July 5, 2007 -- An experimental HIV drug called etravirine may help treat drug-resistant HIV as part of an HIV drug "cocktail" that also includes the HIV medication Prezista.
"This study is one of the most significant worldwide HIV/AIDS clinical trials in recent years," says researcher William Towner, MD, of Kaiser Permanente Southern California, in a Kaiser Permanente news release.
Towner is the medical director of Kaiser Permanente Southern California's HIV/AIDS Research Trials. He is also the Kaiser Permanente Southern California regional HIV/AIDS physician coordinator. read more
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Showing posts with label agreement about HIV. Show all posts
Monday, August 13, 2007
AIDS combat
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) on Wednesday approved a measure that will provide $3 million annually, as well as a one-time grant of $1 million, to provide increased access to HIV/AIDS treatment in the state, the Columbia State reports.
The funds also will be used to reduce the number of people on the waiting list for the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program. As of June 29, the state’s ADAP waiting list stood at 362 people (Reid, Columbia State, 6/29). ADAPs are federal- and state-funded programs that provide HIV/AIDS-related medications to low-income, uninsured and underinsured HIV-positive individuals. read more
The funds also will be used to reduce the number of people on the waiting list for the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program. As of June 29, the state’s ADAP waiting list stood at 362 people (Reid, Columbia State, 6/29). ADAPs are federal- and state-funded programs that provide HIV/AIDS-related medications to low-income, uninsured and underinsured HIV-positive individuals. read more
Taking New HIV Meds?
Welcome to the Your Everyday Support (Y.E.S.) Program for TRUVADA® (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). You took an important step when you and your healthcare provider decided to make once-daily TRUVADA part of your HIV regimen.
Whether you're just starting treatment for the first time or you have switched to TRUVADA from another med, this program can help you get the most of your treatment.
This program is your chance to say "YES" to sticking with your HIV meds to help make your treatment successful. Making a personal commitment to take 100% of your meds can help you reach your treatment goals. The TRUVADA Y.E.S. Program is there to support you by providing the inspiration, tools and resources you need to help you stay on track.
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Whether you're just starting treatment for the first time or you have switched to TRUVADA from another med, this program can help you get the most of your treatment.
This program is your chance to say "YES" to sticking with your HIV meds to help make your treatment successful. Making a personal commitment to take 100% of your meds can help you reach your treatment goals. The TRUVADA Y.E.S. Program is there to support you by providing the inspiration, tools and resources you need to help you stay on track.
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NIAID HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases Program
Goal of Study
The NIH is conducting a research study to evaluate patients who have been able to control the progression of HIV for long periods without the use of antiretroviral therapy. Some immune system-related genes have been identified in people who are often labeled “long-term non-progressors” (LTNP).
These HLA genes include B27, B35, B44, B57, B58 and/or A02. We will conduct genetic testing, blood collection and tissue sampling in the hope of better understanding how some rare individuals can suppress HIV without medications. Volunteers will be compensated.
Study Regimen
We will collect white blood cells by a process called leukapheresis, a standard blood collection procedure, which will remove white cells first, and then replace the red cells, through the same needle. We will accept HIV+ participants who meet the eligibility criteria listed below. Volunteers will be compensated
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The NIH is conducting a research study to evaluate patients who have been able to control the progression of HIV for long periods without the use of antiretroviral therapy. Some immune system-related genes have been identified in people who are often labeled “long-term non-progressors” (LTNP).
These HLA genes include B27, B35, B44, B57, B58 and/or A02. We will conduct genetic testing, blood collection and tissue sampling in the hope of better understanding how some rare individuals can suppress HIV without medications. Volunteers will be compensated.
Study Regimen
We will collect white blood cells by a process called leukapheresis, a standard blood collection procedure, which will remove white cells first, and then replace the red cells, through the same needle. We will accept HIV+ participants who meet the eligibility criteria listed below. Volunteers will be compensated
read more
Saturday, August 11, 2007
U.N System grants Mozambique US$496 million in aid
Maputo (Mozambique) The United Nations system on Saturday granted Mozambique US$496 million in aid to strengthen the impoverished nation’s efforts in attaining good governance, economic development, human capital development and the battle against HIV/AIDS, official sources said
Luis said a total of US$156 million would be channelled to human capital, US$119 million on governance, US$118 on economic development and US$103 million on the HIV/AIDS pandemic which is affecting 16 percent of Mozambique’s 20 million people.
According to the official, UN agencies in Mozambique, in close collaboration with the government, developed the Mozambique United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2007 – 2009, which is based on the second Poverty Reduction Strategy 2006 – 2009.read more
Luis said a total of US$156 million would be channelled to human capital, US$119 million on governance, US$118 on economic development and US$103 million on the HIV/AIDS pandemic which is affecting 16 percent of Mozambique’s 20 million people.
