By IANS, [RxPG] New Delhi, Aug 16 - The doctors and nursing staff of army hospitals need to handle patients suffering from Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome - more sensitively and with a human face, Lt. Gen J. Jayaram, director general of the Armed Forces Medical Services - said Thursday.
He said the armed forces hospitals are taking help from National AIDS Control Organisation -, several NGOs and the Army Wives Welfare Association - in handling the health menace.
Maj. Gen. Shashi Bala, additional director general of the Military Nursing Service -, said that all hospitals need 'a human approach for the management of patients with HIV/AIDS'.
She also appealed to the nursing community of the armed forces 'to become fluent in the language of AIDS and handle patients with extreme sensitivity'read more
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Innovation Day encourages bright ideas on HIV/AIDS prevention
The Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control and World Bank yesterday launched Viet Nam Innovation Day, which this year has the theme of ‘Stop AIDS: keep the promise’.
Participation in the day’s activities is open to all organisations and individuals including local agencies and NGOs operating in the coun
try.
Innovation Day will also spotlight ways to more effectively carry out HIV/AIDS prevention and boost care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, especially against stigma and discrimination.
In another iniative, the Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control and Viet Nam Journalists’ Association yesterday opened a club for Vietnamese journalists reporting on HIV/AIDS issues and prevention work.read more
Participation in the day’s activities is open to all organisations and individuals including local agencies and NGOs operating in the coun
try.Innovation Day will also spotlight ways to more effectively carry out HIV/AIDS prevention and boost care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, especially against stigma and discrimination.
In another iniative, the Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control and Viet Nam Journalists’ Association yesterday opened a club for Vietnamese journalists reporting on HIV/AIDS issues and prevention work.read more
South Africa: Minister Has Reversed HIV Gains -- TAC
As condemnation of President Thabo Mbeki's decision to sack former deputy health minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge intensified yesterday, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) chairman Zackie Achmat accused Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang of having swiftly overturned gains the AIDS lobby group had made during her seven months of sick leave.
During the minister's long absence, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ncguka had instructed the health department to negotiate an agreement on the Westville prison case, which centres on HIV-infected prisoners' rights to treatment, and the Mathias Rath case, which centres on unregistered HIV medicines, he said. The minister and her director-general, Thami Mseleku, had subsequently reversed those instructions, he said.
The deputy president and Madlala-Routledge have been credited as the driving forces behind SA's new strategic AIDS plan, approved by the cabinet in March. However, Achmat said while Mlambo-Ngcuka had also urged officials to finalise a new policy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV that would replace single- dose nevirapine with a more effective regimen combining two drugs, this initiative had also been scuppered by the minister.read more
During the minister's long absence, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ncguka had instructed the health department to negotiate an agreement on the Westville prison case, which centres on HIV-infected prisoners' rights to treatment, and the Mathias Rath case, which centres on unregistered HIV medicines, he said. The minister and her director-general, Thami Mseleku, had subsequently reversed those instructions, he said.
The deputy president and Madlala-Routledge have been credited as the driving forces behind SA's new strategic AIDS plan, approved by the cabinet in March. However, Achmat said while Mlambo-Ngcuka had also urged officials to finalise a new policy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV that would replace single- dose nevirapine with a more effective regimen combining two drugs, this initiative had also been scuppered by the minister.read more
Nigeria: MTN Bonds With Communities in HIV Care
Again living up to its billing as Nigeria's leading Telecommunications Company, MTN Nigeria has launched a 21 day program with its communities. Known as 21 days of Y'ello Care.
The initiative is aimed at giving MTN staff an opportunity to volunteer their services in supporting community upliftment activities. MTN staff will physically participate in various activities such as clearing of drainages, tree planting, cleaning of public places and traffic control.
Other initiatives will include visits to hospitals and orphanages as well as career and counseling visits to high schools. In addition, MTN staff will enlighten the community about HIV/Aids while also visiting and interacting with people living with HIV/Aids.read more
The initiative is aimed at giving MTN staff an opportunity to volunteer their services in supporting community upliftment activities. MTN staff will physically participate in various activities such as clearing of drainages, tree planting, cleaning of public places and traffic control.
Other initiatives will include visits to hospitals and orphanages as well as career and counseling visits to high schools. In addition, MTN staff will enlighten the community about HIV/Aids while also visiting and interacting with people living with HIV/Aids.read more
BULGARIA TO APPLY FOR HIV/AIDS PREVENTION FUNDING
Bulgaria can apply for funding extension of six years before the Global Fund for Fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The funding would be for of HIV prevention activities from 2009 to 2015, Focus news agency reported.
The funding extension would be possible due to the high results achieved by the National Programme for Prevention of HIV/AIDS.
Bulgaria is the only country in the South-Eastern Europe which received three consecutive A category marks from the Fund over the past two years.
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The funding would be for of HIV prevention activities from 2009 to 2015, Focus news agency reported.
The funding extension would be possible due to the high results achieved by the National Programme for Prevention of HIV/AIDS.
Bulgaria is the only country in the South-Eastern Europe which received three consecutive A category marks from the Fund over the past two years.
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HIV is 'double hit' to brain
“It’s a double hit to the brain,” added collaborator Marcus Kaul, who is also of the Burnham Institute and UCSD. “The HIV protein both causes brain injury and prevents its repair.”
Physicians first recognized that HIV infection could lead to a profound form of dementia—most commonly in those with an advanced stage of the disease—early on. The success of antiretroviral therapies in keeping the “viral load” down has helped to reduce the severity of the dementia in recent years.
Nonetheless, the prevalence is rising as HIV-infected people are living longer. The anti-HIV drugs don’t infiltrate the brain well, allowing for a “secret reservoir” of virus, Lipton explained. Such persistent exposure of the central nervous system to HIV is a major risk factor for the development of HIV-associated dementia.
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Physicians first recognized that HIV infection could lead to a profound form of dementia—most commonly in those with an advanced stage of the disease—early on. The success of antiretroviral therapies in keeping the “viral load” down has helped to reduce the severity of the dementia in recent years.
Nonetheless, the prevalence is rising as HIV-infected people are living longer. The anti-HIV drugs don’t infiltrate the brain well, allowing for a “secret reservoir” of virus, Lipton explained. Such persistent exposure of the central nervous system to HIV is a major risk factor for the development of HIV-associated dementia.
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Kenya's HIV Prevalence Decreases
Alloys Orago, director of Kenya's National AIDS Control Council, on Monday at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, released new statistics that show a significant decline in HIV prevalence and new HIV cases, the East African Standard reports. Orago said that Kenya is one of three African nations that recently has made significant progress in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs.
The country recorded 55,000 new HIV cases in 2006, compared with 60,000 in 2005 and 85,000 in 2004.HIV prevalence in urban areas is about 8.3%, compared with 4% in rural areas. In addition, deaths from AIDS-related causes decreased from 120,000 in 2003 to 85,000 in 2006.
Orago attributed the decrease in AIDS-related deaths to increased access to antiretroviral drugs, adding that antiretrovirals have prevented about 57,000 deaths from AIDS-related illnesses since 2001 (East African Standard, 8/14). read more
The country recorded 55,000 new HIV cases in 2006, compared with 60,000 in 2005 and 85,000 in 2004.HIV prevalence in urban areas is about 8.3%, compared with 4% in rural areas. In addition, deaths from AIDS-related causes decreased from 120,000 in 2003 to 85,000 in 2006.
Orago attributed the decrease in AIDS-related deaths to increased access to antiretroviral drugs, adding that antiretrovirals have prevented about 57,000 deaths from AIDS-related illnesses since 2001 (East African Standard, 8/14). read more
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