV prevalence of six percent in a population of around eight million.But the head of ARV provision at Bujumbura's Kamenge University Hospital, Dr Gaspard Kamamfu, said the free drugs, distributed via a government initiative, had prompted more people to be tested. Since February 2004, when the university's programme began, more than 500 people have been put on ARVs. Full Story... More About: Health , Staff , Lack , Rollo , Heal
A tribute to Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General of WHO
2006-05-23 04:21:00 tribute to Dr LEE Jong-wook, Dire ctor -General of WHODr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General of the World Health Organization,died this morning following a short illness.Dr Lee, a national of the Republic of Korea, was a world leader inpublic health. He tackled every challenge with passion, dedicationand professionalism. He was unfalteringly committed to WHO'smission, to help all people to attain "the highest possible level ofhealth."Throughout his 23-year career at WHO, he made a difference in everyprogramme he managed - whether by leading the charge to eradicatepolio from the Western Pacific, or to launch a cutting edge GlobalDrug Facility so people would have access to tuberculosis medicines.Full Story More About: Tribute , Tribu
A tribute to Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General of WHO
2006-05-23 04:21:00 tribute to Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director-Gene ra l of WHODr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General of the World Health Organization,died this morning following a short illness.Dr Lee, a national of the Republic of Korea, was a world leader inpublic health. He tackled every challenge with passion, dedicationand professionalism. He was unfalteringly committed to WHO'smission, to help all people to attain "the highest possible level ofhealth."Throughout his 23-year career at WHO, he made a difference in everyprogramme he managed - whether by leading the charge to eradicatepolio from the Western Pacific, or to launch a cutting edge GlobalDrug Facility so people would have access to tuberculosis medicines.Full Story More About: Bute , Tribute
Study Shows Virginity Pledges Not Always Kept
2006-05-17 22:06:00 A survey of American teenagers who publicly pledged to remain virgins until marriage has found that more than half of them broke their vow within a year.The study, published in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health,, also raises concerns about the reliability of young people in reporting their sexual experiences. Full Story... More About: Study , Virginity , Pledge , Always
NEPAL: HIV Hospice For Gay And Transgender Men Offers Hope
2006-05-17 04:57:00 There's no signboard outside the simple white-washed building at the end of the road - and neighbours have little idea of who its occupants are. But in this traditional Hindu society, where open discussion about HIV/AIDS remains largely taboo, that's not surprising.Behind the well-trimmed lawn and flower beds of the two-story building lies Nepal 's only hospice dedicated to caring for men who have sex with men (MSM) infected with HIV/AIDS, a particularly marginalised group in this impoverished nation of 28 million.Funded by the Elton John Foundation and French NGO Sidaction, the hospice, located in a working class residential district of the capital Kathmandu, provides one of the few rays of hope for MSM members living with AIDS. Full Story... More About: Hope , Offers , Transgender , Hospice
NEPAL: HIV Hospice For Gay And Transgender Men Offers Hope
2006-05-17 04:57:00 There's no signboard outside the simple white-washed building at the end of the road - and neighbours have little idea of who its occupants are. But in this traditional Hindu society, where open discussion about HIV/AIDS remains largely taboo, that's not surprising.Behind the well-trimmed lawn and flower beds of the two-story building lies Nepal 's only hospice dedicated to caring for men who have sex with men (MSM) infected with HIV/AIDS, a particularly marginalised group in this impoverished nation of 28 million.Funded by the Elton John Foundation and French NGO Sidaction, the hospice, located in a working class residential district of the capital Kathmandu, provides one of the few rays of hope for MSM members living with AIDS. Full Story... More About: Hope , Offers , Spic , Trans
Russia At A Tipping Point As AIDS/HIV Epidemic Threatens To Explode Into Wi
2006-05-16 15:33:00 Vitaly is the face of Russia 's AIDS epidemic, epitomizing many of its most troubling characteristics.The 23-year-old furniture maker, a former intravenous drug user, tells few people that he carries the virus that causes AIDS, fearing harassment and discrimination. Should his immune system fail, it is likely he will not get the drugs needed to keep him alive."It's considered a dirty disease. People are afraid of it. It's become a joke for many. No one wants to deal with people who are infected," said Vitaly, who asked his last name not be used.Critics say neglect of AIDS victims by authorities and callous treatment by regular Russians are part of a culture of denial that has helped place Russia on the verge of a public health crisis, as HIV infections spread. Full Story... More About: Tipping Point , Point , Aids , Demi
