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Bahrain launches campaign to involve religious leaders in fight against HIV/AIDS

Officials in Bahrain have launched a wide-scale campaign aimed at involving religious leaders in the country's fight against HIV/AIDS, the Gulf Daily News reports.

2 Apr 2007

Should male circumcision be recommended for the prevention of HIV infection?

In response to the urgent need to reduce the number of new HIV infections globally, WHO and the UNAIDS Secretariat convened an international expert consultation to determine whether male circumcision should be recommended for the prevention of HIV infection.

28 Mar 2007

Global tuberculosis epidemic has levelled off

The global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic has levelled off for the first time since WHO declared TB a public health emergency in 1993. The Global Tuberculosis Control Report released today by WHO finds that the percentage of the world's population struck by TB peaked in 2004 and then held steady in 2005.

22 Mar 2007

Thailand, pharmaceutical companies to continue talks on compulsory drug licenses

Thai public health officials plan to continue discussions with international pharmaceutical companies following recent debates over compulsory licenses issued by the country for some medications, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President Daniel Christman said on Tuesday, Reuters UK reports

22 Mar 2007

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

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

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

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

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

UNAID calls on governments to include refugees in HIV/AIDS policies

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and UNAIDS in a four-page policy brief released Thursday called on governments worldwide to provide refugees with the same access to HIV/AIDS treatment and services as they would to residents, Xinhua/People's Daily reports.

5 Mar 2007

HIV/AIDS control efforts should focus on populations targeted by counterterrorism, security measures

In some previous analyses of HIV/AIDS and security issues, the "effect of AIDS on military strength and public security overshadows what may be a substantially more important link between AIDS and security" - the "effect of the unfettered pursuit of a public security agenda, including counterterrorism measures, on the lives of people who are most affect by or vulnerable to HIV/AIDS...

4 Mar 2007

MatTek's EpiVaginal successfully used in microbicide/HIV study

MatTek Corp. today announced that its patented EpiVaginal human cell-derived tissue model was successfully used in pre-clinical research investigating HIV infection and microbicide interaction.

27 Feb 2007

Male circumcision reduces men's HIV infection risk by 65%

Routine male circumcision could reduce a man's risk of HIV infection through heterosexual sex by 65%, according to final data from two NIH-funded studies conducted in Kenya and Uganda published in the Feb. 23 issue of the journal Lancet, the New York Times reports.

25 Feb 2007

WHO and UNAIDS welcome findings of trials assessing impact of male circumcision on HIV risk

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNAIDS Secretariat have welcomed the publication in The Lancet of the detailed findings of two trials undertaken in Kenya and Uganda to determine whether male circumcision has a protective effect against acquiring HIV infection.

25 Feb 2007

Indonesia facing increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases

Indonesia is facing an increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases, particularly among commercial sex workers and injection drug users, and the country's Papua region is facing a generalized epidemic, according to a report released recently by the World Health Organization, UNAIDS, and other international agencies and local nongovernmental organizations, Reuters reports.

21 Feb 2007

Is too much being spent on HIV?

Billions of pounds are being spent on the fight against AIDS in developing countries. In this week's British Medical Journal, two experts go head to head over whether we are spending too much.

18 Feb 2007

Response to "The HIV/AIDS Crisis in Papua New Guinea"

The report titled The HIV/AIDS Crisis in Papua New Guinea by Miranda Darling Tobias which was released on 8 February by The Centre for Independent Studies is conceptually and methodologically problematic in its analysis of the impact of the HIV epidemic in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

14 Feb 2007

UNAIDS to introduce HIV testing guidelines in India that recommend provider-initiated testing

UNAIDS in March plans to introduce new HIV testing guidelines in India that recommend health care providers initiate testing and counseling, the Hindustan Times reports.

7 Feb 2007

13 new AIDS vaccine clinical trials initiated in 2006

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative's (IAVI) January 2007 Annual Issue of VAX, an editorially independent bulletin on AIDS vaccine research published by IAVI, reports that 13 new preventive AIDS vaccine trials were initiated in eight countries around the world in 2006.

6 Feb 2007

Disappointing end to trials of new gel to protect women against AIDS

In what appears to be a disappointing outcome, trials of a new gel designed for women to protect themselves from the AIDS virus were stopped this week when researchers found that women using it became infected at a higher rate than women not using it.

1 Feb 2007

UNAIDS News and Research

Bahrain launches campaign to involve religious leaders in fight against HIV/AIDS

Should male circumcision be recommended for the prevention of HIV infection?

Global tuberculosis epidemic has levelled off

Thailand, pharmaceutical companies to continue talks on compulsory drug licenses

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

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

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

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

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

UNAID calls on governments to include refugees in HIV/AIDS policies

HIV/AIDS control efforts should focus on populations targeted by counterterrorism, security measures

MatTek's EpiVaginal successfully used in microbicide/HIV study

Male circumcision reduces men's HIV infection risk by 65%

WHO and UNAIDS welcome findings of trials assessing impact of male circumcision on HIV risk

Indonesia facing increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases

Is too much being spent on HIV?

Response to "The HIV/AIDS Crisis in Papua New Guinea"

UNAIDS to introduce HIV testing guidelines in India that recommend provider-initiated testing

13 new AIDS vaccine clinical trials initiated in 2006

Disappointing end to trials of new gel to protect women against AIDS

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