Safety in Numbers Aug 29, 2008
Until recently, an HIV-infected woman in Sauri, Kenya, was discouraged by her husband, also HIV-infected, from seeking medical care because of his fear of stigma ... Wasonga visited the couple and encouraged them to get home-based HIV testing and counseling, and then helped them enroll in a treatment program. (Time.com)
Hill School trip takes Limerick resident to Africa Aug 28, 2008
The World Health Organization estimates that 24 percent of all adults in Botswana have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In a country of nearly 1 ... The efforts of Botswana's natives to educate themselves about the HIV virus and AIDS impressed Haley. (Springfield Sun, PA)
Row over SA minister's transplant Aug 28, 2008
Dr Tshabalala-Msimang has - in the past - come under fire over her unorthodox approach to the HIV-Aids crisis. Her emphasis on the use of garlic and beetroot for HIV sufferers brought her many critics. (Yahoo News -- South Africa)
Axed SA minister billed for trip Aug 28, 2008
Her sacking was condemned by Aids activists and the opposition as a setback in the fight against HIV.. They say she played a critical role in changing South African policy towards the treatment of HIV/Aids, moving it towards a more science-based approach ... 5m South Africans are HIV positive, more than in any other country. (Yahoo News -- South Africa)
AIDS Crisis in Communities of Color Prompts Demand for National Plan to Fight HIV/AIDS Aug 28, 2008
Public Health Advocates Deliver Demand during the Democratic National Convention Calling on Senators Barack Obama and John McCain to Support a Comprehensive National AIDS Strategy LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- In a historically unprecedented move, over 30 national HIV/AIDS organizations and leaders representing African-American, Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, and Asian ic Islander communities have joined forces in an urgent call for the development and implementation of... (PR Newswire)
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Mourns Loss of Pioneering LGBT Activist Del Martin Aug 28, 2008
Our wide array of services and programs includes: free HIV/AIDS care and medications for those most in need; housing, food, clothing and support for homeless LGBT youth; low-cost counseling and addiction-recovery services; essential services for LGBT-parented families and seniors; legal services; health education and HIV prevention programs; transgender services; cultural arts and much more. Visit us on the Web at. (PR Newswire)
New HIV infections in NYC 3 times U.S. rate Aug 28, 2008
New HIV infections in NYC are 3 times U.S. rate ... NEW YORK - New Yorkers are contracting HIV at three times the national rate, the city health department said on Wednesday, attributing the difference to New Yorks large population of high-risk groups such as gay men and blacks ... In 2006, 72 in every 100,000 New Yorkers became infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, compared with the national average of 23 infections, the health department said. (MSNBC -- Health)
Women Protest Swazi King's Lifestyle Aug 28, 2008
The protocol also calls for gender-specific approaches to treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS which the more than 1,000 demonstrators, mainly women and people living with HIV/AIDS, demanded in petitions to the Minister of Finance, Majozi Sithole, and Prime Minister Themba Dlamini ... One of the marchers was Patrick Mngometulu an HIV positive volunteer at Imphilo Isachubeka Support Group. (allAfrica.com)
Uganda: Health Ministry Secure ARV Drugs Aug 28, 2008
com: Uganda: Health Ministry Secure ARV Drugs (Page 1 of 1). Use our pull-down menus to find more stories. (allAfrica.com)
NYC Has HIV Rate 3 Times The National Average... Aug 28, 2008
com - In NYC, New HIV Infections 3 Times National Rate ... In NYC, New HIV Infections 3 Times National Rate ... In NYC, New HIV Infections 3 Times National Rate. (The Drudge Report)
New York's HIV rate 3 times higher than nation's Aug 28, 2008
New York's HIV rate 3 times higher than nation's - CNN.com ... New York's HIV rate 3 times higher than nation's ... Agency estimates 72 of every 100,000 New Yorkers contracted HIV in 2006. (CNN)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 27, 2008 Aug 28, 2008
HIV appears to have entered the U.S. around the late 1960s and was then primarily spread by homosexuals throughout the U.S. and Europe. Most important contributors to the AIDS epidemic in Europe were male homosexuals (58 percent of all cases, and likely contracted from the U.S.A., Europe and Haiti). (North County Times)
Providing Surgical Services Worldwide Should Be A Global Public Health Priority, Experts Urge Aug 28, 2008
