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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Emerging infectious diseases will continue to confront society in unpredictable ways as long as humans and microbes co-exist

Emerging infectious diseases, which have shaped the course of humanity and caused incalculable suffering and death, will continue to confront society in unpredictable ways as long as humans and microbes co-exist

9 Jul 2004

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Therapeutic Treatment Now Coalition to unveil ambitious pledge at Bangkok 2004

Plans for advocacy, activism and protests throughout the weeklong AIDS conference to highlight the pressing need for increased access to life-saving anti-retroviral therapy (ARV) worldwide.

8 Jul 2004

Researchers found that a significant number of men get the hepatitis B virus behind bars

In the first study to gauge the risks of contracting HIV and hepatitis in Rhode Island prisons, Brown University researchers found that a significant number of men get the hepatitis B virus behind bars – a finding that led the team to call for prison-wide vaccinations. Results are published in the current edition of the American Journal of Public Health.

7 Jul 2004

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is taking an increasing and terrifying toll on Africa's women

The epidemic is proving a devastating obstacle to development, while taking an increasing and terrifying toll on Africa's women. But women also have an indispensable part to play in all aspects of the struggle against it.

7 Jul 2004

Research could help disarm deadly retroviruses such as HIV or SARS

Taken to its ultimate outcome, the research that biology professor Dr. Steve Howard is working on could help disarm deadly retroviruses such as HIV or SARS.

7 Jul 2004

Women now account for half of the people living with HIV worldwide

Women now account for half of the people living with HIV worldwide and represent one of the fastest growing populations affected by the disease.

7 Jul 2004

The McGuinty government is investing $29.2 million for community support and supportive housing services

The McGuinty government is investing $29.2 million for community support and supportive housing services to help keep Ontarians in the community for as long as possible instead of admitting them to hospitals or institutions.

7 Jul 2004

2004 UNAIDS Report - last year 5 million people became infected with HIV

UNAIDS has warned that the number of people living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has risen in every region of the world and last year 5 million people became newly infected with HIV - more people than any previous year.

6 Jul 2004

Presidential Decree will have a direct negative impact on the health of millions of Ecuadorians

The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières fears that a new Presidential Decree will make it much more difficult to obtain affordable essential medicines in Ecuador.

6 Jul 2004

Bill Clinton and WHO lend China their support for HIV/AIDS Initiative

At a time when China is stepping up its efforts to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in the world's largest population, the World Health Organization and the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative have come together to lend China their support.

6 Jul 2004

Inexpensive generic fixed-dose combined therapies appears the most suitable solution for treating AIDS in developing countries

The development of simple and inexpensive generic fixed-dose combined therapies appears the most suitable solution for making possible this access to treatments in developing countries with meagre resources.

3 Jul 2004

Estimates of 5.1 million HIV positive people bring India closer to the South African HIV infected population of 5.3 million people

New HIV/AIDS figures have been released by the Indian government's National Aids Control Organisation. In 2003 there were 520,000 new cases of HIV infection.

3 Jul 2004

New research may help doctors diagnose diseases like HIV and hepatitis C earlier

A new method developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology for accurately measuring the concentration of artificial viruses in a solution may ultimately help doctors diagnose diseases like HIV and hepatitis C earlier.

2 Jul 2004

How the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is being implemented in four African countries

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will today publish interim findings relating to how the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is being implemented in four African countries.

2 Jul 2004

Americans give Russia $34.2 million to help treat and care for people living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria awarded Russia $34.2 million over two years to help treat and care for people living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.

2 Jul 2004

Generic fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) of antiretrovirals are a key factor in access to treatment of HIV/AIDS infection in the developing world

Combination therapy with three generic antiretroviral drugs in a single tablet has been validated for the first time in an open clinical study in a developing country. Follow-up of 60 patients treated in Yaoundé, Cameroon, has demonstrated the excellent efficacy and safety of a generic fixed-dose combination.

2 Jul 2004

Sweden funds HIV/AIDS prevention and care in China

On Friday, 2 July 2004, the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the WHO office in Beijing signed an agreement under which SIDA will fund a three-year WHO project on comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention and care in China.

2 Jul 2004

Access to HIV antiretroviral therapies in the developing world should be a major world health priority

One of the strategies adopted consists in utilizing combinations of fixed doses of generic antiretrovirals, involving three medicinal drugs of two different classes in the same tablet.

2 Jul 2004

Young gay men experience high rates of anti-gay violence and harassment

A UCSF study of gay and bisexual young men in Phoenix, Austin and Albuquerque found that during a six-month period, over a third reported experiencing anti-gay harassment, 5 percent reported anti-gay violence and 11 percent reported anti-gay discrimination.

1 Jul 2004

Computer learning better than traditional counseling when educating injection drug users about HIV/AIDS

Injection drug users who studied HIV/AIDS causes and prevention via computer learned more about the disease than users who attended traditional counseling sessions, according to new research.

1 Jul 2004

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Emerging infectious diseases will continue to confront society in unpredictable ways as long as humans and microbes co-exist

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Therapeutic Treatment Now Coalition to unveil ambitious pledge at Bangkok 2004

Researchers found that a significant number of men get the hepatitis B virus behind bars

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is taking an increasing and terrifying toll on Africa's women

Research could help disarm deadly retroviruses such as HIV or SARS

Women now account for half of the people living with HIV worldwide

The McGuinty government is investing $29.2 million for community support and supportive housing services

2004 UNAIDS Report - last year 5 million people became infected with HIV

Presidential Decree will have a direct negative impact on the health of millions of Ecuadorians

Bill Clinton and WHO lend China their support for HIV/AIDS Initiative

Inexpensive generic fixed-dose combined therapies appears the most suitable solution for treating AIDS in developing countries

Estimates of 5.1 million HIV positive people bring India closer to the South African HIV infected population of 5.3 million people

New research may help doctors diagnose diseases like HIV and hepatitis C earlier

How the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is being implemented in four African countries

Americans give Russia $34.2 million to help treat and care for people living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis

Generic fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) of antiretrovirals are a key factor in access to treatment of HIV/AIDS infection in the developing world

Sweden funds HIV/AIDS prevention and care in China

Access to HIV antiretroviral therapies in the developing world should be a major world health priority

Young gay men experience high rates of anti-gay violence and harassment

Computer learning better than traditional counseling when educating injection drug users about HIV/AIDS

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