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Voice of HIV, AIDS dies of pneumonia
2008-04-05 18:23:00
Autum Aquino of Bangor, whose early advocacy for AIDS awareness and education brought her national recognition, died unexpectedly Thursday at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Aquino was exposed to human immunodeficiency virus in her mother’s womb and diagnosed with the infection when she was 2 years old. After the deaths of her parents, she was raised by relatives in Hampden. She was just 23 when she died. Aquino was well-known in Maine and nationally for her openness in discussing her HIV status, for her ongoing efforts to raise public awareness about HIV and AIDS, especially among teens and young adults, and for her high energy and optimistic nature. On Friday, Aquino’s sister Ja’Nette Agosto Converse, 26, of Unity said her outgoing younger sister’s death was sudden and unexpected. Aquino had been healthy and active, working in a local retail store and living with her fiance in an apartment in Bangor. But earlier this week, Converse said, Aquino contracted a bacterial sin...
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Treatment For AIDS
2008-03-01 17:39:00
From the time that HIV/AIDS was identified (during the early 1980s) till date, there is no definite treatment that can completely cure a person of an HIV infection. The medicines usually prescribed by the doctors only offer symptomatic relief from the opportunistic infections associated with the disease.All over the globe, medical research is in progress to develop that 'wonder drug' which can treat both HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections at the same time. However, such a wonder drug has not been developed as yet. Therefore, doctors continue to prescribe medicines to treat the opportunistic infections and to extend the life of the patient by improving the quality of their life.The drawback with these medicines is that not only are they unable to cure HIV/AIDS, but they are very expensive and beyond the reach of a common man. Additional drawback is that these medicines have many severe side effects. Prolonged use of these medicines makes a person resistant to it and the body no ...
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What You Need to Know About HIV
2008-02-14 17:04:00
HIV is an abbreviation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS as it is generally called, is the result of this virus. When a person has AIDS, the immune system gradually break downs. The patient then becomes highly susceptible to infections and illnesses, which could even, be fatal. History dates its origin to June 5th 1981 in Los Angeles where the virus was found in five homosexual men. It was then called GRID or Gay-Related Immune Deficiency because people thought it only affected homosexual people. This theory was soon blown to pieces when cases were reported from all over. Today, AIDS has reached epidemic proportions. It has plagued most countries around the world and is considered a highly dangerous disease.To gain a better understanding of HIV, we must first explore how it is transmitted.a. HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. What does this mean? The mucous membrane lines different parts of the body such as the lips, genital areas, nost...

Drug Available in UK Extends Life of HIV Patients
2008-02-08 17:47:00
After more than 10 years of researching better treatments for HIV patients, a new drug had been found in UK to lengthen the life expectancy of the victims. The recent introduction of Pfizer's drug Celsentri (Maraviroc) is truly helpful for the patients as it guards the entrance of the immune system and blocks the HIV, which in turn delays the process of developing into AIDS.Although the drug is not a cure-all treatment, this is an alternative that patients can look forward to since not all symptoms are remedied by other available HIV drugs in the market. Many AIDS organizations have shown interest in the drug saying this is a good sign of innovation and will aid to reduce the progression of HIV into AIDS.Maraviroc comprised three drugs collectively made into one creating highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) that lengthens the lifespan of HIV patients.But recent findings showed that some patients have resistance to the product making it not advisable for them to take.The dr...
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Information About HIV AIDS
2008-02-04 06:42:00
It is three decades since the discovery of the HIV virus but we are still lacking information about HIV / AIDS. According to UN AIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. Although there is no foolproof cure or vaccine for HIV virus, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) will ensure that medicines are available at an affordable cost even in third world countries. The search for the vaccine for AIDS remains the challenge for the world today.Let us delve into some more information about HIV /AIDS. What is causing the spread of the infection? Ignorance. One in three youngsters in the world are still ignorant about how the infection spreads. We have to wake up to the harsh reality of the epidemic and the world's leaders must demonstrate real commitment to keep their promise. We cannot wait another quarter of a century for a vaccine. The need of the hour is the four Ms-motivation, money, medicines and manpower.Let me burs...
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HIV/AIDS - Prevent It!