Surgery can even play a role in tackling infectious diseases (goal 6), since male circumcision can reduce the risk of men acquiring HIV through heterosexual sex by 60 ... Number of stories in archives: 44,032 ... Enter a keyword or phrase to search ScienceDaily's archives for related news topics, the latest news stories, reference articles, science videos, images, and books. (Science Daily)
NYC HIV Rate 3 Times Nation's Aug 28, 2008
In NYC, new HIV infections 3 times national rate ... The city health department said Wednesday that almost 4,800 New Yorkers were infected with HIV in 2006 ... Health officials attribute the city's relatively high rate of new infections to its large populations of gay men, blacks and other groups on whom HIV has traditionally taken a heavy toll. (New York Post)
Sarkozy to boost EU-Libya links Aug 28, 2008
The six were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. ... The six medics - including a Palestinian-born doctor granted Bulgarian citizenship last month - had been held for eight years after being accused of deliberately infecting 438 children with HIV-tainted blood at a hospital in Benghazi ... In a statement, the Libyan Association for the Families of HIV-infected Children condemned the release and pardoning of the medical workers as absurd and disrespectful. (Yahoo News -- France)
Clinton launches child HIV drugs Aug 28, 2008
Bill Clinton met some of India's child sufferers of HIV/Aids. A foundation headed by Bill Clinton has negotiated a deal to make HIV/Aids treatment cheaper for children, the former US president has announced ... More than 40m people worldwide are infected with HIV/Aids, the UN says. (Yahoo News -- Bill Clinton)
Clinton launches low-cost Aids drugs Aug 28, 2008
Sonia Gandhi and Bill Clinton at the launch of the HIV/Aids initiative in New Delhi ... At least 100,000 HIV-positive children are to receive low-cost drugs for life using money raised by a tax on flying ... The former US president Bill Clinton said today that the new charges on airline tickets, pioneered by France, meant his Clinton Foundation HIV/Aids Initiative had the buying power to negotiate with drug companies for big discounts. (Yahoo News -- Bill Clinton)
Modest gains for Bush at Summit of Americas / Sweeping promises, sharp divisions as 34-nation meeting ends Aug 28, 2008
The summit's final declaration included sweeping commitments to crack down on corruption, reduce government secrecy, reduce the time and cost of starting new businesses and improve education and health care, including care for HIV and AIDS patients. The leaders made an equally imprecise pledge to conclude talks on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), an agreement aimed at eliminating customs duties through the hemisphere. (Yahoo News -- Summit of the Americas)
CDC Survey Says Fewer High School Students Have Had Sex Aug 28, 2008
Cases of HIV are up too ... The CDC report said additional efforts to reduce sexual risk behaviors, particularly among black, Hispanic and male students, must be implemented to meet the federally funded Healthy People 2010 national health objective for adolescent sexual behaviors and to decrease rates of HIV infection and STDs. (KCRA 3, CA)
New York's HIV rate 3 times higher than nation's Aug 28, 2008
Agency estimates 72 of every 100,000 New Yorkers contracted HIV in 2006. Expert: Demographics of the city contribute to the high rate of HIV infection ... The city launched a three-year initiative to give HIV tests to untested Bronx adults. (CNN -- US)
State must invest in prison health-care facilities Aug 28, 2008
Prisoners have very high incidence of hepatitis, HIV, diabetes, liver disease and other conditions associated with excessive drug use. These are expensive conditions to treat, and almost 60 percent of inmates are on some form of prescription drugs. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
SARS spurs China to act on AIDS Aug 28, 2008
He pledged a serious response from China in the battle against HIV. "As a major country in the developing world, China has the responsibility and obligation to make its due contribution to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in Asia and the world at large.". In a report by UNAIDS and the Asia-Pacific Leadership Forum (APLF), which urges the region's leaders to act quickly on the HIV/AIDS crisis, Wang writes: "Spurred by China's experience with SARS, the central government is scaling up its... (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Sars patients can provide therapy Aug 28, 2008
