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China struggles to cope with killer virus amid earthquake devastation

The death toll in China from hand-foot-mouth disease has now risen to 42 with another 24,934 children sickened by the deadly virus; all the fatalities have been children.

15 May 2008

Cuba increasing HIV prevention efforts targeted at MSM, health official says

Health officials in Cuba this year will focus HIV prevention messages at men who have sex with men, Rosaida Ochoa, director of the National Center for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV, said recently, EFE News Service reports.

13 May 2008

Yemen, UNDP sign agreement to strengthen HIV/AIDS control efforts

Officials from Yemen and the United Nations Development Programme on Monday signed a $10.6 million, three-year agreement to strengthen efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in the country, SABA News reports.

13 May 2008

HIV/AIDS hindering Mozambique's efforts to reduce poverty, E.U. delegate says

HIV/AIDS is hindering Mozambique's efforts to alleviate poverty, Glauco Calzuola, head of the European Union delegation in Mozambique, said Sunday, Reuters reports. Calzuola added that corruption and bureaucracy also are obstacles in the country's efforts to eradicate poverty.

13 May 2008

Chicago Tribune magazine examines HIV/AIDS among children, adolescents in U.S.

The Chicago Tribune Magazine on Sunday examined HIV/AIDS among children and adolescents in the U.S. According to the Tribune, there are about 6,000 children and young adults living with HIV/AIDS in the country.

13 May 2008

HIV/AIDS cases increasing among sex workers in Uganda

HIV/AIDS cases are increasing among women and girls involved in commercial sex work in Kampala, Uganda, HIV/AIDS advocates said recently, Uganda's Monitor reports.

13 May 2008

CDC Director Gerberding calls for increase in HIV prevention efforts for black community

CDC Director Julie Gerberding on Friday at a forum in Oakland, Calif., said that more money is needed to fight HIV/AIDS in the black community, particularly among black men who have sex with men, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

13 May 2008

IRIN/PlusNews examines efforts to increase access to safe drinking water among HIV-positive people in Sudan

IRIN/PlusNews on Monday examined efforts to increase access to safe drinking water among HIV-positive people living in Sudan.

13 May 2008

Increased research, determination needed in HIV/AIDS vaccine efforts, HIV vaccine enterprise head says

The disappointment that followed the cancellation of a Merck vaccine trial in September 2007 has been replaced by a renewed determination among the scientific community, Alan Bernstein, executive director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, said ahead of the 25th anniversary of the scientific paper announcing the discovery of HIV, the CP/Yahoo! News reports.

13 May 2008

Another outbreak of bird flu in Seoul - all poultry in the city culled

A second outbreak of bird flu in Seoul, the capital of South Korea in less than a week has prompted the culling of all domestic fowl in the city.

13 May 2008

Death toll in China now at 39 as 5 more children die from enterovirus 71

The death toll in China from enterovirus 71 (EV71) has risen to 39 with the deaths of five more children; EV71 belongs to the same family as the polio virus and is a strain of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD).

13 May 2008

New data reveals impact of deadly human papillomavirus in Latin America, Caribbean

Thirty-three thousand women in Latin America and the Caribbean die each year of preventable cervical cancer, caused by a virus that infects 20 percent of men and women in the region and as many as 30 percent of the youngest women, according to a new study.

12 May 2008

Experts say time to change strategies for HIV prevention in Africa

Experts on HIV/AIDS are calling for a change of strategies in dealing with HIV prevention in African countries.

12 May 2008

Japanese authorities fear bird flu spread in wild birds

The discovery of another swan killed by bird flu in Japan has concerned health authorities.

11 May 2008

Next U.S. President should establish center focused on development of cures for diseases, opinion piece states

An expansion of health insurance to more U.S. residents -- with "business, patients and government sharing the cost" -- is important, but unless "we find cures, American families will continue to be plagued by costly and debilitating fatal diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's" disease, former Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.), chair of the Democratic Leadership Council, and Al From, founder and CEO of the council, write in a Memphis Commercial Appeal opinion piece.

11 May 2008

Access to generic HIV/AIDS drugs increasing following Thailand's decision to issue compulsory licenses, health official Says

Access to some antiretroviral drugs is increasing in Thailand because of the country's decision to issue compulsory licenses for certain medications, Winai Sawasdiworn, deputy secretary-general of the National Health Security Office, said recently, the Bangkok Post reports (Apiradee, Bangkok Post, 5/8).

11 May 2008

Southeast Asian officials meet in Laos to discuss HIV/AIDS prevention

Officials with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations recently met in Laos to examine methods of addressing the increasing rate of HIV/AIDS in the region, Xinhuanet reports.

11 May 2008

Kenya launches campaign to increase tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive people

The Kenyan government on Tuesday launched a 60 million shilling -- or about $975,000 -- campaign to increase the number of HIV-positive people who are screened for tuberculosis at public hospitals, Kenya's Nation reports. The campaign also aims to educate health workers to test people with TB for HIV.

11 May 2008

Latino Commission on AIDS Project focuses on HIV/AIDS among Hispanic immigrants in deep south

NPR's "Tell Me More" on Wednesday included a discussion with Tim Frasca of the Latino Commission on AIDS about the organization's Deep South Project. The project aims to develop strategies to address HIV/AIDS among Hispanics in Mississippi and six other Southern states with rapidly growing populations of new immigrants, Frasca, program coordinator for the project, said.

11 May 2008

South Carolina legislature approves $2.4 million for state ADAP

South Carolina lawmakers have approved $2.4 million for the state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program, the Columbia State reports (Reid, Columbia State, 5/8). ADAPs are federal- and state-funded programs that provide HIV/AIDS-related medications to low-income, uninsured and underinsured HIV-positive individuals (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 4/9).

11 May 2008

Disease/Infection News

China struggles to cope with killer virus amid earthquake devastation

Cuba increasing HIV prevention efforts targeted at MSM, health official says

Yemen, UNDP sign agreement to strengthen HIV/AIDS control efforts

HIV/AIDS hindering Mozambique's efforts to reduce poverty, E.U. delegate says

Chicago Tribune magazine examines HIV/AIDS among children, adolescents in U.S.

HIV/AIDS cases increasing among sex workers in Uganda

CDC Director Gerberding calls for increase in HIV prevention efforts for black community

IRIN/PlusNews examines efforts to increase access to safe drinking water among HIV-positive people in Sudan

Increased research, determination needed in HIV/AIDS vaccine efforts, HIV vaccine enterprise head says

Another outbreak of bird flu in Seoul - all poultry in the city culled

Death toll in China now at 39 as 5 more children die from enterovirus 71

New data reveals impact of deadly human papillomavirus in Latin America, Caribbean

Experts say time to change strategies for HIV prevention in Africa

Japanese authorities fear bird flu spread in wild birds

Next U.S. President should establish center focused on development of cures for diseases, opinion piece states

Access to generic HIV/AIDS drugs increasing following Thailand's decision to issue compulsory licenses, health official Says

Southeast Asian officials meet in Laos to discuss HIV/AIDS prevention

Kenya launches campaign to increase tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive people

Latino Commission on AIDS Project focuses on HIV/AIDS among Hispanic immigrants in deep south

South Carolina legislature approves $2.4 million for state ADAP

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