2008-01-29 07:25:00
AIDS. The very sound of the word scares some, and makes other cringe. How did we let it get so far? There is no cure for very few diseases, and aids is one of them. Yet we still have unprotected sex, and we still share dirty needles. Come on! Granted, HIV/AIDS will never be a thing of the past, but we can do better in making the condition less common.HIV/AIDS kills. In 2004, it was responsible for 3.5 million deaths globally. Thats not even the worst of it. 6.4 million people newly contracted the virus in the same year! Instead of diminishing the deadly condition, we are multiplying it. This needs to stop. It's as if 3.5 million wasn't enough dead in 2004, so we decided to boost the numbers for 2005. What are we thinking?!Mothers can share AIDS with their infants during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, and there is no way to stop it short of not becoming pregnant. But here is the list of preventable HIV/AIDS transmissions:- Penetrative oral, vaginal, or anal sex (Unprotect...

Human Rights, HIV/AIDS Highlight Bush's Upcoming Visit To Africa
2008-01-26 17:46:00
Continued democratic reforms, human rights and economic opportunities will take center stage when President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush visit Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia on an official tour of Africa . The president last visited the continent in 2003, and will return to review U.S.-assisted economic development projects and programs to control and prevention of malaria and HIV/AIDS. The president will meet with the leaders of the five countries during the one-week tour next month "to discuss how the United States can continue to partner with African countries to support continued democratic reform, respect for human rights, free trade, open investment regimes and economic opportunity across the continent," the White House said Friday. Bush has called on Congress to double funding to $30 billion for the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief which has enabled over one million Africans to get antiretroviral treatment for AIDS.SOURCE : http://www.allheadlinenews.c...
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Media workshop on HIV-AIDS concluded
2008-01-05 17:14:00
The two-day media workshop, organized by the School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (USA) in association with Guwahati Press Club for mid career journalists of Assam has come to a successful end today evening. The workshop was aimed at strengthening media professionalism and the NGO-media interface in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka for HIV/AIDS coverage. It witnessed the participation of journalists and the Non-Governmental Organizations workers. The workshop was led by two American faculty members (James D. Kelly and Jyotika Ramaprasad) with experience in print and television journalism, photojournalism, and social marketing communication campaigns. James Kelly has worked for the Associated Press and for the South Bend (Indiana) Tribune newspaper and is Associate Professor at Indiana University. Similarly Jyotika Ramaprasad has worked on communication campaigns for international agencies including Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand and is As...
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UNICEF World Aids Day Concert 2007
2007-12-15 16:29:00
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UNICEF World Aids Day Concert 2007
2007-12-15 16:29:00
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BERGEN COUNTY OBSERVES WORLD AIDS DAY
2007-12-15 16:20:00
Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney and the County Department of Health Services observed World AIDS Day on December 3 at local high schools with programs that brought HIV/AIDS awareness to students. ???Bergen County students are recognizing the severity of this pandemic and using this knowledge to make healthy life choices,??? said McNerney. ???Our youth should be commended for using World AIDS Day as an opportunity to honor those who have become infected or lost their lives due to HIV/AIDS.Students received valuable information on prevention through educational displays and an improvisational presentation performed by Reflections, a county-sponsored community outreach program for teenagers that presents improvised scenes based on issues that confront young people. World AIDS Day was established in 1988 by the World Health Organization in order to increase awareness, fight prejudice, and improve education regarding HIV/AIDS. The theme for World AIDS Day in 2007 and 2008 is ???l...

BERGEN COUNTY OBSERVES WORLD AIDS DAY
2007-12-15 16:20:00
Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney and the County Department of Health Services observed World AIDS Day on December 3 at local high schools with programs that brought HIV/AIDS awareness to students. ?Bergen County students are recognizing the severity of this pandemic and using this knowledge to make healthy life choices,? said McNerney. ?Our youth should be commended for using World AIDS Day as an opportunity to honor those who have become infected or lost their lives due to HIV/AIDS.Students received valuable information on prevention through educational displays and an improvisational presentation performed by Reflections, a county-sponsored community outreach program for teenagers that presents improvised scenes based on issues that confront young people. World AIDS Day was established in 1988 by the World Health Organization in order to increase awareness, fight prejudice, and improve education regarding HIV/AIDS. The theme for World AIDS Day in 2007 and 2008 is ?leadershi...
