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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).

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

The medical use of marijuana

The medical use of marijuana enjoys wide public support. More than 70% of respondents to recent surveys agree that marijuana should be available medically. Sources: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. Feb. 14-19, 2001 and The Gallup Poll. March 19-21, 1999.

30 Jun 2004

Women delay AIDS with vitamins B, C and E

Daily intake of multivitamins appears to delay the progress of the AIDS virus according to the results of a study of HIV infected women in Tanzania by Harvard researchers.

30 Jun 2004

Relatively difficult for the AIDS virus to develop resistance to the drug, tenofovir, or the DAPY (diarylpyrimidine) family of compounds

HIV is a moving target, unpredictably changing direction to elude anti-AIDS drugs, but researchers at Rutgers are clearly on the track of solutions to combat HIV drug resistance.

29 Jun 2004

AIDS is the fifth leading killer of women aged 25-44

National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is June 27 and the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) encourages women to visit their health care providers for HIV counseling, testing, and appropriate medical care should they test positive

28 Jun 2004

Kaposi sarcoma virus common in people who are HIV positive turns lymph vessel cells into a cancer

A virus turns lymph vessel cells into a cancer that affects people with weakened immune systems, according to research published today in Nature Genetics.

28 Jun 2004

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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

The medical use of marijuana

Women delay AIDS with vitamins B, C and E

Relatively difficult for the AIDS virus to develop resistance to the drug, tenofovir, or the DAPY (diarylpyrimidine) family of compounds

AIDS is the fifth leading killer of women aged 25-44

Kaposi sarcoma virus common in people who are HIV positive turns lymph vessel cells into a cancer

Achieving and maintaining ISO 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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