According to the official, UN agencies in Mozambique, in close collaboration with the government, developed the Mozambique United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2007 – 2009, which is based on the second Poverty Reduction Strategy 2006 – 2009.read more
Friday, August 10, 2007
Former deputy Health Minister responds to controversial sacking
The recently sacked Deputy Health Minister, Nozizwe Madlala- Routledge, held a press conference on Friday at Primedia Studios in Cape Town. This comes after she was dismissed from her position by President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday.
She addressed the issues of her attending an AIDS conference in Madrid and her unannounced visit to Frere Hospital, where she describes the state of the hospital as “shocking”.
“The other reason for my dismissal is a much publicised report of a request by an anonymous whistle-blower, into the unauthorised trip I undertook to Madrid to address a conference hosted by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI),” says Madlala-Routledgeread more
Don't Let Insects Bug Your Gardening
West Nile virus is not a disease transmitted from person to person. Instead, mosquitoes become infected after feeding on the blood of birds or other animals carrying the virus. They spread the disease to humans with their bite, which becomes most potent in early fall. That's why the disease rate climbs so rapidly through the period.
About one in every five people infected with the West Nile virus develops symptoms including headaches, fever, fatigue, nausea and a skin rash.
Mosquitoes generally rank No. 1 on every gardener's bite parade, but humans are prey animals for other insects, too, including black flies (gnats), deer flies, chiggers, no-see-ums, yellow jackets and wasps and ticks.read more
New HIV cases identified in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, August 10 (Itar-Tass) - New HIV cases have been identified in the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan.
The Health Ministry’s specialists said the new cases had been detected during examination of people who were in contact with infected infants.
They infants were treated in the pediatric department of the Osh infection disease clinic in this year’s spring.
Available information suggests that the nine infants, a mother and a doctor were infected because of medics’ violating rules of using catheters.
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The Health Ministry’s specialists said the new cases had been detected during examination of people who were in contact with infected infants.
They infants were treated in the pediatric department of the Osh infection disease clinic in this year’s spring.
Available information suggests that the nine infants, a mother and a doctor were infected because of medics’ violating rules of using catheters.
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Bulgarian medics testify about tortures in Libya
Six Bulgarian medics freed in July after spending more than eight years in a Libyan prison, told an investigation commission Friday in Sofia how they were subjected to torture in jail.
The six medics, who had been convicted of deliberately infecting over 400 Libyan children with the HIV virus at a hospital in Benghazi where they worked, had said upon returning to Sofia in July that Libyan police had used electric shocks and beat them to extract confessions.
The group was extradited from Libya on July 24 after more than eight years of imprisonment and received a presidential pardon upon their arrival in Sofia.
The medics have always maintained their innocence, with the support of international experts who have said the infections occurred before their arrival at the hospital and were sparked by poor hygiene.
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The six medics, who had been convicted of deliberately infecting over 400 Libyan children with the HIV virus at a hospital in Benghazi where they worked, had said upon returning to Sofia in July that Libyan police had used electric shocks and beat them to extract confessions.
The group was extradited from Libya on July 24 after more than eight years of imprisonment and received a presidential pardon upon their arrival in Sofia.
The medics have always maintained their innocence, with the support of international experts who have said the infections occurred before their arrival at the hospital and were sparked by poor hygiene.
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U.N. grants Mozambique $496 million in aid
MAPUTO, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The United Nations will grant Mozambique $496 million in aid over the next two years to boost the country's efforts to develop its economy, improve governance and fight against AIDS, an official said on Friday.
U.N. communications officer in Mozambique Luis Zaqueu told Reuters the world body would give $156 million to develop human capital, $119 million on governance, $118 on economic development and $103 million to fight AIDS.
Half of Mozambique's 2007 budget of $2.8 billion is financed by donors helping the former Portuguese colony rebuild after decades of a civil war that ended in the 1990s.
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Youths learn from others' experiences; HIV-AIDS conference gives young people forum for discussion
The 22-year-old youth worker from Nipissing First Nation said she picked up a few lessons to share while attending the Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself HIV-AIDS Conference at Best Western North Bay.
Conditions of poverty in the inner city and on reserves lead to self-destructive lifestyles, with HIV transmission rampant among addicts sharing needles and those involved in the sex trade.
A Canadore College student who started taking early childhood education and continued into the social work program, she said the best part of the conference was hearing from people who knew what they were talking about. read more
Conditions of poverty in the inner city and on reserves lead to self-destructive lifestyles, with HIV transmission rampant among addicts sharing needles and those involved in the sex trade.
A Canadore College student who started taking early childhood education and continued into the social work program, she said the best part of the conference was hearing from people who knew what they were talking about. read more
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Mozambique: CNCS And FAO Sign Agreement
Mozambique's National AIDS Council (CNCS) and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) signed in Maputo on Tuesday an agreement for the expansion of the project "Junior Farmer Filed and Life Schools", which seeks to improve food security and nutrition among the most vulnerable children.
"Another reason for my satisfaction is the sustainability of the project and its expansion to other Mozambican schools", said Ndolamb Ngokwey.
This program is a joint partnership between the Mozambican Agriculture Ministry, FAO, and the United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and is budgeted at one million USD.read more
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