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News items on 'Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome'
(BBC 13/10/2009)
Zimbabwe female footballers v Aids. A total of 16 women's teams now take part in competitions for players who have openly declared that they are HIV positive. But despite the courage of the women involved, there has been much resistance. ARV Swallows, based in the dusty Epworth township on the edge of Harare, have won all three competitions so far, the most recent being at the weekend.
(BBC 05/10/2009)
Is too much money being spent on Aids in Africa? - He has travelled this stretch of road many times before but this time there is a dramatic turn of events. A hit-and-run accident has left a boy lying unconscious at the side of the road. They rush the boy to a regional hospital in Mbale, a village about 200km north-east of Kampala, in the hope that they can save his life. Their hopes are soon dashed. In the hospital's emergency room, apathetic staff must be persuaded even to investigate the boy.
Discovery of two antibodies could move AIDS vaccine development forward
(World health - EU Monitor 05/09/2009)
Scientists from Scripps Research Institute on Thursday announced they have discovered and isolated two antibodies "with the ability to neutralize [or block the action of] many strains of the AIDS virus, a discovery that might help create a long-sought vaccine against the deadly disease," Bloomberg reports. The group collected blood samples from 1,800 people who had been infected with HIV for at least three years without developing symptoms...
HIV subtype D infected patients more likely to develop dementia
(World health - EU Monitor 29/08/2009)
Patients infected with a particular subtype of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are more likely to develop dementia than patients with other subtypes, a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers shows. The finding, reported in the September Clinical Infectious Diseases, is the first to demonstrate that the specific type of HIV has any effect on cognitive impairment, one of the most common complications of uncontrolled HIV infection.
Lennox takes on Pope in Aids fight
(The Scotsman 19/08/2009)
ANNIE Lennox has offered to become Scotland's anti-Aids ambassador and has launched a fierce attack on Pope Benedict XVI after he warned that condoms may "increase" the spread of the disease. The former Eurythmics singer was speaking about her campaign to fight against the spread of HIV/Aids in Africa, as she attended the Festival of Politics at the Scottish Parliament yesterday. Her campaign, called Sing, supports projects in South Africa that attempt to treat people with Aids.
Botswana to circumcise half a million men in Aids fight
(World health - EU Monitor 08/05/2009)
Botswana, which has one of the world's highest HIV infection rates, plans to circumcise 460,000 men over the next five years, after a series of studies found that circumcised men were two to three times less likely to contract HIV than uncircumcised men. "For the public health benefits of the preventive effect of circumcision to be realised, the Ministry of Health is supposed to cover 80 per cent of eligible males in Botswana," said Janet Mwambona, a public health specialist.
Obama seeks global health boost
(BBC 05/05/2009)
US President Obama's administration has announced a $63bn health plan to fight Aids and other illnesses overseas. If approved by Congress the plan would be an "extraordinary step to save the lives of men, women and children," said Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew. The six year initiative would continue the work overseen by President Bush to combat HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria in the developing world. It would also fund pre- and post-natal care and child health initiatives.
Pell backs Pope in saying condoms worsen AIDS spread
(World health - EU Monitor 10/04/2009)
THE Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, made use of one of the holiest days in the Christian calender yesterday to support the Pope's controversial claim that condoms worsen the spread of HIV and AIDS. The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney said on morning television yesterday that condoms "encourage promiscuity" and were not the solution to the AIDS epidemic.
Vision of hope for China's Aids orphans
(The Independent 13/03/2009)
Gao Jun is an unlikely film star, but as a central figure in a moving, Oscar-winning documentary about the plight of Aids orphans in China, The Blood Of Yingzhou County, he captured the imagination of people around the world. Jun is a lost boy in the film, three years old and unable to look after himself, a picture of misery.
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