" Dr Lanzavecchia said he was particularly hopeful it could be applied to HIV, whose ability to generate many different variants poses a major problem for doctors. A spokeswoman for the Health Protection Agency said: "We welcome this research, which is important in the incremental process of understanding how we can use an immune response to protect others from viral infections such as Sars. "Further work is still needed and we will watch this area with interest.". (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Clovis patients possibly exposed to hepatitis, HIV Aug 28, 2008
Fourteen Clovis Community Medical Center patients -- some of whom were on the maternity ward -- may have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV last week when doctors used instruments that may not have been fully sterilized ... Luchini said the risk of getting HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- from unsterilized instruments is remote ... "HIV is very unstable once it hits air," he said. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Peru blood banks face HIV crisis Aug 28, 2008
Dozens of blood banks in Peru have been closed after at least four people were infected with the HIV virus through contaminated transfusions ... The crisis was prompted after 44-year-old Judith Rivera contacted the media earlier this week to say she had been infected with HIV during a routine operation. (Yahoo News -- Peru)
Nigeria probes HIV graduate test Aug 28, 2008
Authorities are investigating a church-owned Nigerian university which has imposed compulsory HIV testing for its graduates, officials say ... "We are trying to find out if it's true that students are being tested for HIV and pregnancy," an Nuc spokesman said ... "We are not testing our students for HIV," Covenant University spokesman Emmanuel Igban told the BBC News website. (Yahoo News -- Nigeria)
HIV bylaw helps NGOs campaign: Activists Aug 28, 2008
A newly passed ordinance on the prevention and mitigation of HIV/AIDS will benefit NGOs campaigning for harm reduction and condom use among high-risk communities, a forum heard Wednesday ... About 70 percent of those infected with HIV/AIDS in Jakarta contracted the disease through contaminated needles ... "Hopefully, the decree will be completed in September. "We hope to have 11 state-owned hospitals and 44 Puskesmas (community health centers) as HIV/AIDS referral sites by the end of the year,"... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
HEALTH BLOG: Digging into the latest cancer studies Aug 28, 2008
The study in the latest issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine ... Women might be more likely to get tattoos, but they're also more likely to get them removed, at least according to a small in the latest issue of the Archives of Dermatology ... Like HIV and cancer patients, patients are becoming activists, the Associated Press. (USA Today -- Money)
Zulu leader breaks SA Aids taboo Aug 28, 2008
"I reach out to all the other people who died of HIV/Aids. My son did," the country's Sunday Independent quoted the former home minister as saying ... 3 million South Africans live with HIV or Aids ... A spokesman for the Aids Unit in KwaZulu-Natal said he hoped Mr Buthelezi's comments would "go a long way in what we have always asked for - that we should not stigmatise HIV and Aids". (Yahoo News -- Africa AIDS Epidemic)
Zambia army screens for HIV Aug 28, 2008
Fury at Zambia army HIV test. More than 20% of Zambians have HIV ... The Zambian army's decision to turn away HIV positive applicants has been angrily criticised. (Yahoo News -- Africa AIDS Epidemic)
Feature: Is kid's fashion exploitation? Aug 28, 2008
"With many of these encounters involving unprotected sex, the risk of infection with HIV and other STDs is high. We attribute these risky sexual practices to a rampantly materialistic ethos in which being 'cool' could cost you your life.". Young women interviewed in a TV documentary on this subject, screened on SABC3 during August this year, claimed: "We deserve these things now, not in five years' time after we've graduated and earned salaries to buy them.". (iAfrica.com)
Many still denied HIV drug access Aug 28, 2008
Millions of people with HIV/Aids in poor countries still do not have access to potentially life-saving drugs ... 2 million people worldwide were living with HIV, with 2 ... It found that there had been a significant improvement in the availability of HIV testing and counselling services. (Yahoo News -- AIDS-HIV)
S Africa bans Aids vitamin trials Aug 28, 2008
South Africa has been devastated by Aids and HIV ... Matthias Rath and his Rath Foundation promote vitamin pills and minerals which they say can reverse the development of HIV/Aids ... But critics say such trials had led to unnecessary deaths when HIV-positive people stopped using anti-retroviral drugs. (Yahoo News -- AIDS-HIV)
Libya's Bulgarian medics appeal Aug 28, 2008
Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor have appealed to a Libyan court against their death sentences imposed for infecting 426 children with HIV. ... Several of the HIV-infected children joined the 60 demonstrators outside the court, wearing mock military uniforms and carrying fake pistols, reports the AFP news agency ... International experts, including Luc Montaignier, the French doctor who first isolated the HIV virus, say the epidemic was sparked by lack of hygiene at the hospital. (Yahoo News -- Libya)
Libya acts in HIV row with Bulgaria Aug 28, 2008
Libya is to impose a trade and investment embargo on Bulgaria for what it calls Sofia's failure to take responsibility for the infection of hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, a government official said yesterday ... "Libya will boycott Bulgarian companies and shut the doors of all investment and trade opportunities for Bulgarian companies because the Bulgarian government has ignored demands to take responsibility for the action of its citizens in the HIV case," the official told Reuters. (Yahoo News -- Libya)
NHS heroin 'will protect women' Aug 28, 2008
She is HIV positive and has had Hepatitis C so it's vital she doesn't share needles. Currently just over 1% of heroin users in the UK, around 400 people, get their heroin in this way. (Yahoo News -- Substance Use)
Journal backs verification of cloning work in wake of scandal Aug 28, 2008
Apr 9 2008: Archive film from the second world war showing a nurse helping a psychiatric patient to a gas chamber ... Mar 10 2008: From a fly on sugar to the internal structure of an HIV cell and the trachea from a silkworm, the Wellcome Image Awards 2008 highlights some of the boldest pictures taken during groundbreaking scientific research. (Yahoo News -- Cloning)
Maxygen gets $3.4M grant from Dept. of Defense Aug 28, 2008
Maxygen has vaccine programs in the areas of HIV, influenza, and encephalitic alphaviruses, which are funded through various external agencies ... Maxygen has been using its HIV vaccine program as the model for development of the technology ... Maxygen s HIV program is also being funded by the U.S. government s National Institutes of Health s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases HIV Research and Development program and the NIH Small Business Innovation Research program. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Drugs 'slash' Malawi Aids deaths Aug 27, 2008
Last year, Malawians were urged to take an HIV test ... The World Health Organization estimates that 35% of those infected with HIV in Malawi are now taking ARV drugs, which were rolled out in 2004 ... In January, the government announced that all civil servants with HIV would be given a pay rise to help them buy the food needed to remain strong and fight off disease. (BBC News -- Health)
Oral Administration Of Lactobacillus From Breast Milk May Treat Common Infection In Lactating Mothers Aug 27, 2008
(July 3, 2008) Researchers are developing a new technology that prevents the infection of HIV by. (Sep. (Science Daily)
Zulu leader speaks out on Aids crisis after son's death Aug 27, 2008
The leading South African opposition politician Mangosuthu Buthelezi announced at the weekend that his son had died of Aids. The leader of the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom party (IFP) spoke at the funeral of his son, Prince Nelisuzulu Benedict Buthelezi, 53, who died last Wednesday. (Yahoo News -- Africa AIDS Epidemic)
Aids epidemic a 'global disaster' Aug 27, 2008
This year, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is departing from tradition with its world disasters report, to focus on what it says is one of the most long term and complex problems facing the world: the HIV/Aids epidemic ... By any standard, the epidemic is a global disaster: 25 million deaths, 33 million people living with HIV/Aids, 7,000 new infections every day ... "When the history of HIV and Aids is written I think the people will say that we just... (Yahoo News -- AIDS-HIV)
Terry Rindfleisch: Health screenings are available to everyone Aug 27, 2008
The Health Department offers HIV testing every Thursday. Call (608) 785-9872 for more information or to make an appointment. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
ABC-transporters expressed on endothelial cell membranes efflux anti-HIV drugs Aug 27, 2008
The ABC-transporter mediated efflux mechanisms decreased intracellular concentrations of the anti-HIV drugs, saquinavir, an HIV protease inhibitor (HPI) and zidovudine, a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI), which are critical components of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) against HIV. Inhibition of ABC-transporters, by using verapamil or MK-571, was shown to increase the intracellular retention of these anti-HIV agents ... Pre-incubation of cells with the... (EurekAlert!)
