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Comprehensive HIV Prevention for People Who Inject Drugs - Revised Guidance (July 2010)

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Data show that injection drug users (IDUs) remain at extremely high risk for HIV infection and that injection drug use is a primary driver of the epidemic in a number of regions and communities around the world. In addition to services for HIV-positive IDUs, effective interventions are needed to help HIV-negative IDUs stay HIV-negative, protecting themselves and their partners and families.The new guidance allows PEPFAR support for a comprehensive package of prevention services scientifically more...

Added by Zunia on July 29, 2010

A Father and Son Love Story

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Cote d’Ivoire has the highest HIV infection rate in Western Africa. But despite stigma and adversity, one father rose above to save his son’s life. Now, that son is giving back.

Added by Zunia on July 29, 2010

Mapping the road to Abuja: Health budgets and child mortality

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The words “Abuja Declaration” have been hot on the lips of delegates and protesters at the recent African Union (AU) Summit in Kampala, Uganda. IRIN/PlusNews mapped who’s closet to meeting the declaration’s health budgetary benchmarks against one of the most important indicators of child health.Adopting the declaration at a 2001 special AU summit on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, African leaders pledged to devote 15 percent of their national budgets to health. Almost a decade later, only four more...

Added by Laura Lopez Gonzalez, PlusNews on July 29, 2010

High, HIV-fuelled child mortality will keep South Africa from Millenium Development Goals

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The race to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015 is more than halfway run, but new reports say South Africa is unlikely to reduce its burden of deaths in children under five in time to cross the finish line.

Added by Laura Lopez Gonzalez, PlusNews on July 28, 2010

IRIN/PlusNews Magazine - HIV and Children

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The days when children were seen and not heard are long gone, so inthe latest edition of the PlusNews magazine, we take a look at theirneeds and the ways they are affected by the pandemic.Also in this issue:* Special features from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia* Personal testimonies* 'Straight Talk' with Global Fund Head, Michel Kazatchkine

Added by Laura Lopez Gonzalez, PlusNews on July 28, 2010

Survey reveals gaps in doctor-patient dialogue

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A new, global survey has revealed the conversations healthcare providers aren’t having with their HIV-positive patients with potentially negative consequences for their treatment and health. The AIDS Treatment for Life International Survey (ATLIS 2010) of more than 2,000 HIV-positive patients in 12 countries around the world, found that most respondents also had health conditions such as depression, hepatitis C or kidney disease, which could affect their antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, but less more...

Added by Laura Lopez Gonzalez, PlusNews on July 27, 2010

Financing the Response to AIDS in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: International Assistance from the G8, European Commission and Other Donor Governments in 2009

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This chartpack, Financing the Response to AIDS in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: International Assistance from the G8, European Commission and Other Donor Governments in 2009, tracks funding levels of the donor governments that collectively provide the bulk of international assistance for AIDS through bilateral programs and contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.The data were collected and analyzed through a collaborative effort between UNAIDS and the Kaiser more...

Added by Zunia on July 27, 2010

AIDS Fight is at a Turning Point

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From 400,000 treated to 5 million in 6 years, now is the time to keep up the fight.

Added by Zunia on July 27, 2010

Holy Water Healing

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In Ethiopia, millions suffering from HIV and tuberculosis turn to holy water for healing. Can science and faith work together for a solution?

Added by Zunia on July 27, 2010

Ashodaya: Spreading the Safe Sex Message in India

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In India, groups that are at high risk for HIV are proving that the disease cannot be contained by education and condom distribution alone. This video shows how Ashodaya Samithi - a community-based organization supported by Avahan, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s HIV initiative in India - unites and empowers sex workers. By bringing together this population, Ashodaya has created a sense of community among these women and improved their self-confidence. This, in turn, has been successful in more...

Added by Zunia on July 27, 2010

Global HIV Prevention Progress Report Card 2010

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The Global HIV Prevention Working Group is a panel of nearly 50 leading public health experts, clinicians, biomedical, and behavioral researchers, and people affected by HIV/AIDS, convened by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Kaiser Family Foundation.Since 2002, the Global HIV Prevention Working Group has issued regular reports on key topics relating to HIV prevention. These reports have included a range of high-priority recommendations to key stakeholders. To promote more...

Added by Zunia on July 27, 2010

Establishing a Global Knowledge Network on HIV Stigma and Discrimination Reduction

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This report summarizes findings of the background research conducted on existing health and development networks to identify options for organizing the structure and key functions of the stigma knowledge network.Stigma remains a seriously neglected issue in the global response to HIV despite more than a decade of efforts to understand the causes of HIV stigma, raise awareness about its harmful effects, and develop programs and strategies to reduce it.In November 2008, M.A.C AIDS Fund and the more...

Added by Zunia on July 26, 2010

Progress on the path toward an AIDS vaccine

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This info sheet examines encouraging progress researchers have made in recent months toward the development of an HIV vaccine. These scientific advances include a clinical trial in Thailand demonstrating for the first time that a vaccine can prevent HIV infection in humans, the discovery of two new antibodies against HIV, and promising research showing that replicating vectors could provoke more effective immune responses against HIV than have so far been observed.

Added by Zunia on July 26, 2010

Why Women and Girls Need an AIDS Vaccine

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Women’s and girls’ increased biological vulnerability to HIV infection, coupled with social and economic inequities, fuel the pandemic in resource-limited nations. This information sheet addresses some of the gender norms and inequalities that impede women’s ability to prevent HIV infection and makes the case for development of an AIDS vaccine as a powerful equity tool.

Added by Zunia on July 26, 2010

Good Practice Guide - Greater involvement of people living with HIV

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The Good practice guide Greater involvement of people living with HIV has been produced by the Alliance and the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+). It is one in a series of good practice guides produced by the Alliance. This series brings together expertise from the global community-level HIV programming to define and guide good practice in a range of technical areas.The GIPA (Greater involvement of people living with HIV) Good Practice Guide contains information, strategies and more...

Added by Zunia on July 25, 2010

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