Russia At A Tipping Point As AIDS/HIV Epidemic Threatens To Explode Into Wi
2006-05-16 15:33:00 Vitaly is the face of Russia 's AIDS epidemic, epitomizing many of its most troubling characteristics.The 23-year-old furniture maker, a former intravenous drug user, tells few people that he carries the virus that causes AIDS, fearing harassment and discrimination. Should his immune system fail, it is likely he will not get the drugs needed to keep him alive."It's considered a dirty disease. People are afraid of it. It's become a joke for many. No one wants to deal with people who are infected," said Vitaly, who asked his last name not be used.Critics say neglect of AIDS victims by authorities and callous treatment by regular Russians are part of a culture of denial that has helped place Russia on the verge of a public health crisis, as HIV infections spread. Full Story... More About: Tipping Point , Point , Ping , Aids
AFRICA: Piot Motivates HIV/AIDS Summit Delegates
2006-05-03 20:17:00 UNAIDS Executive Director, Peter Piot, on Wednesday called for bolder action by Africa n leaders against HIV/AIDS.Speaking at the on-going Special Summit of African Union on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (ATM) in Nigeria's capital Abuja, Piot challenged delegates to move beyond crisis management and to adopt and implement long-term strategic responses instead. Full Story... More About: Delegates , Aids
AFRICA: Piot Motivates HIV/AIDS Summit Delegates
2006-05-03 20:17:00 UNAIDS Executive Director, Peter Piot, on Wednesday called for bolder action by Africa n leaders against HIV/AIDS.Speaking at the on-going Special Summit of African Union on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (ATM) in Nigeria's capital Abuja, Piot challenged delegates to move beyond crisis management and to adopt and implement long-term strategic responses instead. Full Story... More About: Gates , Delegates , Motiva
Global Fund Board Launches Sixth Grant Round
2006-04-28 16:27:00 The Board of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria decided today to call for a new round of grant proposals from countries striving to combat AIDS, TB and Malaria. The call for a new round of proposals at this time — the sixth in the history of the Global Fund – puts the Board on track to approve a new round of Global Fund grants at its second meeting in November 2006, following the period needed for the submission and evaluation process.Founded four years ago with the aim of drastically scaling up the resources available to fight the three diseases, the Global Fund currently mobilizes 20 percent of international financing to combat HIV/AIDS, and 65 percent of all international funds invested in combating malaria and tuberculosis. Full Story... More About: Grant , Round
LESOTHO: Lack Of Health Care Workers A Drain On New HIV/AIDS Plan
2006-04-28 15:54:00 As the Lesotho government prepares to launch a 'Know your HIV status' campaign, a shortage of qualified healthcare workers threatens to derail plans to increase access to AIDS treatment in the mountain kingdom.According TO a nurse [who wanted to remain anonymous] at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the countries main referral hospital, 70 nurses tend to around 3,400 patients ? an average of close to 50 patients per nurse. FULL STORY... More About: Health , Workers , Health Care , Care , Plan
AIDS Conference Ends With Appeals
2006-04-27 15:09:00 An international AIDS conference ended Wednesday with impassioned appeals to political and pharmaceutical industry leaders to fund development of a virus-killing gel to protect women from the disease and so save millions of lives. Peter Piot, head of UNAIDS, said he was deeply disappointed that research into microbicides or vaginal gels was so slow http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SO UTH_AFRICA_AIDS?SITE=VACHA&SECTION=HOME&T EMPLATE=DEFAULT">Full Story... More About: Ends , Ferenc , Conference , Aids , Appeal
Vatican Studying Condoms and AIDS
2006-04-26 16:01:00 The Vatican is studying whether condoms can be condoned to help stem the tide of AIDS, but it has given no indication that a pronouncement is expected, officials said Tuesday.Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, who heads the Vatican office for health care, was quoted over the weekend in La Repubblica daily as saying his office was preparing a document on the question of condoms and AIDS, and that it would be released soon. Full Story Here... More About: Condom , Condoms , Studying , Dying
AIDS Action is the Only Organization Solely Dedicated to Responsible Federa
More articles from this author:2006-03-27 22:59:00 AIDS Action is a national organization dedicated to the development, analysis, cultivation, and encouragement of sound policies and programs in response to the HIV epidemic. They do this through the dissemination of information and the building and use of advocacy on behalf of all those living with and affected by HIV. Their goal is simple: Until It?s Over ? until no one acquires HIV, until those living with HIV have the care and services they need, and until a cure is found. Full Story... More About: Organization , Only , Cate , Aids 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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