Why we live this world? Why our living environment is full of plague?What a pleasure if our life exist without plague!The disease,such as HIV,HPV,Chlamydia etc. all go damn.
Dating back to the origin.I remember Adam,Eve,Serpent...
Supposing the serpent have no a crafty thinking,Eve hadn't cheated by serpent,Adams hadn't eaten the apple Eve gave him...They would not be driven out of Garden of Eden by God and God would not drop down the plague down the earth.
On the contrary, if Adam and Eve hadn't eaten the apples,how people could be?
And who can invent computer? Devil knows...read more
Thursday, August 23, 2007
U.S. Encourages Corporate Role In HIV/AIDS Prevention
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) formally announced the CONNECT Project, a public-private sector initiative to address HIV/AIDS in Karnataka and coastal Andhra Pradesh. The Project mobilizes companies to take up the fight against HIV/AIDS and supports them in implementing HIV/AIDS training programs and developing work-place policies.
The CONNECT Project, which began operating in October 2006, has already signed agreements with 37 companies in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and has leveraged over Rs. 40 lakhs through partnerships with businesses like Apollo Tyres and Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals.
The U.S. government supports the fight against HIV/AIDS through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) which has committed an initial $15 billion over five years in 100 target countries including India to mitigate the disease. read more
The CONNECT Project, which began operating in October 2006, has already signed agreements with 37 companies in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and has leveraged over Rs. 40 lakhs through partnerships with businesses like Apollo Tyres and Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals.
The U.S. government supports the fight against HIV/AIDS through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) which has committed an initial $15 billion over five years in 100 target countries including India to mitigate the disease. read more
Herbalists agree to stop claims of HIV cures
Local herbalists who recently met with Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy have agreed to drop the claims about cures being available for HIV (Human Immuno-deficiency Virus).
It is important that people know the facts because many unscrupulous persons utilize this vulnerability of persons living with HIV to mislead such persons to pay hefty sums of money in the hope that a herbal concoction could cure them," the statement said.
Ramsammy welcomed the new development and has expressed hope that all herbalists would further agree to refer HIV-infected persons who visit them to join a certified treatment programme. Further, he is calling on operators of television channels to be vigilant and not permit anyone to make claims of an HIV cure on the air.read more
It is important that people know the facts because many unscrupulous persons utilize this vulnerability of persons living with HIV to mislead such persons to pay hefty sums of money in the hope that a herbal concoction could cure them," the statement said.
Ramsammy welcomed the new development and has expressed hope that all herbalists would further agree to refer HIV-infected persons who visit them to join a certified treatment programme. Further, he is calling on operators of television channels to be vigilant and not permit anyone to make claims of an HIV cure on the air.read more
Agriculture launches HIV/AIDS guidelines
KANYE - The Ministry of Agriculture launched its HIV/AIDS guidelines for operation in the workplace in Kanye recently.
When launching the book, the Principal Agriculural Scientific Officer, Mr Jimmy Singabapha, said the main aim of these guidelines was to empower the Ministry of Agriculture employees to better deal with HIV/AIDS issues in execution of their mandate.
Mr Singabapha said the guidelines intended to spell out the responsibilities of the different stakeholders in the ministry, and management of HIV/AIDS and assist leaders to better appreciate the challenges thereby enhancing efforts geared towards information and education sharing as well as counselling of staff in the workplace.
He said the ministry was dealing with a sensitive and real life epidemic, which if not properly handled, would reverse the achievements that had been recorded and therefore impact negatively in their mandate of contributing to the achievements of food security for the nation. read more
Antiretroviral Therapy of HIV: New Data From the 2007 International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop
Introduction
The XVI International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop was held in Barbados, June 12-16, 2007. This conference is consistently considered to be one of the best research meetings in the field of HIV therapeutics and provides a setting for presentation of important new data on new antiretrovirals, HIV pathogenesis, mechanisms and epidemiology of drug resistance, and new technologies for measurement of HIV drug resistance. Highlights of the conference are reviewed in this report.
1)Resistance to Integrase Inhibitors
2)Resistance to CCR5 Inhibitors
3)Resistance to NRTIs: The K65R Mutation
4)Resistance to NNRTIsread more
Asian countries need to strengthen efforts to prevent HIV outbreak, conference says
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Asian countries need to promote voluntary HIV testing, develop programs to stop transmission of the virus and empower groups at risk of infection to stop the HIV epidemic from worsening, participants at a regional AIDS conference said Thursday.
The conference called on governments with low HIV levels to remain vigilant and recognize an outbreak could occur anytime.
It called for the promotion of voluntary testing and counseling and new efforts to help those infected get treatment.read more
The conference called on governments with low HIV levels to remain vigilant and recognize an outbreak could occur anytime.
It called for the promotion of voluntary testing and counseling and new efforts to help those infected get treatment.read more
4,432 AIDS patients in state: Study
T'URAM: The HIV density study conducted by the National AIDS Control Society (NACO) in Kerala has found the presence of 24,831 HIV positives and 4432 AIDS patients in the state.
The study was conducted in 2006 jointly by the NACO, UN AIDS Cell and National Health and Family Welfare Institute in all the states.
The study shows that there are 25 lakh HIV positive patients in the country.
In Kerala, the prevalence rate of HIV positive are high among the drug addicts. About 9.57 percent is the density of HIV positive among this Category.read more
The study was conducted in 2006 jointly by the NACO, UN AIDS Cell and National Health and Family Welfare Institute in all the states.
