The North Carolina Commission for Public Health on Wednesday voted to recommend requiring HIV tests for all pregnant women in the state immediately before delivery if they have not already been tested in the third trimester of pregnancy, the AP/Myrtle Beach News & Observer reports. Under current regulations, pregnant women in the state are given the option of receiving an HIV test as part of prenatal care. The regulation would require women who come to a medical facility to deliver to be tested if their HIV/AIDS status is unknown.
The commission, which makes rules for medical practitioners in the state, also recommended requiring HIV testing for infants who are brought to a medical facility (AP/Myrtle Beach News & Observer, 8/24). read more
Monday, August 27, 2007
AIDS services groups lose patient meals program funding
Dars Wood, head cook, serves up catfish for hungry HIV-positive clients at the Resource Center of Dallas.
When he was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, doctors gave Iyron Butler six years to live. Nineteen years later, Butler is still going strong, and he gives much of the credit to the Resource Center of Dallas’ hot lunch program.
Due to changes in federal guidelines, Dallas County Health and Human Services recently informed the Resource Center and AIN that it won’t fund the programs after February.read more
When he was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, doctors gave Iyron Butler six years to live. Nineteen years later, Butler is still going strong, and he gives much of the credit to the Resource Center of Dallas’ hot lunch program.
Due to changes in federal guidelines, Dallas County Health and Human Services recently informed the Resource Center and AIN that it won’t fund the programs after February.read more
Black doctors group wants AIDS tackled
The National Medical Association, which represents black physicians, is urging the federal government to use its resources to eradicate HIV/AIDS, says Dr. Albert W. Morris Jr., president.
From 2001 to 2005, nearly 70 percent of newly diagnosed cases of HIV/AIDS were in black women, Morris said in an interview. About 49 percent of patients living with the disease in the United States are black, he said.
"We issued a call of action to the federal government to re-examine this terrible, terrible epidemic."read more
From 2001 to 2005, nearly 70 percent of newly diagnosed cases of HIV/AIDS were in black women, Morris said in an interview. About 49 percent of patients living with the disease in the United States are black, he said.
"We issued a call of action to the federal government to re-examine this terrible, terrible epidemic."read more
How to deal with HIV Misinformation ????
The Internet is serving as a fertile medium for 'HIV denialists' to spread false ideas about HIV/AIDS, which could have terrible public health consequences.
Would you have some good method to check true or fake ? I sometimes really puzzled, can you share your method with me and all the people who needed?read more
Would you have some good method to check true or fake ? I sometimes really puzzled, can you share your method with me and all the people who needed?read more
United call to ease HIV victims
TWO GROUPS helping people living with HIV/AIDS have called for outlawing discrimination against those afflicted with the disease.
The National HIV/AIDS Commission and the AIDS Foundation of Barbados Inc. made the appeal yesterday when the Barbados Workers' Union (BWU) opened its 66th annual delegates conference at Solidarity House in Harmony Hall, St Michael.
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The National HIV/AIDS Commission and the AIDS Foundation of Barbados Inc. made the appeal yesterday when the Barbados Workers' Union (BWU) opened its 66th annual delegates conference at Solidarity House in Harmony Hall, St Michael.
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Orphaned HIV+: Children no one wants
NEW DELHI: It's a ray of hope in an area of gloom. Recently, a 15-day-old baby, Chhoti, was found abandoned. Though rumoured to be HIV positive, many couples on hearing about her through the media, volunteered to adopt her.
However, not many are as lucky as her. Most people don't come forward to adopt HIV positive children. Recently, an HIV positive woman in Chhattisgarh, driven by poverty, offered her newborn daughter for sale. But no one wanted the baby as she too was infected. Later, the local administration, which got to know about the issue, stopped her from selling the baby and made arrangements for her treatment. read more
However, not many are as lucky as her. Most people don't come forward to adopt HIV positive children. Recently, an HIV positive woman in Chhattisgarh, driven by poverty, offered her newborn daughter for sale. But no one wanted the baby as she too was infected. Later, the local administration, which got to know about the issue, stopped her from selling the baby and made arrangements for her treatment. read more
Genital herpes implicated in up to half of all HIV infections in some African countries
Up to half of all HIV infections in some African countries with long-standing HIV epidemics may be due to the presence of genital herpes and and its cause, HSV-2, in HIV-positive people or their partners, epidemiologists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimate.
Their projections, published this month in a supplement to the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections, are drawn from data accumulated during the Four Cities study, which compared trends in HIV prevalence in four African cities in different regions, and from local trends data from each city. read more
Their projections, published this month in a supplement to the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections, are drawn from data accumulated during the Four Cities study, which compared trends in HIV prevalence in four African cities in different regions, and from local trends data from each city. read more
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