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Caribbean Broadcast Media partnership launches HIV/AIDS education campaign in conjunction with cricket world cup

The Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS on Thursday in advance of the Cricket World Cup opening launched LIVE UP -- the first pan-Caribbean campaign led by broadcasters to encourage and empower youth to learn about HIV and take action to fight the spread of the virus in the region -- the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation reports

11 Mar 2007

Bill would require prisons to provide HIV counseling, prevention education, condoms

A bill (HR 178) introduced in January by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) would require prisons to provide HIV counseling and prevention education efforts and to distribute "sexual barrier protection devices" to inmates in federal prisons, the Oakland Tribune reports.

11 Mar 2007

Vanity Fair to partner with product RED to guest edit July edition

Vanity Fair magazine on Tuesday announced that it will sign on as a partner with Product RED -- a project created by Irish musician Bono and DATA co-founder Bobby Shriver that aims to raise money for the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by donating a portion of profits from a range of branded products -- the AP/London Free Press reports.

11 Mar 2007

Vietnam launches program to stabilize HIV prevalence in 2007

Vietnam's Ministry of Health has launched a program to stabilize the country's HIV prevalence in 2007, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

11 Mar 2007

India plans to increase number of condom vending machines fivefold

India's National AIDS Control Organization plans to increase the number of condom vending machines in the country by fivefold under the third phase of the country's National AIDS Control Program, which is scheduled to be launched in April, IBNlive.com reports.

11 Mar 2007

Mexican Defense Ministry to re-enlist several HIV-positive soldiers

Mexican Ministry of Defense officials on Tuesday announced that they will re-enlist several HIV-positive soldiers after the country's Supreme Court ruled their expulsions unconstitutional, Reuters reports.

11 Mar 2007

Some Puerto Rican clinics limiting HIV/AIDS services following suspension of reimbursements from Ryan White progra

Some clinics in San Juan, Puerto Rico, have begun rationing drugs for hundreds of HIV-positive people, while other organizations have reduced food supplies and services, since they stopped receiving reimbursements from the Ryan White Program, the AP/AOL News reports.

11 Mar 2007

WHO Director-General discusses effect of HIV/AIDS on women on International Women's Day

World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan in a statement released in recognition of International Women's Day, which is scheduled for Thursday, discussed the effects of HIV/AIDS on women in sub-Saharan Africa, Xinhua News Agency reports.

11 Mar 2007

AIDS and circumcision - the jury's still out

According to preliminary results of a study in Africa, although circumcision offers men some protection from the AIDS virus, if they are already-infected, unless they let the penis heal completely they may put women at an even higher risk of contracting the virus.

8 Mar 2007

Novartis to continue Indian patent fight

Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella on Tuesday at the company's annual general meeting said that the drug maker plans to continue a lawsuit challenging a section of India's Patents Act that aims to restrict certain kinds of patents, despite criticism from some HIV/AIDS advocacy groups and shareholders, Reuters reports

8 Mar 2007

HIV/AIDS services in Myanmar being pulled due to Government pressure

An increasing number of international organizations and health workers have stopped offering HIV/AIDS services in Myanmar because of pressure from the country's military government, the Washington Times reports.

8 Mar 2007

Arkansas Senate approves bill that would require prison inmates to receive HIV test before release

The Arkansas Senate on Monday voted 35-0 to approve a bill (HB 1444) that would require state inmates to receive HIV tests before being released, the AP/Pine Bluff Commercial reports.

8 Mar 2007

Fishing communities in some developing countries highly affected by HIV/AIDS

Fishing communities in some developing countries have higher HIV prevalences, as well as AIDS-related illnesses and mortality rates, than other populations, primarily because of travel and a custom of trading sex for fish, according to a report released on Monday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the SAPA/Cape Argus reports.

8 Mar 2007

California Sen. Carole Migden introduces bill to allow HIV-positive men to use reproductive services

California Sen. Carole Migden (D) recently introduced a bill (SB 443) that would allow HIV-positive men to use reproductive services, including artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, under certain guidelines, the MediaNews/San Jose Mercury News reports.

8 Mar 2007

HIV-positive men who have sex before circumcision wounds are healed could increase female partners' infection risk

HIV-positive men undergoing circumcision might be more likely to transmit the virus to their female partners if they have sex before the circumcision wounds have healed, according to preliminary results from a study being conducted in Uganda and presented on Tuesday to 75 officials from the World Health Organization and UNAIDS at a meeting in Montreux, Switzerland, the Washington Post reports

8 Mar 2007

World Bank will not finance condom purchases in India

The World Bank and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development recently announced that they will not help the Indian government purchase condoms to fight the spread of HIV under the third phase of the country's National AIDS Control Program, which is scheduled to begin in April, because of an alleged lack of transparency in purchasing procedures, the Financial Times reports.

8 Mar 2007

Doctors in Zimbabwe end two-month strike

Doctors in Zimbabwe have ended a two-month strike after reaching a deal with the government over their wages, Health Minister David Parirenyatwa said on Saturday, Reuters South Africa reports.

8 Mar 2007

International donors must connect fight against HIV/AIDS to ending violence against women

Governments and international donors, including the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, need to address violence against women in the context of HIV/AIDS programs, according to a report conducted by Women Won't Wait and released on Tuesday, Reuters South Africa reports.

8 Mar 2007

PAHO, Canada sign agreement to advance health programs

The Pan American Health Organization and the Government of Canada today signed a four-year agreement to support international health work in the Americas.

8 Mar 2007

Bono meets with Rep. Barbara Lee to discuss HIV/AIDS awareness

Irish musician and international HIV/AIDS advocate Bono on Friday met with Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and local church leaders in Oakland, Calif., to discuss HIV/AIDS awareness among the California Bay Area black community, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

5 Mar 2007

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Caribbean Broadcast Media partnership launches HIV/AIDS education campaign in conjunction with cricket world cup

Bill would require prisons to provide HIV counseling, prevention education, condoms

Vanity Fair to partner with product RED to guest edit July edition

Vietnam launches program to stabilize HIV prevalence in 2007

India plans to increase number of condom vending machines fivefold

Mexican Defense Ministry to re-enlist several HIV-positive soldiers

Some Puerto Rican clinics limiting HIV/AIDS services following suspension of reimbursements from Ryan White progra

WHO Director-General discusses effect of HIV/AIDS on women on International Women's Day

AIDS and circumcision - the jury's still out

Novartis to continue Indian patent fight

HIV/AIDS services in Myanmar being pulled due to Government pressure

Arkansas Senate approves bill that would require prison inmates to receive HIV test before release

Fishing communities in some developing countries highly affected by HIV/AIDS

California Sen. Carole Migden introduces bill to allow HIV-positive men to use reproductive services

HIV-positive men who have sex before circumcision wounds are healed could increase female partners' infection risk

World Bank will not finance condom purchases in India

Doctors in Zimbabwe end two-month strike

International donors must connect fight against HIV/AIDS to ending violence against women

PAHO, Canada sign agreement to advance health programs

Bono meets with Rep. Barbara Lee to discuss HIV/AIDS awareness

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