The study shows that there are 25 lakh HIV positive patients in the country.
In Kerala, the prevalence rate of HIV positive are high among the drug addicts. About 9.57 percent is the density of HIV positive among this Category.read more
Nigeria: Over 20,000 Are HIV Positive in Bauchi
Over one hundred and twenty thousand people have been affected by HIV/Aids virus in Bauchi state, according to the project director, Medical and Health Workers Union in Bauchi state, Comrade Garba Dass.
Comrade Garba Dass said the Bauchi state government has played a crucial role in reducing the menace of HIV by creating enabling environment and increasing the resources allocated to the fight against HIV in the state.
Comrade Dass said the commitment of the project to enlighten the public on the menace of the disease led them to contact the policy makers and prompted their visit to the commissions' chairmen.read more
Comrade Garba Dass said the Bauchi state government has played a crucial role in reducing the menace of HIV by creating enabling environment and increasing the resources allocated to the fight against HIV in the state.
Comrade Dass said the commitment of the project to enlighten the public on the menace of the disease led them to contact the policy makers and prompted their visit to the commissions' chairmen.read more
HIV contract awarded to East-West Center
The East-West Center in Honolulu has been awarded a $98,000 contract to provide technical support for Vietnam's HIV national estimates and projections for 2007.
The center began developing computer models for tracking and projecting the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, a decade ago.
East-West Center-developed software now enables national health programs throughout the region to analyze local HIV epidemics and to develop effective responses.
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The center began developing computer models for tracking and projecting the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, a decade ago.
East-West Center-developed software now enables national health programs throughout the region to analyze local HIV epidemics and to develop effective responses.
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Encouraging Phase II Data on HIV Vaccine Utilizing GenVec Technologies Presented at Seattle AIDS Conference
GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GenVec, Inc. (Nasdaq:GNVC) announced that results from multiple ongoing clinical trials utilizing its adenovector vaccine technologies were presented yesterday at the AIDS Vaccine 2007 Conference taking place in Seattle, Washington this week. The trials, which are investigating a DNA prime- adenoviral vector boost strategy, incorporate a multiclade rAd5 HIV- 1 vaccine developed by GenVec in collaboration with the Vaccine Research Center (“VRC”), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (“NIH”).
Dr. Richard Koup of the VRC, delivered an oral presentation, “Update on Safety and Immunogenicity of VRC Products,” summarizing data from several ongoing studies sponsored by the NIH’s HIV Vaccine Trials Network (“HTVN”), the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (“IAVI”) and the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (“USMHRP”) using the DNA prime-boost regimen. Dr. Koup characterized a strong vaccine induced cytotoxic (CD8+) T-cell response targeting HIV-infected cells, confirming the underlying concept of this vaccine. In the TRIAD Phase II trial, immunogenicity was achieved in approximately seventy percent of the vaccinated population. Importantly, the effect of pre-existing Ad5 immunity on immunogenicity of the vaccine appeared to be small. More than ten abstracts, posters, and presentations were presented by the VRC and its collaborators at this conference.
“The Phase 2 trials have generated a tremendous amount of information on clinical application of adenovirus vectors as vaccines. These data strongly support the use of GenVec adenovirus vectors as vaccines for HIV and other diseases,” commented Dr. Rick King, GenVec’s Senior VP of Research. read more
Dr. Richard Koup of the VRC, delivered an oral presentation, “Update on Safety and Immunogenicity of VRC Products,” summarizing data from several ongoing studies sponsored by the NIH’s HIV Vaccine Trials Network (“HTVN”), the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (“IAVI”) and the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (“USMHRP”) using the DNA prime-boost regimen. Dr. Koup characterized a strong vaccine induced cytotoxic (CD8+) T-cell response targeting HIV-infected cells, confirming the underlying concept of this vaccine. In the TRIAD Phase II trial, immunogenicity was achieved in approximately seventy percent of the vaccinated population. Importantly, the effect of pre-existing Ad5 immunity on immunogenicity of the vaccine appeared to be small. More than ten abstracts, posters, and presentations were presented by the VRC and its collaborators at this conference.
“The Phase 2 trials have generated a tremendous amount of information on clinical application of adenovirus vectors as vaccines. These data strongly support the use of GenVec adenovirus vectors as vaccines for HIV and other diseases,” commented Dr. Rick King, GenVec’s Senior VP of Research. read more
Forum urges Asia Pacific to step up HIV/AIDS fight
Human trafficking into prostitution, intravenous drug use and conflict continue to spread HIV in Asia, experts warned as the eighth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific wrapped up in the Sri Lankan capital.
"This conference ... gives us an opportunity to revisit and re-enforce our commitment to halt and reverse the HIV epidemic in Asia and the Pacific," said Dr. Samlee Plianbanchang, Southeast Asia regional director for the World Health Organisation.
Safeguarding rights of the most vulnerable, such as sex workers, intravenous drug users, and women and children trafficked in the region is essential in tandem with prevention programs, experts say.read more
"This conference ... gives us an opportunity to revisit and re-enforce our commitment to halt and reverse the HIV epidemic in Asia and the Pacific," said Dr. Samlee Plianbanchang, Southeast Asia regional director for the World Health Organisation.
Safeguarding rights of the most vulnerable, such as sex workers, intravenous drug users, and women and children trafficked in the region is essential in tandem with prevention programs, experts say.read more
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