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First Edition: July 26, 2012

Today's headlines include coverage of findings from a new study that indicate Medicaid may help people live longer.

26 Jul 2012

Study shows potential for histone deacetylase inhibitors to eradicate latent HIV infection

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today the publication of a study in the July 26 issue of the leading scientific journal Nature that provided early evidence for the use of a drug to dislodge reservoirs of hidden virus in patients receiving treatment for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

26 Jul 2012

AIDS 2012 plenary speakers call for innovative financing, continued research for HIV cure

Speakers at Tuesday's plenary session at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. highlighted the challenges that lie ahead in the response to HIV/AIDS and discussed potential solutions, ABC News reports.

26 Jul 2012

Obama skipping AIDS conference; Black community still bearing high burden of the disease

For all the dignitaries on the schedule at the International AIDS Conference this week in Washington, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and former President Bill Clinton, it's the absence of one that has activists talking. With the conference being held in the U.S. for the first time in 22 years, President Barack Obama is out of town campaigning and raising money for his re-election. His only presence is a 50-second cameo in a three-minute video welcoming delegates.

26 Jul 2012

PlusNews interviews Global Fund director of country programs

In 2010, after allegations of fraud among some fund recipients in several countries, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria convened "an independent, high-level panel to review its financial controls and how grant money is spent," and the Fund "is now implementing the panel's recommendations," PlusNews reports.

26 Jul 2012

Vienna Declaration launches ad campaign calling on U.S. presidential candidates to end 'war on drugs'

As delegates gathered for the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) this week in Washington, D.C., "supporters of the 2010 Vienna Declaration, which urges governments to write evidence-based drug policies," launched an ad campaign calling on U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney "to stop the spread of AIDS by ending the so-called 'war on drugs,'" the Globe and Mail reports.

26 Jul 2012

AIDS activists march in Washington, India to protest marginalization of sex workers, drug users

"AIDS activists gathering in Washington, D.C., and Kolkata, India, this week have denounced conditions attached to U.S. global AIDS funding, which they say have damaged the response to the epidemic by further marginalizing sex workers -- among those hardest hit" by the epidemic, the Guardian reports.

26 Jul 2012

Recent release: News coverage of AIDS 2012

The NYU Development Research Institute blog features an AIDS 2012 "Conference Political Courage Meter" graphic, based on Google News hits on different search terms.

26 Jul 2012

Assistant Sec. of Health Koh addresses AIDS 2012 plenary; HHS Sec. Sebelius speaks at Washington Post event

Speaking at the plenary session of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, D.C., on Monday, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Howard Koh discussed the development and implementation of the United States' first-ever comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy, ABC News reports.

26 Jul 2012

Recent release: HIV epidemic, family planning 'inextricably linked'

Noting "approximately 17 million women worldwide are currently living with HIV, with more than a million new infections in women of reproductive age each year," Suzanne Ehlers, president and CEO of Population Action International (PAI), and Charles Lyons, president and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), write in this guest post in the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog that "family planning and HIV are inextricably linked, especially for HIV-positive women who are pregnant or may become pregnant."

26 Jul 2012

Recent release: Devex blog summarizes Tuesday's events at AIDS 2012

The Devex "Development Newswire" blog provides a comprehensive round-up of sessions, events, and reports from the third day (July 24) of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, D.C., including a summary of a session that discussed how Brazil, South Africa, India, and China contribute to the global AIDS response.

26 Jul 2012

Recent release: Blogs discuss advancements in HIV preventative, therapeutic R&D

In this post in the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog, IAVI President and CEO Margaret McGlynn, AVAC Executive Director Mitchell Warren and UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe highlight the release of a report from the HIV Vaccine & Microbicides Resource Tracking Working Group.

26 Jul 2012

Recent release: Congressional briefing looks to maximize resources for HIV/AIDS response

A UNAIDS press release describes a Congressional bipartisan briefing that took place on Tuesday with the theme, "Together we will end AIDS." Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) hosted the briefing, which aimed to "find ways of maximizing new opportunities to respond to HIV," according to the press release.

26 Jul 2012

Recent release: U.S. Census Bureau, State Department release data, maps on global HIV/AIDS

The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday launched an interactive global resource on the prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS cases and deaths, which contains 149,000 statistics, making it the "most complete of its kind in the world," according to a Census Bureau press release.

26 Jul 2012

Recent release: Kaiser Family Foundation releases report comparing AIDS responses of U.S., other high-income countries

The Kaiser Family Foundation on Tuesday released a report titled, "Responding to AIDS at Home & Abroad: How the U.S. and Other High-Income Countries Compare," which "examines the United States' response to HIV over the last 30 years compared to ... seven other similarly situated nations -- Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom," according to the report's webpage.

26 Jul 2012

Survey offers solutions to meet the needs of young people with HIV

Very few children are born with HIV in Thailand today. During the 1990s, the Thai government implemented a vast prevention programme in order to control the epidemic that was rife in the North of the country. The reduction of mother-to-child transmission was one of the major successes resulting from these measures. However, before this programme was established, numerous infants were born with the infection.

25 Jul 2012

First Edition: July 25, 2012

Today's headlines detail new Congressional Budget Office health law estimates that reflect the Supreme Court's decision on the Medicaid expansion.

25 Jul 2012

Community health campaigns reduce incidence of HIV virus levels in rural Uganda

Population-wide levels of HIV virus dropped substantially between 2011 and May 2012 in a rural part of southwestern Uganda, the site of two community health campaigns led by doctors at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH) and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.

25 Jul 2012

Devex examines history, future of PEPFAR

In a feature analysis, Devex examines the history of PEPFAR, the program's sustainability, its use of public-private partnerships, and the potential impact of the closure earlier this month of the Global Health Initiative (GHI) office.

25 Jul 2012

Drug resistance increasing in parts of Africa, report shows

"Resistance to AIDS drugs, a problem that has been widely feared over the last decade, is growing in parts of Africa but should not hamper the life-saving drug rollout, researchers reported on Monday" in a study published in the Lancet, Agence France-Presse reports.

25 Jul 2012

AIDS News and Research

First Edition: July 26, 2012

Study shows potential for histone deacetylase inhibitors to eradicate latent HIV infection

AIDS 2012 plenary speakers call for innovative financing, continued research for HIV cure

Obama skipping AIDS conference; Black community still bearing high burden of the disease

PlusNews interviews Global Fund director of country programs

Vienna Declaration launches ad campaign calling on U.S. presidential candidates to end 'war on drugs'

AIDS activists march in Washington, India to protest marginalization of sex workers, drug users

Recent release: News coverage of AIDS 2012

Assistant Sec. of Health Koh addresses AIDS 2012 plenary; HHS Sec. Sebelius speaks at Washington Post event

Recent release: HIV epidemic, family planning 'inextricably linked'

Recent release: Devex blog summarizes Tuesday's events at AIDS 2012

Recent release: Blogs discuss advancements in HIV preventative, therapeutic R&D

Recent release: Congressional briefing looks to maximize resources for HIV/AIDS response

Recent release: U.S. Census Bureau, State Department release data, maps on global HIV/AIDS

Recent release: Kaiser Family Foundation releases report comparing AIDS responses of U.S., other high-income countries

Survey offers solutions to meet the needs of young people with HIV

First Edition: July 25, 2012

Community health campaigns reduce incidence of HIV virus levels in rural Uganda

Devex examines history, future of PEPFAR

Drug resistance increasing in parts of Africa, report shows

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