Now, a safe sex ring tone! Aug 26, 2008
has been launched to promote safe sex in India, where condoms carry a strong social stigma even though HIV and AIDS are growing problems, health experts said ... "We've made a conscious effort to move the concept of the condom away from negative association, like HIV and sex work," said Yvonne MacPherson, country director of BBC World Service Trust India ... 5 million people in India are infected with HIV and the disease is still largely taboo. (India Times, India)
Axed SA minister billed for trip Aug 26, 2008
Her sacking was condemned by Aids activists and the opposition as a setback in the fight against HIV.. They say she played a critical role in changing South African policy towards the treatment of HIV/Aids, moving it towards a more science-based approach ... 5m South Africans are HIV positive, more than in any other country. (Yahoo News -- South Africa)
Sarkozy to boost EU-Libya links Aug 26, 2008
The six were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. ... The six medics - including a Palestinian-born doctor granted Bulgarian citizenship last month - had been held for eight years after being accused of deliberately infecting 438 children with HIV-tainted blood at a hospital in Benghazi ... In a statement, the Libyan Association for the Families of HIV-infected Children condemned the release and pardoning of the medical workers as absurd and disrespectful. (Yahoo News -- France)
Clinton launches child HIV drugs Aug 26, 2008
Bill Clinton met some of India's child sufferers of HIV/Aids. A foundation headed by Bill Clinton has negotiated a deal to make HIV/Aids treatment cheaper for children, the former US president has announced ... More than 40m people worldwide are infected with HIV/Aids, the UN says. (Yahoo News -- Bill Clinton)
Clinton launches low-cost Aids drugs Aug 26, 2008
Sonia Gandhi and Bill Clinton at the launch of the HIV/Aids initiative in New Delhi ... At least 100,000 HIV-positive children are to receive low-cost drugs for life using money raised by a tax on flying ... The former US president Bill Clinton said today that the new charges on airline tickets, pioneered by France, meant his Clinton Foundation HIV/Aids Initiative had the buying power to negotiate with drug companies for big discounts. (Yahoo News -- Bill Clinton)
Read more... Aug 26, 2008
Democrats to be Recognized in Denver for Leadership on HIV/AIDS :: PNNOnline. Democrats to be Recognized in Denver for Leadership on HIV/AIDS Posted by: philcrosby on Monday, August 25, 2008 ... In a luncheon today in Denver, two leading AIDS organizations are recognizing Democratic members of Congress who have shown extraordinary leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS, both in the US and around the world. (PNN Online)
Modest gains for Bush at Summit of Americas / Sweeping promises, sharp divisions as 34-nation meeting ends Aug 26, 2008
The summit's final declaration included sweeping commitments to crack down on corruption, reduce government secrecy, reduce the time and cost of starting new businesses and improve education and health care, including care for HIV and AIDS patients. The leaders made an equally imprecise pledge to conclude talks on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), an agreement aimed at eliminating customs duties through the hemisphere. (Yahoo News -- Summit of the Americas)
Male circumcision not an easy answer for HIV Aug 26, 2008
But there's a six-month waiting list for the operation in Swaziland today because there, in the country with the world's highest rate of HIV infection, men have heard that having their foreskins removed may protect them from the virus ... AIDS experts have speculated about this for years, noting that the rates of HIV infection are much lower in places where all men are routinely circumcised ... New data presented yesterday compared nearly 2,000 men in Kenya, some circumcised and some not, and... (Globe and Mail)
Religious, Cultural practices impede HIV/AIDS prevention - Director Aug 26, 2008
Amanase (E/R), Aug. 25, GNA - Mr Freeman Madzi, Executive Director of the Abibiman Sankofa Cultural Movement (ASCUM), on Saturday said some religious and cultural practices impeded the fight against HIV/AIDS. He stated that some people had misinterpreted some religious and cultural practices that accepted polygamy as a licence to indulge in extra marital affairs. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Amanase in the Eastern Region, he pointed out that such misinterpretations, could promote... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Peru blood banks face HIV crisis Aug 26, 2008