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AIDS treatment: Simplified,still a stigma
2007-12-09 17:46:00
IT used to be that a person diagnosed with HIV/AIDS had received an automatic death sentence. It used to be that some doctors and nurses faced with a HIV/AIDS patient would run away in horror. It used to be that HIV/AIDS patients had to juggle a daily prescription regimen of 15-20 pills in an effort to stay alive. It used to be ? and still is ? that a social stigma was attached to the affliction most often associated with being gay and injection drug use. December is AIDS Awareness Month, and Quad-City area health officials say the situation has improved in the past 10 years. Rather than a death sentence, AIDS is now considered a chronic, life-threatening disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. Patients living with HIV often do not have full-blown AIDS, and those who do are now living longer, more normal lives, officials say. At present, there are about 300 patients being treated for HIV/AIDS in the Quad-Cities, many of them with a simple drug routine. ?We?...
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AIDS: Ignorance is not bliss
2007-12-09 17:44:00
On World AIDS Day today, it is important to cite two shocking truths. First, one in three people in the world`s major industrialised countries "know little or nothing" about the deadly HIV/AIDS pandemic and second 25%believe that the problem has been "greatly exaggerated" by the media, a poll said. The survey conducted by global polling firm IPSOS, however, found that 44% respondents, including 50%in the US, are prepared to pay more taxes to combat the disease. The disease is estimated to have killed 28 million people in the last 26 years. The Global AIDS Attitudes survey, published by the non-governmental organization World Vision, reveals the awareness and attitudes of population in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US, all members of the "Group of Eight" industrialized nations, towards those affected by HIV and AIDS globally. Speaking at the launch of the survey on Thursday, the director of the joint UN programme on HIV/AIDS (UNA...
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Ghana: Don't Joke With HIV/Aids!
2007-10-01 19:19:00
The Reverend Isaac K. Gyedu, President of Mankessim-based Universal Christian Mission Association (UCMA), has condemned Ghana ians, especially the youth, who still believe that HIV/AIDS is not real and so they are going ahead with their indiscriminate sexual activities with impunity. He has cautioned the people to listen to reason and quickly desist from such "destructive attitudes".Closing a special peer educators' workshop on HIV/AIDS at Abura-Afrangua in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District, Rev. Gyedu told the participants that the nation is spending huge sums of money on the pandemic annually, which otherwise could have been used to construct more school buildings, provide electricity, potable water and clinics to improve lives of the rural people. Rev. Gyedu said the infection was spreading fast in some communities due to Ghanaians' attitude towards several useful anti-HIV/AIDS educational programmes initiated by the government and numerous nongovernmental organisa...
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Mandela announces SA HIV/Aids gig
2007-10-01 19:14:00
Nelson Mandela lost his son to Aids in 2005Former South African president Nelson Mandela has announced an international concert to be held for World Aids Day in Johannesburg on 1 December. The aim is to raise awareness about HIV/Aids in a country with one of the world's highest HIV prevalence rates More than five million people are HIV positive in South Africa. Fifty thousand people are expected at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. More than 30 local and international artists will be performing. For the past four years, Nelson Mandela has allowed his old prison number 46664 to be used as a banner in the fight against HIV/Aids. Several 46664 concerts have been held around the world and Mr Mandela said 46664 would continue to organise major events to highlight the problem. "I am very delighted that we are engaging the youth in schools, communities and through the media, breaking the silence and stigmas around HIV and Aids, and making them realise that the power t...
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BASIC INFORMATION ON HIV AND AIDS
2007-09-14 18:18:00
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a condition in which the body's immune system breaks down and is unable to fight off infection. AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.BASIC INFORMATION ON HIV AND AIDS AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a condition in which the body's immune system breaks down and is unable to fight off infection. AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. When a person is infected with HIV, the virus enters the body and lives and multiplies primarily in the white blood cells--cells that normally protect us from disease. The HIV virus weakens the immune system leaving the body vulnerable to infections and other illnesses, ranging from pneumonia to cancer. The virus is spread when HIV-infected fluids of one person pass into the body of another person. Infection can occur through unprotected sex (anal, vaginal, or oral); through use of contaminated needles, syringes and other piercing...