Dozens of blood banks in Peru have been closed after at least four people were infected with the HIV virus through contaminated transfusions ... The crisis was prompted after 44-year-old Judith Rivera contacted the media earlier this week to say she had been infected with HIV during a routine operation. (Yahoo News -- Peru)
Zambia army screens for HIV Aug 26, 2008
Fury at Zambia army HIV test. More than 20% of Zambians have HIV ... The Zambian army's decision to turn away HIV positive applicants has been angrily criticised. (Yahoo News -- Africa AIDS Epidemic)
Zulu leader breaks SA Aids taboo Aug 26, 2008
"I reach out to all the other people who died of HIV/Aids. My son did," the country's Sunday Independent quoted the former home minister as saying ... 3 million South Africans live with HIV or Aids ... A spokesman for the Aids Unit in KwaZulu-Natal said he hoped Mr Buthelezi's comments would "go a long way in what we have always asked for - that we should not stigmatise HIV and Aids". (Yahoo News -- Africa AIDS Epidemic)
Many still denied HIV drug access Aug 26, 2008
Millions of people with HIV/Aids in poor countries still do not have access to potentially life-saving drugs ... 2 million people worldwide were living with HIV, with 2 ... It found that there had been a significant improvement in the availability of HIV testing and counselling services. (Yahoo News -- AIDS-HIV)
S Africa bans Aids vitamin trials Aug 26, 2008
South Africa has been devastated by Aids and HIV ... Matthias Rath and his Rath Foundation promote vitamin pills and minerals which they say can reverse the development of HIV/Aids ... But critics say such trials had led to unnecessary deaths when HIV-positive people stopped using anti-retroviral drugs. (Yahoo News -- AIDS-HIV)
Libya's Bulgarian medics appeal Aug 26, 2008
Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor have appealed to a Libyan court against their death sentences imposed for infecting 426 children with HIV. ... Several of the HIV-infected children joined the 60 demonstrators outside the court, wearing mock military uniforms and carrying fake pistols, reports the AFP news agency ... International experts, including Luc Montaignier, the French doctor who first isolated the HIV virus, say the epidemic was sparked by lack of hygiene at the hospital. (Yahoo News -- Libya)
Libya acts in HIV row with Bulgaria Aug 26, 2008
Libya is to impose a trade and investment embargo on Bulgaria for what it calls Sofia's failure to take responsibility for the infection of hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, a government official said yesterday ... "Libya will boycott Bulgarian companies and shut the doors of all investment and trade opportunities for Bulgarian companies because the Bulgarian government has ignored demands to take responsibility for the action of its citizens in the HIV case," the official told Reuters. (Yahoo News -- Libya)
Gays and democracy Aug 25, 2008
The health minister seems to be concerned largely with male-with-male sex as a potential spreader of the HIV virus; his remarks, as reported, do not take into account lesbian relationships. Moreover, as health minister, he has addressed only the epidemiological aspect of a complex issue which goes far beyond the purely physical or pathological realm. (India Times, India)
German pharma major battles Indian cos on patent Aug 25, 2008
The firms rejected application covers the syrup form of nevirapine, which is particularly important for children with HIV, who are unable to swallow tablets. The rejection allowed generic drug companies like Aurobindo and Cipla to continue marketing low-cost versions of the medicine in the domestic market. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Look into the camera, say 'Ah' Aug 25, 2008
The quest to stop HIV A new campaign to halt the spread of HIV has enlisted social marketing in Boston to reach people who have the disease - as well as those who don't. Called "HIV Stops With Us," the effort pairs one person who is HIV-positive person with an HIV-negative friend, family member, care provider, or partner ... It also offers links to more information, which for Boston means the state's HIV-AIDS Bureau. (Boston Globe)
Row over SA minister's transplant Aug 25, 2008
Dr Tshabalala-Msimang has - in the past - come under fire over her unorthodox approach to the HIV-Aids crisis. Her emphasis on the use of garlic and beetroot for HIV sufferers brought her many critics. (Yahoo News -- South Africa)
Aggressive TB treatment 'success' Aug 25, 2008
Some experts have speculated that XDR-TB is effectively untreatable and there were grave concerns after reports of 52 deaths in 16 days in South Africa after an outbreak among patients with HIV.. Tailored treatment. (BBC News)