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Trade unions come together in battle against HIV/AIDS
2007-09-06 18:02:00
The five largest trade unions in the country have come together to rouse workers, not against the violation of labour laws but against a common and deadly enemy ? the HIV virus.For the first time, the unions cutting across party lines have signed a joint statement with promises that they would do their bit to spread awareness about the virus and making workplaces safer. The membership of the five unions runs into several lakhs covering nearly all work sectors.The statement, released in the form of a booklet, approves the guidelines given in the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS, in which the unions said that they recognised HIV/AIDS as a workplace issue.There is an estimated 2.5 to 3.1 million people in India who are living with HIV/AIDS and nearly 90 per cent of the reported HIV infections in India are in the 15-49 years age group."HIV/AIDS is a workplace issue, not only because it affects the workforce, but also because the workplace can play a vital role in limiting the spread and...
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HEALTH: No Sex Education Please - We're Indian
2007-08-30 17:22:00
NEW DELHI, Aug 30 (IPS) - Though adolescents are said to be at the centre of the AIDS epidemic and India has the largest number of infections in Asia, this conservative country continues to shy away from incorporating sex education in school curricula.As many as 11 of India?s 29 state governments have either banned or are in the process of dropping sex education from school programmes. Education and health are state domains in India?s federal system. Such a state of affairs recently prompted India?s outspoken federal minister for women and child development, Renuka Chaudhary, to remark that India seemed to her like ??a nation of hypocrites". Among major states that have banned sex education in state-run schools are western Maharashtra and Gujarat and central Madhya Pradesh. Among grounds cited were overtly explicit teaching modules and pictures that were too graphic. Private schools are continuing with lessons, but many have watered them down to avoid controversy. Other states expec...
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AIDS awareness through folk arts
2007-08-24 06:49:00
WITH A MESSAGE: Artistes performing at a workshop for cultural troupes on AIDS awareness in Bangalore on Wednesday. Folk artistes will be performing in villages and towns, subtly promoting awareness about AIDS/HIV.The Song and Drama Division (SDD) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is holding workshops for folk troupes to train them to include understated messages about the disease in order to prevent its further spread. Street play actors, for example, will bring up the issue of AIDS in their performances by skilfully weaving it into the storyline instead of an in-your-face manner.Yakshagana, puppetry and Srikrishna Parijatha troupes in Karnataka and katha prasangam, kalaripayattu, and vilpaattu troupes in Kerala are being used to achieve the goal, according to SSD?s Regional Centre Manager Jitendra Panpatil.The country has 12.5 lakh people with AIDS as on August 31, 2006, according to the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) attached to the Union Ministry of Hea...
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UTS raffles SUV
2007-08-10 06:46:00
If you can guess the number of condoms crammed into a new 2008 Ford Escape, you can be the owner of this brand new ride. The new vehicle is being raffled by United Telecommunications Services (UTS) in a ?Chippie Cares? campaign that supports HIV/AIDS awareness. All proceeds from the campaign will be divided among the AIDS foundation on French St. Martin and the three AIDS foundations in the Windward Islands: St. Maarten Aids Foundation, Saba Aids Foundation and Statia Aids Foundation. The vehicle is packed with Durex condoms; and the person who guesses the number of condoms will win the vehicle. Persons can text their answers to 6565. The raffle will be drawn on World Aids Day, December 1. If more than one person guesses the correct number, a raffle will be held among the winners to determine one winner. If no one has the correct answers, the person who comes the closest to the correct answer, without going over, will win. ?Someone will definitely win,? said UTS official Christina...
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Five US Teens Honored for 'Global Action'
2007-07-29 16:25:00
Five U.S. students have been honored for their efforts in fighting global poverty. Victoria Cavaliere reports from VOA's New York bureau that the students have taken on projects ranging from sanitizing drinking water to fighting the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus. NetAid.org screenshotThe third annual Global Action Awards, hosted by NetAid, is half celebration, half awards ceremony. NetAid is an initiative of the global humanitarian group Mercy Corps, and works to educate and empower young people about global poverty and its impact. This year, NetAid picked five students who embody what it calls "the remarkable drive to change the world." The students range in age from 17 to 19. All say they were moved to act because they felt a larger connection to the world they live in. J.B. Dill, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was honored for developing a water filtration system made of cloth and charcoal, which he helped distribute in rural Africa. He says he was inspired by a woman in I...
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Aus to host HIV/AIDS conference
2007-07-22 14:27:00
The world's largest conference on HIV/AIDS is getting underway in the Australian city of Sydney with over 5,000 delegates attending.The conference will examine research suggesting that male circumcision can reduce HIV infection rates by 60 per cent.The participants are also being urged to sign a declaration, which is aimed at boosting HIV research funding.
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